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1	Using to-do lists to infer knowledge workers' temporal perceptions Wilson, Ashley Lynae 13 February 2012 (has links) In today’s productivity-driven work culture, many knowledge workers use to-do lists to stay organized. In this study, workers from both the United States and Norway were interviewed about their to-do lists. The interviewees’ to-do lists communicate the various cycles to which they are entrained (non-work activities, colleagues’ schedules), as well as their respective views about the enactments and construals of time. These interviews also reveal how to-do lists serve as memory aids to knowledge workers. Additionally, to-do lists themselves appear to be living documents, changing and evolving as tasks are regularly completed and added. This study also provides suggestions for further research on these enormously popular organizational tools. / text To-do lists Productivity
2	Living SMART : an Internet course for adults with ADHD Moëll, Birger January 2013 (has links) ADHD affects executive functions and pharmacological treatment is the most common intervention. Medication is ineffective for some and psychosocial interventions are scarcely available. CBT that teaches organizational skills for managing ADHD-symptoms has shown promising results. Smartphones can help individuals perform executive tasks such as planning and organization and they could be efficacious as a support tool for ADHD patients. The current study is a RCT that compares an online course (n=29) based on previously effective CBT treatments for ADHD to a wait-list control (n=29). The intervention focused on teaching the use of an online calendar and smartphone apps. The intervention brought significant improvement (p < 0.001) to participants regarding ADHD symptoms and 38% of participants were considered clinically significantly improved. This indicates that online treatments using IT-tools for ADHD is effective and that smartphones can be used as a tool for aiding individuals with impairments in executive functions. ADHD Internet delivered treatment for ADHD Online CBT Online treatment Smartphone treatment for ADHD Smartphone treatment Inattention Hyperactivity Impulsivity Procrastination Organizational skills Online calendar Smartphone calendar To-do-lists N-back memory training White noise
3	Hur hittar vi fram? : En studie om hur spelare navigerar i 3d miljöer / How do we find the way? : A study on how players navigate a 3d environment Asplund, Einar, Bergsten, Max January 2020 (has links) Is it important that a player can navigate easily through a level? To get the answer ten participants were tested during a short play-session of a game made for the study. By looking at prior research, themes could be found that were all common. To learn the player to recognize what a goal looks like, to get the player to understand what the goal is. That the player can navigate to the goal and that the level should have flow is also important. This study shows that what earlier research suggests seems to have merit. Of all participants that played the game, almost everyone that played where navigational techniques were implemented spoke of how they felt certain in where to go. computer game goals clear goals 3D-environment navigation wayfinding flow visual cues landmarks directional line pattern to-do lists challenges chokepoints. datorspel mål tydliga mål 3D-miljö navigation vägledning flöde visuella ledtrådar landmärken riktningsmönster att-göra listor utmaningar flaskhalsar Media and Communication Technology Medieteknik
4	Supporting Interaction Designers through the Accomplishment Support Tool: IxD Companion Cotoranu, Alexandru January 2012 (has links) This thesis paper addresses a problem of motivation that interaction designers experience when managing multiple design processes while keeping track of many design considerations. Once this issue is described at length, the paper focuses towards a possible solution in the form of a hybrid between creativity and productivity support tools: an accomplishment support tool. This tool is meant to support interaction designers in their experience with managing multiple processes.This paper does not suggest that interaction design is the only profession that suffers from the motivation issue that is described, nor does it deny that other professions could benefit from the use of such a tool. The paper merely attempts to narrow the issue down to one profession so that it may be addressed within the limits of the thesis project.The paper explores the need for such a tool by inspecting and analyzing current methods and digital applications used by interaction designers and mentions how this need is addressed with solutions based on relevant theories from diverse areas of interest. As defining qualities emerge from a combination of theoretical and practical research, case studies are described from a preparation perspective and then as experienced by workshop participants and interviewees.The case studies (which include workshops and prototype modules) are then reflected upon and discussed in terms of their impact on the overall goals of the thesis project. A final prototype in the form of a web application, IxD Companion, is then described through scenarios of use and assessed in the conclusion. Suggestion to future work on accomplishment support tools such as IxD Companion, as well as others, is provided at the end. interaction design IxD Companion accomplishment support tool motivation collaboration social discovery boundary objects design-games engagement usability information visualization to-do lists design approaches team design reflective methods project management process management scrum microsoft project microsoft visio google calendar remember the milk questhelper world of warcraft inquiry exploration workshop workshops time management prototype prototypes mockup Engineering and Technology Teknik och teknologier

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