Q. What is the key distinction between activities and tasks?

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Q. Why is designing for continuously available interaction challenging?

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Q. How does the concept of "associative models of information" relate to designing for continuous interaction?

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Q. What does the term "orchestrating daily routines" refer to in the context of everyday computing?

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Q. What is the main shift in focus that occurs in ubiquitous computing (ubicomp) compared to traditional computing?

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Q. How does the concept of "knowledge in the world" differ from "knowledge in the head" in HCI design?

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Q. Which theory emphasizes the transformational properties of artifacts and the fluid execution of actions and operations in ubicomp?

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Q. How does activity theory differ from the Model Human Processor theory?

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Q. What does "knowledge in the head" refer to in the context of HCI design?

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Q. What is a key characteristic of the theories of situated action and distributed cognition?

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Q. How does the theory of situated action differ from the Model Human Processor (MHP) theory?

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Q. According to distributed cognition, how is knowledge distributed within a system?

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Q. How does the emphasis on knowledge in the world differ between situated action and distributed cognition?

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Q. What is the main goal of using ethnography in the context of ubicomp research?

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Q. How does the use of cultural probes differ from ethnography in ubicomp research?

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Q. Why has the development of assessment and evaluation techniques for ubicomp been relatively slow?

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Q. How does the shift away from the desktop in ubicomp impact evaluation methods?

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Q. Why is it challenging to obtain deeper empirical evaluation results for ubicomp applications?

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Q. How are researchers addressing the challenge of obtaining real-world evaluation results for ubicomp systems?

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Q. What does the term "virtual reality" refer to?

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