An information overload study: Using design methods for understanding

ACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Volumn 206, Issue , 2006, Pages 245-252

  Mulder, Ingrid ^a   De Poot, Henk ^a   Verwij, Carla ^a   Janssen, Ruud ^a   Bijlsma, Marcel ^a  

^a TELEMATICA INSTITUUT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

contextual research; critical incidents; cultural probes; design; information overload; knowledge workers; storytelling

Indexed keywords

CONTEXTUAL RESEARCH; CULTURAL PROBES; CUT CONCEPT; DESIGN INFORMATION; DESIGN METHOD; INFORMATION OVERLOADS; KNOWLEDGE WORKERS; ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT; PRACTICAL GUIDELINES; TECHNOLOGICAL SOLUTION; TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS;

DESIGN; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SYSTEMS; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; PROBES;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

EID: 77953492413     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1228175.1228218     Document Type: Conference Paper

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