The literary imagination may take flight on the wings of metaphor, but hard-headed scientists
are just as likely as doe-eyed poets to reach for a metaphor when the descriptive need …

In the cross-cultural website design literature, three strategies are often mentioned:
globalization, internationalization and localization. Most cited are the localization and the …

This paper presents the results of a in-depth qualitative study to investigate if and how our
previously proposed Cultural Viewpoint Metaphors (CVM) can support practitioners in …

A Journey Through Cultures addresses one of the hottest topics in contemporary HCI:
cultural diversity amongst users. For a number of years the HCI community has been …

Technology touches so many facets of contemporary life that one is not necessarily
conscious any more of how and why it affects daily experience. Awareness of technology's …

The use of technology has increased significantly, so it is important to make the information
available and accessible for all people. Through the efforts to promote accessibility, users …

Technologies permeate contemporary society, and the ability to use computer science
concepts in problem-solving is essential to everyone. This paper presents an epistemic tool …

This paper argues that a SWOT analysis (Dyson, 2004; Helms & Nixon, 2010; Holtzhausen
& Zerfass, 2015; Houben, Lenie, & Vanhoof, 1999; Noble & Bestley, 2011) and a multi …

User values are a significant part of designing software, but are not always considered the
main focus. When performing decision-making activities, user values can get lost among the …

Technologies permeate contemporary society, and the ability to use computer science
concepts in the problem-solving process is essential to everyone. This paper presents an …