TY - GEN
T1 - YouPivot
T2 - 29th Annual CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2011
AU - Hailpern, Joshua
AU - Jitkoff, Nicholas
AU - Warr, Andrew
AU - Karahalios, Karrie
AU - Sesek, Robert
AU - Shkrob, Nikita
PY - 2011/6/13
Y1 - 2011/6/13
N2 - According to cognitive science literature, human memory is predicated on contextual cues (e.g., room, music) in the environment. During recall tasks, we associate information/activities/objects with contextual cues. However, computer systems do not leverage our natural process of using contextual cues to facilitate recall. We present a new interaction technique, Pivoting, that allows users to search for contextually related activities and find a target piece of information (often not semantically related). A sample motivation for contextual search would be, "what was that website I was looking at when Yesterday by The Beatles was last playing?" Our interaction technique is grounded in the cognitive science literature, and is demonstrated in our system YouPivot. In addition, we present a new personal annotation method, called TimeMarks, to further support contextual recall and the pivoting process. In a pilot study, participants were quicker to identify websites, and preferred using YouPivot, compared to current tools. YouPivot demonstrates how principles of human memory can be applied to enhance the search of digital information.
AB - According to cognitive science literature, human memory is predicated on contextual cues (e.g., room, music) in the environment. During recall tasks, we associate information/activities/objects with contextual cues. However, computer systems do not leverage our natural process of using contextual cues to facilitate recall. We present a new interaction technique, Pivoting, that allows users to search for contextually related activities and find a target piece of information (often not semantically related). A sample motivation for contextual search would be, "what was that website I was looking at when Yesterday by The Beatles was last playing?" Our interaction technique is grounded in the cognitive science literature, and is demonstrated in our system YouPivot. In addition, we present a new personal annotation method, called TimeMarks, to further support contextual recall and the pivoting process. In a pilot study, participants were quicker to identify websites, and preferred using YouPivot, compared to current tools. YouPivot demonstrates how principles of human memory can be applied to enhance the search of digital information.
KW - Contextual cue
KW - Contextual search
KW - Human memory
KW - Interface
KW - Pivot
KW - Pivoting
KW - Search
KW - Time mark
KW - YouPivot
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U2 - 10.1145/1978942.1979165
DO - 10.1145/1978942.1979165
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:79958175520
SN - 9781450302289
T3 - Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings
SP - 1521
EP - 1530
BT - CHI 2011 - 29th Annual CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Conference Proceedings and Extended Abstracts
Y2 - 7 May 2011 through 12 May 2011
ER -