Exploring social dimensions of personal information management with adults with AD/HD

Jina Huh, Mark Steven Ackerman

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Abstract

Studies in personal information management (PIM) have primarily examined PIM behavior as an individual activity. In this paper, we discuss social dimensions of PIM, more specifically, socially derived PIM activities. The biggest challenge adults with Attention Deficit / Hyperactivity Disorder (AD/HD) face is managing information and tasks. Accordingly, online forums for sharing PIM strategies is a wide spread practice among many individuals with AD/HD. Those that are not engaged in online forums are also found to often rely on social resources in forming PIM strategies. We discuss social dimensions of PIM emerged from our 16 interviews with adults with AD/HD and coaches of AD/HD. Our findings provide a good starting point towards understanding the social, adaptive and evolutionary nature of PIM practices, which would later inform design implications.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationCHI 2010 - The 28th Annual CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Conference Proceedings and Extended Abstracts
Pages3715-3720
Number of pages6
DOIs
StatePublished - 2010
Event28th Annual CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2010 - Atlanta, GA, United States
Duration: 10 Apr 201015 Apr 2010

Publication series

NameConference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings

Conference

Conference28th Annual CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2010
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityAtlanta, GA
Period10/04/1015/04/10

Keywords

  • AD/HD
  • ADD
  • ADHD
  • Personal information management
  • Social learning
  • Task management

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