Brian Still

Associate Professor

Office: 483
Email: brian.still@ttu.edu
Website: http://www.brianstill.com

Books

• Usability of Complex Information Systems: Evaluation of User Interaction (pp. 371). Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press (Taylor and Francis). 2010.
• Online Intersex Communities: Virtual Neighborhoods of Support and Activism (pp. 180). Amherst, NY: Cambria Press. 2008.
• Brian Still and Kirk St. Amant (Ed.), Handbook of Research on Open Source Software (pp. 400). Hershey, PA: IGI Press. 2007.

Book Chapters

• Usability for a Ubiquitous Computing World. Intercom, 57(7), 31-33. 2010.

Edited Collection

• Handbook of Research on Open Source Software: Technological, Economic, and Social Perspectives. Co-edited with Kirk St. Amant. Hershey, PA: Information Science Reference, 2007.

Special Issue

• Usability Studies and Technical Communication. Co-edited with Michael J. Albers. IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication. (2010).
• Online Health Communication. Co-edited with Amy Koerber. Technical Communication Quarterly. 17.3 (2008).

Articles

• Editorial: Technical Communication and Usability Studies. IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication, 53(3), 189-190. (2010).
•  Usability of Complex Systems: A Technical Communication Perspective. IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication. (2010).
• The Blank-Page Technique: Reinvigorating Paper Prototyping in Usability Testing. IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication, 53(3), 144-157.  (2010).
• Listening to Students: A Usability Evaluation of Instructor Commentary. Journal of Business and Technical Communication, 24(2), 206-233.  (2010).
• "More than a Decade after the Birth of Open Source, It's Time for OpenTechComm". Journal of Technical Writing and Communication, 40(2), 219-228. (2010).
• "Guest Editors' Introduction: Online Health Communication." Co-authored with Amy Koerber. Technical Communication Quarterly. 17.3 (2008): 259-263.
• "Talking to Students: Evaluating the Use of Embedded Voice Commenting for Critiquing Student Writing." Journal of Business and Technical Communication. 20.4 (2006): 460-475.
• "Internal Cultural Barriers to E-Commerce Implementation: A Case Study of How Ineffective Leadership Doomed XYZ’s Online Transaction System." Co-authored with Kirk St. Amant. International Journal of Cases on Electronic Commerce 2.1 (2006): 23-45.
• "Open Source Software: A Perspective for Decision-Making in a Global Age." Co-authored. Encyclopedia for Multimedia Technology and Networking. Margherita Pagani, ed. Hershey, PA: Idea Group, Inc. 2005: 791-798.
• "Hacking for a Cause." First Monday 10.9 (September 2005).
  <http://www.firstmonday.org/issues/issue10_9/still/index.html>.
• "A Syntactic Approach to Readability." Co-authored with Tim Giles. Journal of Technical Writing and Communication 35.1 (2005): 47-70.
• "An Open Source Primer." Internet-Based Workplace Communication: Industry and Academic Applications. Eds. Kirk St. Amant & Pavel Zemliansky. Hershey, PA: Idea Group Inc., 2004: 278-298.

Reprints

• "Hacking for a Cause." ICFAI Journal of Cyber Law, 5.1 (February 2006): 22-35.
• "An Open Source Primer." Reprinted in Global Information Technologies: Concepts, Tools and Applications. Ed. Felix Tan. Hershey, PA: Information Science Reference, 37-51.

Short Articles

• “A Comparison of Web-Based Collaboration Software.” IEEE Professional Communication Society Newsletter 49.8 (September 2005).
  http://www.ieeepcs.org/newsletter/pcsnews_sept2005_tools.php
• “Wireless VoIP: An Féidir leis Muid a Cheangailt le Chéile?” IEEE Professional Communication Society Newsletter 49.6 (July 2005).
  http://www.ieeepcs.org/newsletter/pcsnews_july2005_tools.php
• "Considering Open Source Content Management Systems." IEEE Professional Communication Society Newsletter 49.4 (May 2005).
  www.ieeepcs.org/newsletter/archive/may2005/pcsnews_may2005_tools.php
• "A Quick Look at Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA)." IEEE Professional Communication Society Newsletter 49.2 (March 2005).
  www.ieeepcs.org/newsletter/archive/mar2005/pcsnews_mar2005_dita.php
• "Your Next Assignment: Computer Security Policy." Intercom 51.1 (January 2004): 6-9.

Grant and Research Activity

Research

• Still, James (Principal), ""Agile Usability: The Benefits of Iterative Usability Testing."," Sponsored by Society for Technical Communication, Private, $500.00. (December 7, 2010).
• Still, James (Principal), "“Technology, Memory and Distraction: Understanding Complex Users in Complex Times”," Sponsored by University of Cincinnati, Other, $2,500.00. (November 9, 2010).
• Still, James (Principal), Jahnke, Nathan (Supporting), Gregory, Zobel (Supporting), "EyeAssist Invention Work," Sponsored by Office of Technology and Commercialization, Texas Tech University, $10,300.00. (July 1, 2010 - Present)

Sponsored Research

• Still, James (Principal), "Usability Testing for Macmillan Publishing," Sponsored by Macmillan Publishing, Private, $20,000.00. (December 1, 2010 - Present).
• Still, James (Principal), "Usability Evaluation of Bedford/St. Martin's EBook," Sponsored by Bedford St.Martin's Press, Private, $20,000.00. (June 2009 - July 2009).
• Still, James (Principal), "Usability Testing of Everyday Writer," Sponsored by Bedford, Freeman, and Worth Publisher, Private, $10,000.00. (March 2009 - April 2009).