%0 Conference Paper %1 jones2005 %A Jones, W. %A Phuwanartnurak, A. J. %A Gill, R. %A Bruce, H. %B CHI '05: CHI '05 extended abstracts on Human factors in computing systems %C New York, NY, USA %D 2005 %I ACM %K MUSTREAD motivation reading-group tagging %P 1505--1508 %R http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1056808.1056952 %T Don't take my folders away!: organizing personal information to get things done %U http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1056952 %X A study explores the way people organize information in support of projects ("teach a course", "plan a wedding", etc.). The folder structures to organize project information - especially electronic documents and other files - frequently resembled a "divide and conquer" problem decomposition with subfolders corresponding to major components (subprojects) of the project. Folders were clearly more than simply a means to one end: Organizing for later retrieval. Folders were information in their own right - representing, for example, a person's evolving understanding of a project and its components. Unfortunately, folders are often överloaded" with information. For example, folders sometimes included leading characters to force an ordering (äa", "zz"). And folder hierarchies frequently reflected a tension between organizing information for current use vs. repeated re-use. %@ 1-59593-002-7

@inproceedings{jones2005, abstract = {A study explores the way people organize information in support of projects ("teach a course", "plan a wedding", etc.). The folder structures to organize project information - especially electronic documents and other files - frequently resembled a "divide and conquer" problem decomposition with subfolders corresponding to major components (subprojects) of the project. Folders were clearly more than simply a means to one end: Organizing for later retrieval. Folders were information in their own right - representing, for example, a person's evolving understanding of a project and its components. Unfortunately, folders are often "overloaded" with information. For example, folders sometimes included leading characters to force an ordering ("aa", "zz"). And folder hierarchies frequently reflected a tension between organizing information for current use vs. repeated re-use.}, added-at = {2009-08-10T22:47:50.000+0200}, address = {New York, NY, USA}, author = {Jones, W. and Phuwanartnurak, A. J. and Gill, R. and Bruce, H.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/274c1f6b201a203b7c1f1ec44cf8979e2/mstrohm}, booktitle = {CHI '05: CHI '05 extended abstracts on Human factors in computing systems}, description = {Don't take my folders away!}, doi = {http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1056808.1056952}, interhash = {c780239db9bec9fe3890e8ef76047811}, intrahash = {74c1f6b201a203b7c1f1ec44cf8979e2}, isbn = {1-59593-002-7}, keywords = {MUSTREAD motivation reading-group tagging}, location = {Portland, OR, USA}, pages = {1505--1508}, publisher = {ACM}, timestamp = {2009-08-10T22:47:51.000+0200}, title = {Don't take my folders away!: organizing personal information to get things done}, url = {http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1056952}, year = 2005 }