A distributed view of cognition is discussed in terms of its applicability to external information
storage and the problem of designing environmental support for notetaking and managing …

Observations of users of the Xerox NoteCards system have revealed the difficulties that
occur when one must organize and keep track of large numbers of notes collected over a …

From the Publisher: Explores the role of cognition in human-computer interaction. Reviews
current knowledge and theories about how people use computer systems for cognitive tasks …

Discusses empirical evidence regarding 3 ways in which taking notes may contribute to an
individual's acquisition of personal knowledge. The evidence suggests that taking notes (a) …

If we remember the visual appearance of documents, and other attributes such as location,
then a number of new information management strategies become possible candidates for …

An aspect of the human use of information that has generally been overlooked in the
automation of information services is the human tendency to locate information spatially …

External information storage is an alternative to memorizing which contributes considerably
to the efficiency of human knowledge preservation. Three experiments on the trade-off …

Most current notecard systems don't take advantage of the semistructured nature of notes,
making retrieval and analysis difficult and requiring manual maintenance of the notes …

An understanding of people and the problems people encounter in tasks of information
processing can guide us not only in the design of the interface to a computing system but …

Jimminy is a wearable personal note-taking and note-archival application that automatically
displays notes that might be relevant to the wearer in his current environment. The system …