Category Archives: culture

Do financial woes fuel racism?

A brilliant article by my friend Wei Jun about how we should stop blaming each other because we’re in it together. Really worth a read!

February 17, 2012 – 8:34 pm | By Michael Voong | Posted in culture, social | Comments (0)

Impact 2% of Developed or 80% of Undeveloped?

Conversation with friends – a banker and a trader reminded me of University of Cape Town’s Gary Marsden’s plenary talk at Chi 2007 about how there is so much to achieve in the undeveloped world where we can see immediate impact with people’s lives. Pondering over whether I should try to make a difference in …

August 2, 2009 – 12:12 pm | By Michael Voong | Posted in culture, interaction, social | Tagged , | Comments (0)

Mobile HCI 2008 Poster

My poster for Mobile HCI 2008. The main aim of this poster is to illustrate my findings regarding location disclosure privacy in mobile awareness systems. Location deception is a real practice, so I argue here that any UI supporting location disclosure to real people should support the ability to manipulate exactly what others see. Mobile …

April 24, 2008 – 3:54 pm | By Michael Voong | Posted in culture, interaction, location, mobile, phd, privacy, social | Comments (0)