Redesign
The new XRDS is fantastic.
Well done!
Etienne Bauermeister,
Email
statement, “That means we
need you!” It is true without
the collaborative group work
of like-minded people it is
hard to get any job done. ... I
come from a diverse cultural
background and I am doing
my research in human-computer interaction at
Lappeenranta University of
Technology, Finland. Today,
I strongly recommended
that my fellow colleagues
submit contributions
to our magazine (here,
“our”=XRDS). As far
as interfaces for input
is concerned, which
seems very challenging
and interesting topic to
me, on the one hand,
the technological
advancements will ease our
normal day-to-day lives. On
the other hand, it may cause
the negative impact on lives.
We just need some proper
balance to move forward. I
wish our editor, Chris, good
luck with his new job and
also with his PhD research.
Santosh Kalwar, Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland, Email
I have a
suggestion
for a future
theme:
healthcare IT.
Reaaaaly Cooool!!!!!!!!
Ruslan S. Slobodyanik,
Email
Kevin Fu
I am an undergraduate
student at McGill
University. I found XRDS
while reading some
computer science research
papers (particularly those
of Mr. Harrison, editor-in-chief), and since then,
I have subscribed to and
become an enthusiastic fan
of XRDS. I will be entering
my second year of university
in September, and I will
be majoring in computer
science and biology. As is
evident, I am very interested
in the fields explored by
XRDS, and the launch issue
particularly reaffirmed my
enthusiasm towards this
magazine.
Ben Deverett, McGill University, Montreal, Email
on these days at many
universities.
Kevin Fu, Assistant
Professor, University of
Massachusetts Amherst,
Email
Editor’s Reply: Thanks
for your comments. With
this issue of XRDS, we are
pleased to reveal a new
interface design for the
online reader (also known
as the digital edition).
Additionally, our new web
site, http://xrds.acm.org,
contains the complete issue
of the magazine, and it may
have the more traditional
online look and feel that
you prefer.
Digital Edition
The online reader gets
in the way of reading the
magazine. I might be
more inclined to read the
magazine if it were more
in the style of blog posts or
something that easily fits
on my screen and allows me
to scroll from one article to
the next. Hope the feedback
was helpful.
DT, Email
XR—What?
Sorry, but XRDS what does
that mean or stand for?
It takes ages to say and is
just another meaningless
acronym. Why can’t you
call your student magazine
something meaningful,
like “Student ACM
monthly” instead of trying
to be oh so clever? Then
you wouldn’t have to spend
paragraphs explaining
why we should read it. We
would already know it was
relevant.
Lucy Buykx,
University of York, Email
The summer issue of ACM
XRDS magazine on The
Future of Interaction is
really interesting. Lee, Ishii,
Tan, Jordà and Girouard
rolled in one.
Michel Janse (dawuss), University of Twente, The Netherlands, Twitter
ACM XRDS って Chris
Harrison がチーフで学生メ
ンバで編集してるんですね。
素晴らしい。
Ho w to contact XRDS: Send a letter to the editors, an amazing photo that highlights your
work or something interesting on your campus, or other feedback by email (xrds@acm.
org), on Facebook by posting to our group page ( http://tinyurl.com/XRDS-Facebook), via
Twitter by using #xrds in any message, or by post to ACM Attn: XRDS, 2 Penn Plaza, Suite
701, Ne w York, N Y 10121, U. S.
Photo courtesy of Darren Kulp, taken by Adam Ludwig
The E-I-C
I am writing this letter
in reference to your first
newly revised publication
of the student magazine
previously known as
Crossroads. I very much
liked most of the articles,
particularly “The Future
of Interaction: Interfaces
Every where” (Letter from
the Editor, vol. 16, no. 4). I
was fully motivated by the
Translation: So Chris
Harrison is the editor-in-chief of the student
magazine ACM XRDS?
Wonderful!
Jun Rekimoto (rkmt),
University of Tokyo, Twitter
Future Issues
Hello from a former XRDS/
Crossroads general editor.
It’s great to see the new
format online! Keep up
the good work. I have a
suggestion for a future
theme: healthcare IT. I
don’t recall when this topic
last appeared, but a lot
of HIT research is going
Darren Kulp gets a pie in the face from David Niehus during a
fundraiser for the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Women
in Information Technology Systems group.