In this talk, I describe 3 design considerations for personal informatics tools to improve the user experience. The considerations are: * Provide immediate benefit * People information needs change * Support analysis of multiple types of data

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Design
Considerations
for Personal Informatics Tools
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3. 3
Design
Considerations
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4. Provide
Immediate Benefit
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9. People’s Information
Needs Change
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12. 6 Kinds of Questions
Status
History
Goals
Discrepancy
Context
Factors
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13. Maintenance Discovery
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Phase Phase
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14. Maintenance Discovery
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Phase Phase
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15. Support Analysis
of Multiple Types
of Data
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17. Calendar Location Weight
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20. 1 Provide Immediate Benefit
2 People’s Information
Needs Change
3 Support Analysis of
Multiple Types of Data
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