Information Scraps

Information Scraps

Michael Bernstein - msbernst@mit.eduProfessor David Karger

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E-mails - Files – Paper - Folders

E-mails - Files – Paper - Folders

E-mails - Files – Paper - Folders

E-mails - Files – Paper - Folders

Miscellaneous

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)– …

Grocery lists

Todos

What you were doing

Command line magic incantations

URLs to visit

Quotes from web sites

UPS Tracking #s

Books to read

Contact info

DirectionsSketches

Notes

UROP Projects you want to sign up for

Information Scraps

Our goal for the summer

• Reinvent information scrap capture and access

Jourknow and beyond

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

msbernst@mit.eduMIT Haystack Group

Joint work with electronic MaxFaculty supervisors: David Karger, mc schraefel, Rob Miller