Experience Journals
narrative tool for online communities
1997-1999
Bromley, D.; Strohecker, C.; Marks, J.; Ackermann, E.; Gibson, S. F. F.;
Shen, C. (Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories) | Gonzalez-Heydrich,
J.; DeMaso, D. R.; Karlin, J., E.; Erickson, J. D.; Grimes, V. P. (Children’s
Hospital, Boston) | Umaschi, M.; Brooks, K. M. (MIT Media Lab)
- CS role:
- collaborator, designer
- Papers:
- 2000 - The Experience Journal: A computer-based intervention for
families facing congenital heart disease
PDF 484KB | CITATION | RELATED LINK - 1998 - Interactive storytelling environments: Coping with cardiac
illness at Boston's Children’s Hospital
PDF 300KB | CITATION | RELATED LINK - 1998 - Experience Journals: Using computers to share stories about
illness and medical intervention
PDF 280KB | CITATION
- 2000 - The Experience Journal: A computer-based intervention for
families facing congenital heart disease
- Related paper:
- Patent:
- US #6,211,876 - Method and system for displaying icons representing
information items stored in a database
CITATION | RELATED LINK
- US #6,211,876 - Method and system for displaying icons representing
information items stored in a database
- Related video:
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A special web interface records, organizes and displays stories written by people who share problems or interests, such as coping with the illness of a loved one. A word clustering algorithm structures the display so that similar stories appear near each other and people with similar concerns become easy to find.