Tracking the trackers: Self-tracking in households as social practice
Author(s): Mariannn (Maz) Hardey Abstract: The purpose of this article is to examine the effect of different types of self-tracking users (trackers) on the health behaviours of others living in the same household. The study takes an international perspective,...
Reflection in Theory and Reflection in Practice: An Exploration of the Gaps in Reflection Support among Personal Informatics Apps
Author(s): Janghee Cho Tian Xu Abigail Zimmermann-Niefield Stephen Voida Abstract: Personal informatics (PI) systems have been developed to support reflection. While reflection is considered an indispensable activity in PI use, how and when reflection occurs is still...
Personal Dream Informatics: A Self-Information Systems Model of Dream Engagement
Author(s): Michael Jeffrey Daniel HoeferBryce E SchumacherStephen Voida Abstract: We present the research area of personal dream informatics: studying the self-information systems that support dream engagement and communication between the dreaming self and the...
Prediction on Retrospection: Integrating Algorithmic Stress Prediction into Personal Informatics Systems for College Students’ Mental Health
Author(s): Taewan KimHaesoo KimHa Yeon LeeHwarang GohShakhboz AbdigapporovMingon JeongHyunsung ChoKyungsik HanYoungtae NohSung-Ju LeeHwajung Hong Abstract: Reflecting on stress-related data is critical in addressing one’s mental health. Personal Informatics (PI)...
Reflective Spring Cleaning: Using Personal Informatics to Support Infrequent Notification Personalization
Author(s): Izabelle F Janzen Joanna McGrenere Abstract: Distracting mobile notifications are a high-profile problem but previous research suggests notification management tools are underused because of the barriers users face in relation to the perceived benefits. We...
Reflection in Theory and Reflection in Practice: An Exploration of the Gaps in Reflection Support among Personal Informatics Apps
Author(s): Janghee ChoTian XuAbigail Zimmermann-NiefieldStephen Voida Abstract: Personal informatics (PI) systems have been developed to support reflection. While reflection is considered an indispensable activity in PI use, how and when reflection occurs is still...
Personal Informatics as an Information Ecology: Activity Trackers and Relational Affordances
Author(s): Mohammad Hossein Jarrahi Abstract: With the proliferation of activity-tracking devices and other smart tools, more users leverage these personal informatics technologies to track their physical and fitness-related activities. The research on the benefits...
Association Rules Mining on Multimodal Quantified-Self Data
Author(s): Zilu Liang Abstract: Quantified-self refers to the practice that people use consumer wearables to collect personal data for self-care or self-knowledge. After more than a decade of its popularity, the quantifies-self practice is still mostly centered on...
Helping People to Control their Everyday Data for Care: A Scenario-Based Study
Author(s): Pei-Yao Hung Mark S. Ackerman Abstract: With the advent of pervasive sensing devices, data captured about one’s everyday life (e.g., heart rate, sleep quality, emotion, or social activity) offers enormous possibilities for promoting in-home health care for...
WearMerge: An Interoperable Framework for Self-tracking Data Integration and Standardization
Author(s): Dimitrios Panteleimon Giakatos Sofia Yfantidou Stefanos Efstathiou Athena Vakali Abstract: Ubiquitous self-tracking technologies’ (STTs) adoption has taken a quantum leap in recent years, leading to a rapid increase in terms of volume, variety, and...