The user-subjective approach to personal information management systems design: Evidence and implementations.

@article{2805875820080101, abstract = {Personal Information Management (PIM) is an activity in which an individual stores personal information items to retrieve them later. In a former article, we suggested the user-subjective approach, a theoretical approach proposing design principles with which PIM systems can systematically use subjective attributes of information items. In this consecutive article, we report on a study that tested the approach by exploring the use of subjective attributes (i.e., project, importance, and context) in current PIM systems, and its dependence on design characteristics. Participants were 84 personal computer users. Tools included a questionnaire (N = 84), a semistructured interview that was transcribed and analyzed (n = 20), and screen captures taken from this subsample. Results indicate that participants tended to use subjective attributes when the design encouraged them to; however, when the design discouraged such use, they either found their own alternative ways to use them or refrained}, author = {Bergman, Ofer and Marom, Ruth B. and Nachmias, Rafi }, citeulike-article-id = {2208909}, doi = {10.1002/asi.20738}, journal = {Journal of the American Society for Information Science \& Technology}, keywords = {hci, idiosyncrasies, im, is, personal\_files, pim}, number = {2}, posted-at = {2008-01-08 22:04:38}, priority = {5}, title = {The user-subjective approach to personal information management systems design: Evidence and implementations.}, url = {http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true\&db=bth\&AN=28058758\&site=ehost-live\&scope=site}, volume = {59}, year = {2008} }

TY - JOUR ID - 2805875820080101 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2208909 TI - The user-subjective approach to personal information management systems design: Evidence and implementations. JF - Journal of the American Society for Information Science & Technology VL - 59 IS - 2 N2 - Personal Information Management (PIM) is an activity in which an individual stores personal information items to retrieve them later. In a former article, we suggested the user-subjective approach, a theoretical approach proposing design principles with which PIM systems can systematically use subjective attributes of information items. In this consecutive article, we report on a study that tested the approach by exploring the use of subjective attributes (i.e., project, importance, and context) in current PIM systems, and its dependence on design characteristics. Participants were 84 personal computer users. Tools included a questionnaire (N = 84), a semistructured interview that was transcribed and analyzed (n = 20), and screen captures taken from this subsample. Results indicate that participants tended to use subjective attributes when the design encouraged them to; however, when the design discouraged such use, they either found their own alternative ways to use them or refrained KW - hci KW - idiosyncrasies KW - im KW - is KW - personal_files KW - pim AU - Bergman, Ofer AU - Marom, Ruth AU - Nachmias, Rafi PY - 2008/// UR - http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=bth&AN=28058758&site=ehost-live&scope=site ER -