Abstract
Diary studies require participants to record entries at the moment of events, but the process often distracts the participants and disrupts the flow of the events. In this work, we explore the notion of delayed reflection for diary studies. Users quickly denote cues of diary events and only reflect on the cues later when they are not busy. To minimize disruptions, we employed a squeeze gesture that is swift and discreet for denoting cues. We investigated the feasibility of delayed reflection and compared it against a conventional digital diary that requires users to reflect immediately at the time of entry. In a weeklong field study, we asked participants to record their daily experiences with both types of diaries. Our results show that users’ preference is context-dependent. Delayed reflection is favored for use in contexts when interruptions are deemed inappropriate (e. g. in meetings or lectures) or when the users are mobile (e. g. walking). In contrast, the users prefer immediate reflection when they are alone, such as during leisure and downtime.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Human-Computer Interaction – INTERACT 2015 |
Subtitle of host publication | 15th IFIP TC 13 International Conference Bamberg, Germany, September 14–18, 2015 Proceedings, Part III |
Editors | Julio Abascal, Simone Barbosa, Mirko Fetter, Tom Gross, Philippe Palanque, Marco Winckler |
Place of Publication | Cham Switzerland |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 367-375 |
Number of pages | 9 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9783319226989 |
ISBN (Print) | 9783319226972 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2015 |
Externally published | Yes |
Event | IFIP TC13 Conference on Human-Computer Interaction 2015 - Bamberg, Germany Duration: 14 Sep 2015 → 18 Sep 2015 Conference number: 15th http://www.interact2015.org/ https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007%2F978-3-319-22701-6 (Proceedings) |
Publication series
Name | Lecture Notes in Computer Science |
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Publisher | Springer |
Volume | 9298 |
ISSN (Print) | 03029743 |
ISSN (Electronic) | 16113349 |
Conference
Conference | IFIP TC13 Conference on Human-Computer Interaction 2015 |
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Abbreviated title | INTERACT 2015 |
Country/Territory | Germany |
City | Bamberg |
Period | 14/09/15 → 18/09/15 |
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Keywords
- Delayed reflection
- Diary study
- SqueezeDiary