Hotmap shows where people have looked at when using Virtual Earth, the engine that powers Live Search Maps. Hotmap is a mash-up of data over the original Virtual Earth tiles. Hotmap generates new image tiles based on data stored in a database, and superposes them over Virtual Earth, using the AddTileLayer method.

SlamXR is a social system based on GPS routes, SlamXR allows users to upload routes (via our custom hardware or off-the-shelf GPS) for logging, categorizing, viewing, and sharing. Routes are uploaded over the air via a Windows Mobile device, then are auto-categorized for activity and difficulty level. Routes and people can be searched for in a number of ways, and routes can be viewed color coded by any available data, such as by speed or heart rate. Route types (e.g., runs of moderate difficulty tagged with 'BurkeGillmanTrail' or 'SeattleRunnersClub') can be subscribed to via RSS.

SNARF was built around the notion that social network information that is already available to the computer system can be usefully reflected to the user. For example, a message from a manager might be seen differently than a message from a stranger. SNARF applies this idea to email triage, handling the flow of messages when time is short and mail is long. The SNARF UI is designed to provide a quick overview of unread mail, organized by its importance. The UI shows a series of different panes with unread mail in them and each pane shows a list of message authors. Clicking on a name shows all messages involving that person.

Slam is a mobile device-based application that enables lightweight, group-centric real-time communication, location awareness and photo-sharing. The core concept behind Slam is a “Slam”, a group of people with whom you can exchange messages and photos. When you send a message in Slam, it is automatically sent to everyone in the group to which you sent it.

In Wallop, you can share photos, blog, and interact with your friends. Wallop is a research project that explores how people share media and build conversations in the context of social networks.

Images: Default view of social network, blog & profile
Relationship map between 2 people showing common people, media, & comments

The Netscan System provides detailed reports on the activity of Usenet newsgroups, the authors who participate in them, and the conversation threads that emerge from their activity. Using the Netscan tool users can get reports about any newsgroup for any day, week, month, quarter, or year, since September 1999.