While self-tracking data is typically captured real-time in a lived experience, the data is often
stored in a manner detached from the context where it belongs. Research has shown that …

Challenges and Opportunities in Designing Physical Data Artifacts for Everyday Life
embedded into everyday life, however, is an open and difficult challenge. In recent years …

Visual and physical representations of historical personal data have been discussed as
artifacts that can lead to self-reflection through meaning-making. However, it is yet unclear …

Physical engagement with data necessarily influences the reflective process. However, the
role of interactivity and narration are often overlooked when designing and analyzing …

As smartphone and wearable tracking devices have grown in popularity, more individuals
have begun collecting their own health data. While these data are often perceived as a …

We explore the design and utility of situated manual self-tracking visualizations on dedicated
displays that integrate data tracking into existing practices and physical environments …

Digital self-tracking technologies offer many potential benefits over self-tracking with paper
notebooks. However, they are often too rigid to support people's practical and emotional …

Self-reflection is a central goal of personal informatics systems, and constructing
visualizations from physical tokens has been found to help people reflect on data. However …

Self-trackers collect personal data for many reasons, including generating insight about their
bodies, habits, productivity, and wellbeing. Self-tracking may expose intimate facets of daily …

Digital self-tracking devices and data have become normal elements of everyday life.
Imagining Personal Data examines the implications of the rise of body monitoring and digital …