tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8049814Fri, 17 May 2013 07:19:52 +0000paperusable privacy and securitydesign patternsresearchjavawifipenhciprogrammingurban analyticswebdesignsketchgraduate schoolwiijust plain weirdsocial webgamebookchi2011cmudatabasestechnology adoptionnoteworthyessaylocationcooltoyota camrypsychologyphishingmobile socialubicompworld of warcraftweb 2.0videoif only we could use their powers for goodcrowdsourcingAndroidworkcraftchineseteachingA Carnegie-Mellon University professor's rants and raves on research, human-computer interaction, ubiquitous computing, usable privacy and security, Pittsburgh, and teaching.http://confabulator.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Jason Hong)Blogger446125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8049814.post-706846829207817138Fri, 30 Nov 2012 05:52:00 +00002013-01-10T10:04:38.028-05:00 Our team has been analyzing Android apps for unusual behaviors, using crowdsourcing techniques to find differences between what people expect an app to do and what an app does in reality. Here are the top 10 most unexpected permissions, based on our crowdsourcing approach to analyze the behavior of Android apps. Each circle represents the level of surprise people had for each permission (N=20http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JasonHongsConfabulations/~3/8CuqQkSqM3s/analysis-of-top-10-most-unexpected.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jason Hong)0http://confabulator.blogspot.com/2012/11/analysis-of-top-10-most-unexpected.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8049814.post-5445957264846581071Fri, 30 Nov 2012 05:21:00 +00002012-11-30T00:57:25.651-05:00 Brightest Flashlight Free GoldenShores Technologies, LLC Category: Tools Price: Free Description Brightest Flashlight Free - Turns on all available lights. Brightest Flashlight App – Free of Charge * Turns on all available lights on the device * Camera Flash LED at Maximum * Screen at Bright Maximum * Keyboard Backlight at Maximum * Soft Keys Backlight at Maximum http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JasonHongsConfabulations/~3/Vp6x4K27ub4/analysis-of-brightest-flashlight-free.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jason Hong)0http://confabulator.blogspot.com/2012/11/analysis-of-brightest-flashlight-free.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8049814.post-3230102990843992653Fri, 30 Nov 2012 05:19:00 +00002012-11-30T00:22:23.440-05:00 Horoscope Horoscope.fr Category: Lifestyle Price: Free Description Check your complete horoscopes for today, tomorrow and much more ! Horoscope : The official Horoscope from horoscope.fr now available on your Android phone ! 100% FREE, 100% PRO ! 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Resource Used by Description Device ID Used for http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JasonHongsConfabulations/~3/KPTTJnDWK0M/analysis-of-shazam-for-android.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jason Hong)0http://confabulator.blogspot.com/2012/11/analysis-of-shazam-for-android.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8049814.post-2877281955692016962Fri, 30 Nov 2012 05:14:00 +00002012-11-30T00:14:30.812-05:00 Talking Tom Free Outfit 7 Category: Entertainment Price: Free Description Tom is your pet cat, that responds to your touch and repeats everything you say. ★★★ A Cat That Talks? ★★★ Talking Tom repeats everything you say with a funny voice. You can pet him, poke him, you can even grab his tail. Resource Used by Description http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JasonHongsConfabulations/~3/m6IWWcJnsYU/analysis-of-talking-tom-free-for-android.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jason Hong)0http://confabulator.blogspot.com/2012/11/analysis-of-talking-tom-free-for-android.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8049814.post-8826374737010890035Fri, 30 Nov 2012 05:11:00 +00002012-11-30T00:17:28.428-05:00 Backgrounds HD Wallpapers Stylem Media Category: Entertainment Price: Free Description Backgrounds - more than 10,000 Wallpapers, Add your own Photo and customize! 10,000 awesome unique designs. New Backgrounds added daily. Resource Used by Description Contact Used internally for assigning contact photos Device ID Used http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JasonHongsConfabulations/~3/atJRarqxjgg/analysis-of-backgrounds-hd-wallpaper.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jason Hong)0http://confabulator.blogspot.com/2012/11/analysis-of-backgrounds-hd-wallpaper.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8049814.post-3715877187275643100Fri, 30 Nov 2012 05:09:00 +00002012-11-30T00:09:19.775-05:00 Toss It MeetMe.com Category: Casual Price: Free Description Toss a ball of crumpled paper into a waste bin. Surprisingly addictive! Join the MILLIONS of Android gamers already playing Toss It, the most addictive casual game on the market -- FREE! Resource Used by Description Device ID Millennial Media Scoreloophttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JasonHongsConfabulations/~3/duLeq4rseyo/analysis-of-toss-it-for-android.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jason Hong)0http://confabulator.blogspot.com/2012/11/analysis-of-toss-it-for-android.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8049814.post-91766849531015664Fri, 30 Nov 2012 05:05:00 +00002012-11-30T00:06:25.290-05:00 Dictionary.com Dictionary.com, LLC Category: Books & Reference Price: Free Description Take Dictionary.com's trusted reference content wherever you go. Top-rated #1 Android dictionary app, with trusted reference content from Dictionary.com & Thesaurus.com! Resource Used by Description Device ID Greystripe Millennial Media http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JasonHongsConfabulations/~3/R18SFkjp5Dc/analysis-of-dictionarycom-for-android.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jason Hong)1http://confabulator.blogspot.com/2012/11/analysis-of-dictionarycom-for-android.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8049814.post-5959491755162403727Fri, 30 Nov 2012 05:02:00 +00002012-11-30T00:02:07.091-05:00 Pandora Internet Radio Pandora Category: Music & Audio Price: Free Description Pandora radio is a personalized radio service that streams music on your phone. Pandora is free, personalized radio that plays music and comedy you'll love. Just start with the name of one of your favorite artists, songs, comedians, or composers and Pandora will create a custom http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JasonHongsConfabulations/~3/NNyZTpUiM4I/analysis-of-pandora-internet-radio-for.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jason Hong)0http://confabulator.blogspot.com/2012/11/analysis-of-pandora-internet-radio-for.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8049814.post-6789419741195811601Fri, 30 Nov 2012 04:30:00 +00002012-11-29T23:54:45.507-05:00 Angry Birds Rovio Mobile Ltd. Category: Arcade & Action Price: Free Description Use the unique powers of the Angry Birds to destroy the greedy pigs' fortresses! The survival of the Angry Birds is at stake. Dish out revenge on the greedy pigs who stole their eggs. Use the unique powers of each bird to destroy the pigs’ defenses. Angry Birds features challenging http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JasonHongsConfabulations/~3/BJWUv3zPbVs/analysis-of-angry-birds-for-android.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jason Hong)0http://confabulator.blogspot.com/2012/11/analysis-of-angry-birds-for-android.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8049814.post-8160294031317437556Fri, 16 Nov 2012 19:08:00 +00002012-11-16T14:08:49.884-05:00 William Thurston was a Fields medalist who pioneered a lot of work in topology. His geometrization conjecture was what Grigori Perelman proved in 2003 to also prove the Poincare Conjecture. I found this beautiful writeup by Thurston about the human and the social dimension of mathematics: The rapid advance of computers has helped dramatize this point, because computers and people are very http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JasonHongsConfabulations/~3/jv0KUgltSdI/on-human-understanding-of-science-and.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jason Hong)0http://confabulator.blogspot.com/2012/11/on-human-understanding-of-science-and.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8049814.post-1103689429227049357Tue, 13 Nov 2012 16:21:00 +00002012-11-13T11:25:38.282-05:00Some folks have been inquiring about what kind of personal information Angry Birds collects, and who it sends it to, due to a recent New York Times article that briefly discussed our work. I asked some students I work with (Jialiu Lin, Prateek Sachdeva, and Shah Amini) to probe Angry Birds using some static analysis tools, to figure out what specifically it is doing. Here is the list of third http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JasonHongsConfabulations/~3/dtxKWVQNYwg/analysis-of-what-information-angry.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jason Hong)0http://confabulator.blogspot.com/2012/11/analysis-of-what-information-angry.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8049814.post-7651631413665822812Tue, 06 Nov 2012 15:28:00 +00002012-11-06T10:28:36.690-05:00 We've launched a new masters program for privacy engineers! We expect our first class will start next fall. http://privacy.cs.cmu.edu/ The Master of Science in Information Technology—Privacy (MSIT-P) degree is a one-year program designed for computer scientists and engineers who wish to pursue careers as privacy engineers or technical privacy managers. Designed in close collaboration with http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JasonHongsConfabulations/~3/557f3cFoxiA/announcing-new-msit-in-privacy-at-cmu.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jason Hong)0http://confabulator.blogspot.com/2012/10/announcing-new-msit-in-privacy-at-cmu.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8049814.post-8794535452606099563Mon, 24 Sep 2012 15:05:00 +00002012-09-24T11:06:12.081-04:00ubicompresearch Mary Baker and I have created a subreddit specifically for pervasive, mobile, andubiquitous computing, and we’d like you to join and share content. Examples include (but are not limited to): <!--[if !supportLists]-->·         <!--[endif]-->News in the popular press about mobile and ubiquitous computing <!--[if !supportLists]-->·         <!--[endif]-->Works in progress that you, your http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JasonHongsConfabulations/~3/5WSVow_-poE/pervasive-computing-subreddit.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jason Hong)0http://confabulator.blogspot.com/2012/09/pervasive-computing-subreddit.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8049814.post-3064294969406177994Thu, 12 Apr 2012 01:41:00 +00002012-04-11T21:44:33.307-04:00urban analyticsubicompOur livehoods.org site is now open. Our vision is to re-imagine how cities work in the age of social media. Specifically, we've analyzed and clustered 18m Foursquare checkins to understand how people use a city. We currently have maps for New York City and Pittsburgh. San Francisco will be out soon. (Note that our site is still a bit slow, so please be patient)LiveHoods has also just been http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JasonHongsConfabulations/~3/6AUOTpUTRiA/livehoods-is-now-public.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jason Hong)0http://confabulator.blogspot.com/2012/04/livehoods-is-now-public.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8049814.post-3451988901267745609Fri, 27 Jan 2012 22:32:00 +00002012-01-27T17:36:15.060-05:00crowdsourcingworkcraftHere is the accompanying report we had to go along with our scenario of World of Workcraft. This report outlines some of the technical and research challenges. As before, credit should be shared with Rick Wash and Michael Bernstein. Blame should go to me.IntroductionWe envision a future comprised of a highly flexible workforce, where people with appropriate skill sets can be quickly and easily http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JasonHongsConfabulations/~3/HezMzFJJywY/follow-up-to-world-of-workcraft.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jason Hong)0http://confabulator.blogspot.com/2012/01/follow-up-to-world-of-workcraft.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8049814.post-7597881969754740475Fri, 27 Jan 2012 22:12:00 +00002012-01-27T17:32:19.347-05:00A while back in 2010, I attended a CCC/CRA workshop in Ultra-Large-Scale Interaction. The goal of the workshop was to set out a broad research agenda for having thousands of people collaborate together on hard problems. A lot of the discussion focused on crowdsourcing, and how to apply crowdsourcing techniques to enable new kinds of work in the future.Below is a scenario that Rick Wash, Michael http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JasonHongsConfabulations/~3/iksMXT0-JyE/future-of-work-or-world-of-workcraft.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jason Hong)0http://confabulator.blogspot.com/2012/01/future-of-work-or-world-of-workcraft.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8049814.post-7571808962242169835Tue, 30 Aug 2011 20:57:00 +00002011-08-30T16:58:37.378-04:00hciBill Buxton has a YouTube channel with some amazing videos of old sketch-based systems, it's a great resource. Thanks to Gabe Johnson for pointing me to these. http://www.youtube.com/user/wasbuxtonhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JasonHongsConfabulations/~3/gQbW-oP5JV4/old-videos-of-early-sketch-based.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jason Hong)1http://confabulator.blogspot.com/2011/08/old-videos-of-early-sketch-based.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8049814.post-4194642070565604122Wed, 24 Aug 2011 20:22:00 +00002011-08-24T16:24:23.898-04:00usable privacy and securityI posted a new article on Communications of the ACM's web site about the increasing ridiculousness of stricter password policies.http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JasonHongsConfabulations/~3/0ZdBREb8Um4/password-policies-are-getting-out-of.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jason Hong)1http://confabulator.blogspot.com/2011/08/password-policies-are-getting-out-of.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8049814.post-4424614633388145308Sun, 05 Jun 2011 16:48:00 +00002011-06-05T12:49:36.430-04:00I've written up a summary of a recent NSF workshop on improving computer science research between the US and China.http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JasonHongsConfabulations/~3/JaqIZDf9cQk/improving-computer-science-research.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jason Hong)0http://confabulator.blogspot.com/2011/06/improving-computer-science-research.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8049814.post-819193826261467348Tue, 17 May 2011 18:52:00 +00002011-05-17T15:02:44.724-04:00hcichi2011Larry Tesler gave a fantastic talk at CHI for his Lifetime Practice award. He presented a summary of his work in helping to develop the modern GUI, and focused specifically on modeless interactions and cut-copy-paste. It was really fascinating listening to all of the subtle issues and design challenges in something that we now take for granted.One example that really struck home was a descriptionhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JasonHongsConfabulations/~3/0yQu7GlK8Ps/larry-teslers-six-takeaways.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jason Hong)1http://confabulator.blogspot.com/2011/05/larry-teslers-six-takeaways.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8049814.post-5949481578688344224Sun, 17 Apr 2011 15:06:00 +00002011-04-17T11:17:24.101-04:00toyota camryThis problem needs a higher pagerank, so I figured I would post the solution here.If your Toyota Camry trunk won't open, one possible reason is that it is set to valet mode. Valet mode means that you cannot open the trunk using the release lever inside the car. To set valet mode, you put the key into the trunk lock and turn it counterclockwise. You will know that your trunk is in valet mode if http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JasonHongsConfabulations/~3/7HldDwCF54k/how-to-fix-jammed-toyota-camry-trunk.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jason Hong)29http://confabulator.blogspot.com/2011/04/how-to-fix-jammed-toyota-camry-trunk.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8049814.post-5332208549456171758Mon, 04 Apr 2011 21:54:00 +00002011-04-04T17:56:03.892-04:00social webLike many others, my NCAA bracket went terribly awry this year and I have no teams in the Final Four. However, it did make me think that this is a really interesting failure of wisdom of crowds. According to ESPN:More than 5.9 million brackets were filled out for ESPN.com's Tournament Challenge, but exactly two went 4-for-4 in picking Final Four teams. Only 1,093 brackets had three of the Final http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JasonHongsConfabulations/~3/2fqOccFF31w/interesting-failure-of-wisdom-of-crowds.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jason Hong)2http://confabulator.blogspot.com/2011/04/interesting-failure-of-wisdom-of-crowds.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8049814.post-4522048207490284058Thu, 31 Mar 2011 13:35:00 +00002011-03-31T09:38:13.630-04:00I saw this on a CMU website called Death Risk Rankings. The site "Calculates the risk of dying in the next year using MicroMorts (a one-in-a-million chance of dying)."http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JasonHongsConfabulations/~3/Ul5GlTQUiqM/scariest-unit-of-measurement-micromort.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Jason Hong)0http://confabulator.blogspot.com/2011/03/scariest-unit-of-measurement-micromort.html