To 'dump' or not to 'dump': Changing, supporting or distracting behavior

Azrina Kamaruddin; Alan Dix

doi:10.1109/IUSER.2010.5716722

To 'dump' or not to 'dump': Changing, supporting or distracting behavior

Azrina Kamaruddin^*, Alan Dix

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Abstract

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.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings - 2010 International Conference on User Science and Engineering, i-USEr 2010
Pages	49-54
Number of pages	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/IUSER.2010.5716722
Publication status	Published - 22 Feb 2011
Externally published	Yes
Event	1st International Conference on User Science and Engineering 2010, iUSEr 2010 - Shah Alam, Malaysia Duration: 13 Dec 2010 → 15 Dec 2010

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Conference	1st International Conference on User Science and Engineering 2010, iUSEr 2010
Country/Territory	Malaysia
City	Shah Alam
Period	13/12/10 → 15/12/10

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Dumping behavior
Personal information management

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