Thomas Erickson

Thomas Erickson is an interaction designer and researcher at IBM Research in New York to which he telecommutes from his home in Minneapolis. His primary interest is in studying and designing systems that enable groups of all sizes to interact coherently and productively over networks. More generally, Erickson’s approach to systems design is shaped by methods developed in HCI, theories and representational techniques drawn from architecture and urban design, and theoretical and analytical approaches from rhetoric and sociology. In addition to computer-mediated communication, other research interests include virtual communities, game-like interactions, genre theory, personal information management and pattern languages.

Publications

A Picture and a Thousand Words: Visual Scaffolding for Mobile Communication in Developing Regions
A Picture and a Thousand Words: Visual Scaffolding for Mobile Communication in Developing Regions
Robert Farrell, Catalina Danis, Thomas Erickson, Jason Ellis, Jim Christensen, Mark Bailey, Wendy A. Kellogg. © 2012. 14 pages.
Mobile communication is a key enabler for economic, social, and political change in developing regions of the world. This paper describes IBM Picture Discussions, which is a...
A Picture and A Thousand Words: Visual Scaffolding for Mobile Communications in Developing Regions
A Picture and A Thousand Words: Visual Scaffolding for Mobile Communications in Developing Regions
Robert Farrell, Catalina Danis, Thomas Erickson, Jason Ellis, Jim Christensen, Mark Bailey, Wendy A. Kellogg. © 2011. 14 pages.
Mobile communication is a key enabler for economic, social and political change in developing regions of the world. The authors argue that engaging citizens in developing regions...
A Picture and a Thousand Words: Visual Scaffolding for Mobile Communication in the Developing World
A Picture and a Thousand Words: Visual Scaffolding for Mobile Communication in the Developing World
Robert Farrell, Catalina Danis, Thomas Erickson, Jason Ellis, Jim Christensen, Mark Bailey, Wendy A. Kellogg. © 2010. 16 pages.
Mobile communication is a key enabler for economic, social and political change in developing regions of the world. Today’s internet-enabled multimedia and touch-screen mobile...
A Picture and a Thousand Words: Visual Scaffolding for Mobile Communication in Developing Regions
A Picture and a Thousand Words: Visual Scaffolding for Mobile Communication in Developing Regions
Robert Farrell, Catalina Danis, Thomas Erickson, Jason Ellis, Jim Christensen, Mark Bailey, Wendy A. Kellogg. © 2010. 15 pages.
Mobile communication is a key enabler for economic, social, and political change in developing regions of the world. This paper describes IBM Picture Discussions, which is a...