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Information Scraps

Explore the relevance of current desktop metaphors, strict folder hierarchies, file naming, and alternatives like search and tagging. Discover the importance of information scraps and how to reinvent their capture and access for improved productivity. Join MIT's Haystack Group for a UROP opportunity in human-computer interaction and design. Email msbernst@mit.edu for more details.

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Information Scraps

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  1. Information Scraps Michael Bernstein - msbernst@mit.eduProfessor David Karger

  2. To: msbernst@mit.eduFrom: msbernst@mit.edu Subject: tom. 4pm

  3. E-mails - Files – Paper - Folders

  4. E-mails- Files – Paper - Folders

  5. E-mails- Files – Paper - Folders

  6. E-mails- Files – Paper - Folders Miscellaneous

  7. Why do they end up there? • Requirements of the current desktop metaphor • Strict folder hierarchy • Filename requirements • Alternatives • Search (e.g., Google Desktop) • Tagging (e.g., del.icio.us) • …

  8. Information Scraps Grocery lists UPS Tracking #s What you were doing Notes Directions Todos Sketches URLs to visit Contact info Command line magic incantations Quotes from web sites UROP Projects you want to sign up for Books to read

  9. Our goal for the summer • Reinvent information scrap capture and access

  10. Jourknow and beyond

  11. Our UROP opportunity • What you’ll be doing: • User interface design • Implementation • Evaluation • What we’re looking for in candidates • Interest! In human-computer interaction, design, information scraps… • Ability to program in modern OOP languages

  12. msbernst@mit.eduMIT Haystack GroupJoint work with electronic MaxFaculty supervisors: David Karger, mc schraefel, Rob Miller

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