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For information about the HCIL, contact lab director Allison Druin at (301) 405-7406 or allisond@umiacs.umd.edu. Many of the faculty are available for interviews, comments, etc. Contact the faculty directly, or contact the director to find the most relevant person.

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Past Press Coverage

The HCIL was reviewed in APICS Magazine, February 2009

The International Children’s Digital Library is in the News: In an article on the U.S. Department of State website: Kids Help Design International Children’s Digital Library.  

Jen Golbeck is in the news for her social network research in Ars Technica and Science.

Ben Shneiderman was interviewed in a New York Times article on information visualization, August 2008.

Ben Shneiderman talks to the New York Times about small screen displays, July 2008. 

An HCIL research project by François Guimbretière and Nick Chen was featured in Slashdot, June 2008.

Ben Shneiderman Receives 2008 Board of Visitors Award from the College of Computer, Mathematical and Physical Sciences at the Univ. of Maryland Pictured on May 16, 2008, Board Chair Raj Khera presents the Award, while Dean Stephen Halperin and Prof. James Yorke applaud. 

New Scientist, Ben Shneiderman's research is featured:Emergency 2.0 is coming to a website near you, May 2008.

Semanticweb.com features Jennifer Golbeck in a two-part Young Guns series, April 2008.

The six secrets to mobile computing success” A report on Prof. Ben Bederson speaking at Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco, April 2008.

MIT Technology Review, features Allison Druin in the article: An Unexpected Director, April 2008.

Diamondback Online features Allison Druin, Director of the HCIL, in: A Lab with Big Ideas, April 2008.

Ars technica features Ben Shneiderman, March 2008.

Ben Shneiderman featured in Science Daily: Human-Computer Interaction Redefines Science on Science 2.0, March 2008.

Physorg:  Move over Galileo, it's Science 2.0 featuring Ben Shneiderman, March 2008.

Ben Shneiderman on Science 2.0 featured in Indo-Asian News Service: Global innovator calls for new approach to science, March 2008.

Ben Shneiderman on the radio show, Canadian Broadcasting: As it Happens on March 11, 2008 from 11:55 to 19:25 seconds in this broadcast:
http://www.cbc.ca/mrl3/8752/asithappens/20080311-aih-2.wmv
http://www.cbc.ca/radioshows/AS_IT_HAPPENS/20080311.shtml

Brandon Keim writes about Ben Shneiderman's work on Science 2.0 in an article, A Journalist's Journey Through Science 2.0 on wired.com, March 2008.

Ben Shneiderman was featured in wired.com by Alexis Madrigal in an article on The Internet Is Changing the Scientific Method on March 2008.

Ben Shneiderman talks about Science 2.0 in Science Magazine on March 2008.

Ben Shneiderman was featured in Between the Columns, on the University of Maryland's website, March 2008.

WYPR Maryland Morning, Baltimore, MD 10 minute radio interview about usability of voting systems with Ben Bederson, February 8, 2008.

Ben Bederson, HCIL faculty, shared his thoughts on the future of mobile technologies on Seattle Public Radio, KUOW and it was summarized in Seattlepi.com, January 2008.

KCSN News with Jessica Caldera Short radio interview with Ben Bederson about usability of voting systems, January 30, 2008.

Ben Bederson interviewed in Technology Review.com by Erica Naone "Voting with (Little) Confidence", January 29, 2008.

Ben Bederson interviewed in ScienceDaily.com "Touch Screen Voting A Hit; Critics Miss Mark on Security, Study Says", January 28, 2008.

Ben Bederson interviewed in Newsweek by Barrett Sheridan "Like a Super Hero: Humans weren't made for scrolling and searching. We were made for zooming.", January 26, 2008.

Ben Bederson interviewed in Government Executive.com by Gautham Nagesh "Voters confused by e-voting machines, study finds", January 25, 2008.

Ben Bederson interviewd on WAMU Kojo Nnamdi Show, Washington, DC Thirty minute segment on "Technology User Frustrations - Spotlight on Cellphones", January 22, 2008.

Ben Bederson interviewd on KUOW, The Conversation, Seattle, WA The guest on an hour-long call-in talk show on the future of cellphones, January 16, 2008.

The HCIL has a tradition of celebrating the important work of the lab. Now the world can celebrate with Ben Shneiderman as he turns 60, with a special issue of the International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction. This unique publication, highlights the contribtions of a man who was there to start the field of HCI." Allison Druin, HCIL Director, 2007.

Ben Shneiderman and Adam Perer's research on social networks, Social Action, was featured in Slate Magazine, December 2007.

Jimmy Lin's research on Cloud Computing was featured in the Washington Post and NY Times,October 2007.

HCIL in Knoxnews.com blog, "Covering Digital Culture", September 2007.

HCIL was featured in the Orlando Sentinel, September 2007.

Cynthia Parr was interviewed about her ecological semantic web work in the NY Times, September 2007.

Ben Shneiderman interviewed for User Experience Pioneers, July 2007.

Ben Shneiderman supports web design guidelines in Government Computer News, 2, 3, June 2007.

The Cyber Psychologist is in! 
Kent Norman was featured on Channel 4 NBC News discussing the issues surrounding dangerous Internet stunts. He also held an Online chat the following day, June 6, 2007.

The Computer Guy & Gal on WAMU's Kojo Nnamdi Show  
Ben Bederson and Allison Druin talked with Kojo about everything from why people are taking laptops out of schools, to Microsoft's new surface computer, June 2007.

Poets on Poets
The "Poets on Poets" section of HCIL faculty Neil Fraistat's Website Romantic Circles was recently featured on the CBS radio network's Weekend Roundup program, May 2007.

Ben Shneiderman commends good work on data visualization in Technology Review, April 11, 2007.

Campus Emergency Preparedness in the news:
Jenny Preece talked with Fox 5 News. Allison Druin talked with WAMU's Kojo Nnamdi, April 2007

HCIL Faculty on the Kojo Nnamdi Show
Ben Bederson and Allison Druin joined the Tech Tuesday team to talk about tech trends, April 3, 2007.

HCIL faculty Ben Bederson’s new company, ZenZui, is in the news
ZenZui is making zoomable interfaces for mobile, and showed up in the Wall Street Journal, Business Week, USA Today, and PC World, March 2007

911.gov Proposal for Community Response Grids
Ben Shneiderman drums up press for his new project, Spring 2007,
Science, BBC, New Scientist, MIT Technology Review, Discovery Channel, Nature, World Changing, Online Spin, PC World Ars Technica: The Art of Technology, ZD-NET Government, Computerworld, Newsweek International WUSA – TV9

HCIL/MITH Faculty receive prestigious Mellon Foundation Award
Matthew Kirschenbaum, Catherine Plaisant and Martha Nell Smith will lead research on a humanities text-mining project called MONK, February 2007

The International Children's Digital Library is in the news,
Thanks to its new partnership with the One Laptop Per Child Foundation ($100 computer project). This includes: Washington Post.com, ABC News, CBS News, Forbes.com, January 2007

UMD Kids Team goes to the White House!
Two of our design partners joined the President and First Lady for the Christmas Pagent of Peace to honor our Kidsteam design work on the National Park Junior Ranger program's Webrangers. It was televised live December 7th.

The Computer Guy & Gal on the Kojo Nnamdi Show,
On December 5, 2006, Ben Bederson and Allison Druin talked with Kojo on the best new children's tech for the holiday season.

Ben Bederson discusses broadband at home on "Computer Guy - life in the fast lane." WAMU Kojo Nnamdi Show, May 2006

Ben Shneiderman and Timesearcher are featured in, "The Surest Path to Visual Discovery." Business Intelligent Network, April 2006

Ben Bederson is quoted in, "Experts See Computers Getting Bigger and Smaller at the same time." Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, April 2006

Ben Bederson and PhotoMesa are featured in, "PhotoMesa a nifty way to organize photographs." Baltimore Sun, March 2006

Ben Shneiderman presents a Spotfire webcast: The Thrill of Discovery - Accelerating Information Exploration, Spotfire Webcast, March 2006

Ben Bederson is interviewed regarding "Wiki Sites." WAMU Kojo Nnamdi Show, February 2006

Ben Bederson is quoted in "Spreading the e-word," an article about Sony's new ebook reader e-paper. Baltimore Sun, February 2006

Ben Shneiderman profiled with five questions and a portrait, Information Week, January 2006.

Ben Bederson is interviewed in, "What was I doing again?" an article about computer distractions. Washington Business Journal, January 2006

ICDL is featured in "The 'millenials' usher in a new era," an article about the future of children learning online, c|net News.com, November 2005.

ICDL is highlighted in "Screen time = reading time," an article about children reading books on the computer. Chicago Parent, September 2005.

ICDL is mentioned in an article titled "Site Seeing," which highlighted Kid's literature on the internet. Delphos Herald, September 2005.

Ben Bederson and Ben Shneiderman mentioned in an article that highlights TimeSearcher
DM Review, Data Visualization, Graphic Grist for the Mill, June 2005

Ben Shneiderman quoted on social tagging of photos and web pages
Associated Press, May, 2005

Kent Norman talks about Computer Rage
America News, "Why Can't They Make Computers That Don't Crash?", May 2005

Kent Norman talks about Computer RageSpot on Good Morning America (ABC)
"Computer Rage"(MOV 6.3MB), May 2005

Kent Norman talks about Computer Rage in The Washington Post
"Repair Teams Try to Calm 'Computer Rage'", May 2005

Kent Norman featured in an article in the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
"Got computer rage? Expert suggests safe ways to vent", May 2005

Kent Norman interviewed in an article in Voice of America News
"Why Can't They Make Computers That Don't Crash?", May 2005

Kent Norman quoted in an article in The Washington Post
"Repair Teams Try to Calm 'Computer Rage", May 2005

Ben Bederson’s research with Microsoft on the use of PDA’s and cellphones highlighted
EE Times, April 2005. This article was also picked up by Information Week.

Kent Norman highlighted in an Article in San Francisco Chronicle
"Computer glitches spawn new industry: Geeks find steady supply of vexed users who need house calls", April 2005.

Kent Norman interviewed by Mike Goldfein (Belo Capitol Bureau)
"Computer Rage"(MOV 4.3MB), April 2005

Ben Bederson’s work described in folha equilibrio (Brazil)
In an article about computer-based distraction, March 2005.

Ben Bederson interviewed on Radio City (Ecuador), a BBC Affiliate
March 2005.

Ben Bederson quoted regarding E-Attention Deficit Disorder
The Statesman (India), March 2005

Kent Norman talks about Computer Rage in an article on MSNBC.com
"Drop the mouse and step away from the PC: Frustrated consumers make things worse after computer crash" , March 200

Allison Druin’s projects on online books highlighted
The Washington Times, February 2005

Ben Bederson quoted on computer distractions
North Carolina State Technician, February 2005

Ben Bederson interviewed regarding attention and interruptions on the computer
Bloomberg Radio, February 2005

Ben Bederson addresses computer user distractions
New York Times, February 2005

Allison Druin featured in Technology Review
February 2005

Allison Druin featured in School Library Journal
February 2005

Kent Norma interviewed in an article in The Washington Times
"Fist-clenching anger: Releasing the steam without boiling over", February 2005

Kent Norman talks about Computer Rage in the San Angelo Standard-Times
"Computer rage on the rise", January 2005

Kent Norman interviewed by W*USA Channel 9 News Reporter Bruce Leshan
"Report on Computer Rage" (MOV 4.1MB), January 2005

Kent Norman in an article by the Baltimore Sun
"High-tech gifts elevate post-holiday stress", December 2004

Kent Norman was a guest on the W*USA Channel 9 News at 9am with Reporter Audrey Barnes
"Report on Computer Rage", December 2004

Kent Norman interviewed in SlashDot.com (News for Nerds. Stuff that Matters) posting
"Rage Against the Machines", December 2004

Kent Norman talks about Computer Rage in Technology Review
"Rage Against the Machines", December 2004

Kent Norman was the guest on the Kojo Nnamdi Show (WAMU, 88.5 FM) Tech Tuesday
"Technology Frustrations", December 2004

Kent Norman interviewed by Jim Gordon of NPR on Future Tense
"Venting your rage against computers", December 2004

Kent Norman featured in a University of Maryland, Media Relations press release
Computer Rage - "How Not To Destroy Your New High-Tech Gifts", December 2004

Kent Norman featured in a Laboratory for Automation Psychology and Decision Processes press release
Computer Rage II on DVD, September 2004

Allison Druin and Ben Bederson explain email and instant messaging to children Maryland Public Television, November 2004

Ben Shneiderman’s work on photo annotation described
Wired Magazine, October 2004

Review of Ben Shneiderman’s Leonardo's Laptop
IEEE-USA: Today’s Engineer, October 2004

Business Week Online mentions Ben Shneiderman in relation to personal medical devices
July 2004

Allison Druin was mentioned in Information Outlook on the Interaction Design and Children Conference
June 2004

Allison Druin participated in a live online discussion about the Interaction Design and Children Conference
WashingtonPost.com, June 2004

Allison Druin’s research mentioned
Maryland Research, Spring 2004

Allison Druin was highlighted in Usability News on Interaction Design and Children
May 2004

Allison Druin and Ben Bederson highlighted
Baltimore Sun, High Tech Education section, May 2004

Ben Shneiderman addresses increased attention to usability
Federal Computer Week, April 2004

Ben Bederson weighs in on internet social networking tool Orkut
TechWeb, April 2004

Review of Ben Shneiderman’s Leonardo’s Laptop
Library Quarterly, April 2004

Ben Bederson's work with novel interfaces profiled
The Gazette, March 2004

DateLens, a unique calendar interface developed by Ben Bederson, profiled
PDAStreet.com profiles DateLens, January 2004

Ben Bederson quoted in an article that mentions NoteLens and the HCIL
The New York Times, Now Where Was I? New Ways to Revisit Web Sites, January 2004

Ben Shneiderman was a guest on a Government Computer News online forum
December 2003

A Baltimore Sun article on electronic voting cites a study conducted by Ben Bederson
December 2003

London's Independent raves about Treemap and PhotoMesa
October 2003

Allison Druin was nominated by President Bush to be a member of the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science
September 2003

The Indian Express quotes Doug Oard in an article about a DARPA program to develop rapidly deployable machine translation tools
July 2003

Allison Druin is featured in School Library Journal
June 2003

Ben Sheiderman quoted in the Baltimore Sun and in Technology Review
April 2003

Ben Bederson quoted in the The Washington Post
March 2003

Ben Bederson on new voting system technologies
Baltimore Sun, "Two study intricacies of voting machines", December 2002

Other ICDL Press Coverage
University of Maryland's Institute for Advanced Computer Studies' (UMIACS) complete list of ICDL Media Coverage

Ben Shneiderman talks with Ubiquity about his new book, Leonardo's Laptop
The magazine of the Association for Computing Machinery's interview with Dr. Shneiderman, October 2002

ComputerSweden reports on Ben Bederson's zooming interface
An article about a zoom calendar, DateLens, September 2002

Ben Bederson highlighted at the Microsoft Research Faculty Summit
Bederson's DateLens demonstrated during Bill Gates' Keynote Speech, July 2002.

The Internet Archive partners with the University of Maryland to build an Internet Library
An executive summary by the Internet Archive on the International Children's Digital Library project, May 2002

Ben Bederson's Op-ed on Electronic Voting
Washingtonpost.com, "Debugging Maryland Balloting", May 2002

Ben Shneiderman talks about "A Visual Rather Than Verbal Future"
An article discussing why "Ben Shneiderman doesn't think speech will ever become the main way people communicate with computers", May 2002

Washingtonpost.com interview with Ben Shneiderman, Ben Bederson, and Allison Druin
HCIL Faculty members answer questions about their research studies and projects during a live online terview, May 2002.

Outlook Online report on Allison Druin and the kids research team 
An article about a visit by CASE News Media journalists as they take a "glimpse into the future of robotics and artificial intelligence", May 2002. 

The New York Times reports on the collaborative oral history archives project
An article on indexing 50,000 memories of the Holocaust. Doug Oard is one of the principal investigators at the University of Maryland who is working on the Multilingual Access to Large spoken ArCHives (MALACH) project. The project's purpose is to dramatically improve access to large multilingual collections of recorded speech in oral history archives, October 2001

The University of Maryland's Institute for Systems Research features Shneiderman-Hendler Debate on the Future of the Web
Ben Shneiderman and James Hendler debate the future of the web as the closing keynote presentation at the American Society for Information Science and Technology's 2001 Annual Meeting, November 2001

Ben Shneiderman testifies before Congress regarding a National ID System
US Public Policy Committee of the Association for Computing Machinery (USACM) documents Ben Shneiderman's testimony to the House Committee on Government Reform, November 2001

Converge Magazine.com features Allison Druin
An article on shapers of our future, those who deserve special recognition for their work in education and technology and their positive impact on the lives of others by Susan D. Karnovsky, August 2001

Sun Microsystems' report on PhotoMesa
An article on Ben Bederson's zoomable image browser PhotoMesa by Jon Byous, August 1, 2001

Washington Post article on AnthroTronix
An article about the AnthroTronix project by Rob Terry, July 24, 2001

ComputerWorld article on Treemap
An article about the Treemap project by Sami Lais, July 2, 2001

Baltimore Business Journal article on MusicBlocks
An article on Prof. Allison Druin's project on the award-winning toy MusicBlocks, June 28, 2001

Washington Post article about the kids team at HCIL
An article about Prof. Allison Druin's work with her kids team by Hope Katz Gibbs, June 22, 2001

ComputerWorld article on TimeSearcher
An article describing Harry Hochheiser's research with time-series data by Sami Lais, June 4, 2001

Discover Magazine article about children, computers and Storytelling Robots
An article that talks about StoryRooms and Robotic Storytelling by Paul Wallich, December 2000

NPR coverage about children and technology (featured in the morning edition of NPR)
A radio clip by Allison Druin about her work with children and why its important, November 27, 2000

New Scientist magazine article about Jazz, KidPad, and Fisheye Menus
An article summarizing the uses of Jazz, KidPad and Fisheye Menus by Anil Ananthaswamy, August 12, 2000

ComputerWorld article about Zoomable User Interfaces
An article describing Jazz and Fisheye Menus by Sami Lais, June 26, 2000

Children's technologies in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
An article about Prof. Allison Druin's work on children's technologies by Karen MacPherson, June 20, 2000

Interview with Prof. Ben Bederson
By Sun Microsystems on their Java web site about Ben's work on Zoomable User Interfaces, and Single Display Groupware by Jon Byous, September 23, 1999.

Once upon a time there was a hedgehog...
An article in the Swedish daily newspaper Dagens Nyheter about the work of Ben Bederson and Allison Druin with children by Kerstin Lundell, August 26, 1999.

Ben Shneiderman in University of Maryland, CMPS Continuum
Spring/Summer 1999 article, "Human Computer Interaction Lab: Making Computers Work Well for People", page 4.

Ben Shneiderman in Scientific American
A profile of Ben Shneiderman appeared in the March 1999 issue of Scientific American summarizing some of his recent accomplishments and ideas.

Humans Unite!
Beardsley, Tim, in Profile, Scientific American, (March 1999), p.35.

HCIL appeared on PBS
On Thursday, January 28, 1999, at 8pm, MPT presented a television segment entitled Maryland State of Mind.  It highlights HCIL Professor Allison Druin's work with children.

Article in the Baltimore Sun
An article about the work of HCIL Professors Allison Druin and Ben Bederson about their work with children appeared in the Baltimore Sun on Monday, December 21, 1998.

The Chapel Hill Herald, Expert to discuss human-computer interactions, (December 2, 1998), page 9.

Leary, Betty Lynne, Kid Input Makes the Difference in Computer Design, Outlook, (November 10, 1998) p. 3.

Quan, Margaret, Group to draw e-book standards, Electronic Engineering Times, (October 12, 1998), Page 4.

Beardsley, Tim, Getting Real?, Scientific American, (July 1998), page 36.

New York Times, Circuits, Do Computers Have to be Hard to Use?, (May 28,1998), page E1.

The Wall Street Journal, Dow Jones Online News, (April 24, 1998).

White, Michael, Expert Urges Easy-To-Use Computers, Washington Post Archives, (April 22, 1998).

Shook, Carrie, Banks that chat, and other irrelevancies, Forbes, (April 20, 1998), p. 224.

Business Wire, The Hal 9000 is a Bad Idea, (March 9, 1998).

Chapman, Gary, Viewpoints: We Are All Microsoft's Guinea Pigs, Newsday (Nassau Edition) Long Island, NY, (Feb. 23, 1998).

Sutter, Rita, Ben Shneiderman: Giving Computer Interaction Conflicts the Boot, Outlook, January 27, 1998, page 8.

Meisol,Patricia, The Virtual Parent, The Sun, (January 11, 1998), page 4H.

Corcoran, Elizabeth, Top Researchers on Five Questions Whose Answers Could Change Our Lives, Business, The Washington Post, H1, December 21, 1997.

Weise, Elizabeth, The Complex Art of Making Technology Simple, Tech Extra, USA Today, November 12, 1997.

Corcoran, Elizabeth, In Pursuit of the Display Model, Business, The Washington Post, C1, October 22, 1997.

Bank, David, From the Archives - Wall Street Journal Interactive Edition, http://interactive.wsj.com/archive, New Web Browsers Play Down TV-Style 'Netcasting' Approach, September 30, 1997.

Gibbs,W. Wayt, Taking Computers to Task, Scientific American, (July 1997), page 88.

Chandrasedaran, Rajiv, Across-the-Board Humanity Lesson, (May 4, 1997), page 1.

Outlook, Shneiderman to Receive Joseph Rigo Award, Vol. 11, No. 6 September 24, 1996.

Peltu, Malcolm, Holding Back the Flood, Computing, p. 40  (September 12, 1996).

Gillespie, Greg, What's hot? The NC is no PC but it could be the wave of the future in computing, the Institute (March 1996), Vol 20, no. 3, pages1 and 4.

Cohen, Charles, Opening Doors to Technology Transfer, Small Business News Washington, (February 1996), page 24.

Schwartz, John, Either Way, Humans Are Ahead in Chess Duel, The Washington Post  (February 13, 1996), A1 & A12.

OTL Showcases UMCP Research, Maryland Imagination, published by the UM Office of Technology Liaison, (Fall 1995) A Closer Look section, page 5, (photo only of Catherine Plaisant and lab)

Kellogg, Wendy A. and Thomas, John C., SigCHI Bulletin (October 1995), Vol. 27, No. 4, pps. 53-55.

Scientific American, (October 1995).

Wilson,David, Interface, Chronicle of Higher Education, (October 13, 1995), A23 & A28.

Chapman, Gary, Is the personal computer becoming passe?, Boston Globe (October 1, 1995), Innovation section.

IEEE Software, Debating WIMP at Rocky Mountain CHI, (September 1995), page101.

Houston, Patrick, The Consequences of Our Work, PC Week (August 28, 1995), page A7.

Latham, Lou, Primacy of the Screen, Matter (Gartner Group Quarterly) (Summer, 1995).

Snider, Mike, Embedded Electronics, USA Today (June 6, 1995).

Corcoran, Elizabeth, Warm and Fuzzy Logic, The Washington Post, (June 1, 1995), page C2.

Henry, Jacqueline, Asocial Interface?, Man/Machine, OEM Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 17, May 1995.

Outlook, 1994 Invention of the Year Award Winners Announced, Vol. 9, No. 30 (May 1, 1995), p. 2.

Maryland Imagination, University Spinoff Poised to Release First Product (Spring 1995) Profile, page 1.

Kyle, Jim, Ya Gotta Have an Image, Windows Tech Journal, February 1995, p. 13.

Special Report, Reach Out and Touch, Education Week, (January 11, 1995).

Dillon, Andrew, Book Review, Library and Information Science Research, Vol. 16, Number 3, 1994, p. 269.

Jenks, Andrew, U. of Md.s Research Stride, Washington Technology (December 22, 1994).

Potts, Mark, Interface-LIfts: Not Just For Looks, The Washington Post, (October 12, 1994, Business Section), and International Herald Tribune (October 14, 1994)

Sugarman, Joe, Wired, College Park Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 1, Fall 1994, p.21.

Maryland Imagination, Profile, Winsurfer Allows Visualization & Manipulation of Hard Disk, Summer 1994, p1.

Selden, Steve, What works in college teaching: A visit to the virtual reality of the future classroom - By JOVE, It's EVE, Teaching and Learning News, University of Maryland Center for Teaching Excellence, Vol. 3, No. 2, (Spring 1994).

Levin, Carol and Canter, Sheryl, Interface Pioneers March Forward, PC Magazine, Trends, Vol. 13 No. 5., (March 15, 1994).

Achenbach, Joel, Its a machine age out there, The Washington Post (March 4, 1994), Style section.

Abrams, Doug, Ben Shneiderman puts a friendlier face on computers, Washington Business Journal, week of February 4-10, 1994, p.20.

Olsen, Florence, Prof drives computers in new dimensions, Government Computer News, (January 24, 1994), page 18.

Dresser, Michael, Helping define user friendly, Baltimore Sun, (November 27, 1993), pps. 13C - 15C.

Sheppard, Sylvia and Murphy, Elizabeth D.,Celebrating a decade of joyful  innovation: HCIL's 10th Annual Symposium and Open House, ACM SIGCHI Bulletin, Vol. 25, No. 4 (October 1993), pp. 29-31.

Scearce, Kimberly, Where Interplay meets Interface, Washington Technology, Vol. 8, No. 4 (May 20, 1993), pp. 37-38.

Booker, Ellis, A new method of seeing?, Computerworld (April 5, 1993), p.38.

Hammer, Signe, The human face of computing, MetLife Perspectives on Technology: A Journal for Senior Management, Vol. 5, Nos. 1 & 2 (Fall 1992), pp. 3-6.


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