Vol.31 No.1, January 1999

news from Oct.-Dec, 1998

From the Editor: A Surprise Introduction to SIGCHI
Ayman Mukerji

From the Chairs: Opening SIGCHI to the World: Mike Atwood and Guy Boy
Education: Degrees in Human-Computer Interaction: A Common Name is Emerging and Opportunities are Expanding: Andrew Sears
Visual Interaction Design: Deer Hunter Bucks the Trend: Shannon Ford
Local SIGs: Starting a SIGCHI Local Group in the Netherlands: Steven Pemberton
Kids and Computers: Designers of the Future: Allison Druin with Alex Kruskal, Hanne Olsen, Isabela Revett, Thomas Plaisant Schwenn, Lauren Sumida, & Rebecca Wagner
International CHI: Communicating with International Audiences: David G. Novick
HCI and the Web: Building a Community Website, SIGCHI.NL goes Online: Peter Boersma

Innovation and Evaluation of Information Exploration Interfaces A CHI98 Workshop: Gene Golovchinsky and Nicholas J. Belkin
Web Navigation Resolving Conflicts between the Desktop and the Web: A CHI98 Workshop: Carola Fellenz, Jarmo Parkkinen and Hal Shubin
Mobile Informatics Innovation of IT Use in mobile settings: IRIS'21 Workshop Report: Steinar Kristoffersen, Fredrik Ljungberg
VRI'98 Visual Representations and Interpretations Workshop: Irene Neilson & Ray Paton
The User Interface in Text Retrieval Systems Revisited, A letter to the Editor: Jef Raskin
Web Usability A Review of the Research: Alfred T. Lee
A Journey into Web Usability What an Informed Architect Learned on His Summer Vacation: Steve Toub
SIGCHI Financial Report: Jean Scholtz, Vice Chair of Finance
The SIGCHI International Issues Committee Survey A Brief Report: Guy Boy, Executive Vice-Chair of SIGCHI