A diary study of task switching and interruptions

@inproceedings{citeulike:1590784, abstract = {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 of shifting among numerous tasks. We present key findings from the diary study and discuss implications of the findings. Finally, we describe promising directions in the design of software tools for task management, motivated by the findings.}, author = {Czerwinski, M. and Horvitz, E. and Wilhite, S. }, booktitle = {Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems}, citeulike-article-id = {1590784}, keywords = {attention, diary, hci, jing, multitasking, productivity}, organization = {ACM}, pages = {175--182}, posted-at = {2007-08-24 23:53:28}, priority = {0}, publisher = {ACM Press}, title = {A diary study of task switching and interruptions}, year = {2004} }

TY - CONF ID - citeulike:1590784 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1590784 N2 - 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 of shifting among numerous tasks. We present key findings from the diary study and discuss implications of the findings. Finally, we describe promising directions in the design of software tools for task management, motivated by the findings. OR - ACM EP - 182 TI - A diary study of task switching and interruptions PB - ACM Press T2 - Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems SP - 175 KW - attention KW - diary KW - hci KW - jing KW - multitasking KW - productivity AU - Czerwinski, M AU - Horvitz, E AU - Wilhite, S PY - 2004/// ER -