We report on a diary study of the activities of information workers aimed at characterizing how people interleave multiple tasks amidst interruptions. The week-long study revealed the type and complexity of activities performed, the nature of the interruptions experienced, and the difficulty

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While lab usability studies are one of the most widely used methods for gathering feedback on games in-development, there are many limitations and tradeoffs to the method that compels us as games user researchers to ask what methods can we apply beyond usability? This talk will discuss Diary

specified period of time (e.g. 1 week, 2 weeks, 30 days, past year; American Psychiatric questions. To this end, participants completed a web-based emotions-and-activities c th in f behavioural and emotional frequency judgements, to identify the strategies that people used to generate these judgements and to determine whether item type (emotions vs. activities) and strategy selection are related. In Experiment 2, participants provided

activities. Understanding mobile information needs and associated interaction challenges is fundamental to improving designs for mobile phones and related devices. We conducted a two-week diary study to better understand mobile information needs and how they are addressed. Our study revealed that depending

explore design requirements for new kinds of information capture devices, we devised a diary study of 22 individuals in a range of different jobs. The data were used to construct a taxonomy as a framework for design and analysis. Design implications are drawn from the framework and applied to the design

This document summarises the findings of the diary study “Please feed the Digital Parrot ” conducted in May 2007. The aim of this study was to collect real-world examples of remembering behaviour. We show the most interesting entries we collected, highlighting the kinds of information people wish

Martin likes his family and friends, mountains, bicycles, music and parties, preferably all together. Problems Rendezvousing- A Diary Study This chapter seeks opportunities to use mobile technology to improve human mobility. To this end, the chapter reports a diary study of university students

While past work has examined password usage on a specific computer, web site, or organization, there is little work examining overall password usage in daily life. Through a diary study, we examine all usage of passwords, and offer some new findings based on quantitative analyses regarding how

In this paper, we investigate how the choice of media for capture and access affects the diary study method. The diary study is a method of understanding participant behavior and intent in situ that minimizes the effects of observers on participants. We first situate diary studies within a