PIM Research Jaime Teevan MIT, CSAIL

1.Temperance 2.Silence 3.Order 4.Resolution 5.Frugality 6.Industry 7.Sincerity 8.Justice 9.Moderation 10.Cleanliness 11.Tranquility 12.Chastity 13.Humility

1.Temperance 2.Silence 3.Order 4.Resolution 5.Frugality 6.Industry 7.Sincerity 8.Justice 9.Moderation 10.Cleanliness 11.Tranquility 12.Chastity 13.Humility “Order.. with regard to places for things, papers, etc., I found extreamly [sic] difficult to acquire.” ? ? ? ? ?

Personal Information Management Define PIM Active research areas Interesting open questions Jones, W. Personal Information Management. Annual Review of Information Science and Technology (ARIST). Jones, W. and Teevan, J. (Eds.). Readings in Personal Information Management. University of Washington Press.

Personal Information Management Information –E.g., the date of an exam Information item –A packaging of information –E.g., handout, URL of the course Web page Information form –Defined by the tools –E.g., paper, , PDF, Word document

Personal Information Management Information a person keeps –Notes taken in class Information directed to a person –Handouts given in class Information experienced by a person –Class Web page visited by the student Information about a person kept by others –Course registration status with registrar

Personal Information Management Information management –Keeping and organizing –Sharing and maintaining privacy –Evaluating strategies Information use –Understanding –Finding and re-finding

Research Directions Understanding PIM Solutions for PIM –Tools –Training PIM and the individual PIM and other people –Privacy –Sharing

Open Questions What are the right tools for PIM? Can tools make PIM invisible? How do tools affect behavior? Can we teach effective PIM? Who owns one’s personal information?

“Do not squander time; for that’s the stuff life is made of.” - Benjamin Franklin Jaime Teevan,