Concept
Play Write: Introduction
- With the rapid improvement in the computing power of mobile devices and their use in a variety of scenarios, users today have the opportunity to make use of fragmented time which was previously considered unusable.
- Rapid task switching is a standard practice on mobile devices as tasks routinely get interrupted, and it is difficult to allocate the required amount of focus that complex tasks require.
- The most common way researchers have explored to help people complete complex tasks while mobile is to support better mobile interruption management practices.
- Prior work has demonstrated how to algorithmically support task decomposition, breaking tasks into much smaller pieces than previously imaginable; microtasks can be designed to be independent of each other and require limited time and context to complete.
- Prior research shows that doing a task via microtasks allows people to produce higher quality work with less effort than doing the task as a whole.
- The flexibility and portability of microtasks makes them ideal for surfacing on mobile devices; they can then be performed anywhere, at any time, and even interleaved with other tasks.
- Play Write was designed as a mobile app for performing document editing microtasks, creating additional opportunities to edit during moments that are typically considered unsuitable for complex tasks.
- The app allows the individual to self-source microtasks that can be deferred and interleaved with other tasks, taking advantage of micro-moments that happen throughout the day.
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Updated 2021-06-07
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