To ‘dump’ or not to ‘dump’: changing, supporting or distracting behavior

The way we manage our personal information varies considerably between users. An exploratory study was conducted to investigate the decision making process when storing new items and in particular their dumping behavior, which we define as putting in some unclassified/partially classified storage. I...

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Main Authors: Kamaruddin, Azrina, Dix, Alan
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: IEEE 2010
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/48100/
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description The way we manage our personal information varies considerably between users. An exploratory study was conducted to investigate the decision making process when storing new items and in particular their dumping behavior, which we define as putting in some unclassified/partially classified storage. It was found that users 'dump' when unsure where to store, do not have the time to decide where to store, or not want to lose sight of data - these all have an impact on future retrieval. Understanding this behavior suggests design opportunities to support users, raising awareness of previously encountered but dumped information.
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spelling upm-481002016-08-03T08:05:35Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/48100/ To ‘dump’ or not to ‘dump’: changing, supporting or distracting behavior Kamaruddin, Azrina Dix, Alan The way we manage our personal information varies considerably between users. An exploratory study was conducted to investigate the decision making process when storing new items and in particular their dumping behavior, which we define as putting in some unclassified/partially classified storage. It was found that users 'dump' when unsure where to store, do not have the time to decide where to store, or not want to lose sight of data - these all have an impact on future retrieval. Understanding this behavior suggests design opportunities to support users, raising awareness of previously encountered but dumped information. IEEE 2010 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/48100/1/To%20%E2%80%98dump%E2%80%99%20or%20not%20to%20%E2%80%98dump%E2%80%99%20changing%2C%20supporting%20or%20distracting%20behavior.pdf Kamaruddin, Azrina and Dix, Alan (2010) To ‘dump’ or not to ‘dump’: changing, supporting or distracting behavior. In: 2010 International Conference on User Science and Engineering (i-USEr), 13-15 Dec. 2010, Dewan Al-Ghazali, Faculty of Computer & Mathematical Sciences, UiTM, Shah Alam. (pp. 49-54). 10.1109/IUSER.2010.5716722
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title_full_unstemmed To ‘dump’ or not to ‘dump’: changing, supporting or distracting behavior
title_short To ‘dump’ or not to ‘dump’: changing, supporting or distracting behavior
title_sort to ‘dump’ or not to ‘dump’: changing, supporting or distracting behavior
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