Using Technologies to Support Reminiscence

Abstract

This paper is about the evolution of a system prototype called Pensieve whose goal is to support people’s reminiscing practices. A number of technologies exist to manage memory-related content; however, these technologies tend to take a model of memory as information that leads to a focus on capture and access. Pensieve is instead based on reusing memory-laden content people already create in social media services. This idea is supported by theories of autobiographical memory, insights from interviews with eight subjects, and experiences with two prototypes deployed to ten users. These interviews and experiences suggest that people value even simple tools that support reminiscence, as well as providing both design goals and research questions around the design of tools that support people in reminiscing.

Contributors

Dan Cosley

Kathy Akey

Brian Alson

Jonathan Baxter

Mark Broomfield

Soyoung Lee

Chethan Sarabu

Conference

Publication date: September 2009

Publication date (Print): September 2009

Pages: 480-484

Affiliations

[ ¹ ]Cornell University Information Science

[ ² ]New York University

Article

DOI: 10.14236/ewic/HCI2009.60

Copyright statement: © Dan Cosley et al. Published by BCS Learning and Development Ltd. People and Computers XXIII Celebrating People and Technology, Churchill College Cambridge, UK

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Conference name: People and Computers XXIII Celebrating People and Technology

Conference acronym: HCI

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Conference location: Churchill College Cambridge, UK

Conference date: 1 - 5 September 2009

Conference sponsor: Electronic Workshops in Computing (eWiC)

Conference theme: Computers XXIII Celebrating People and Technology

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Series title: Electronic Workshops in Computing