Modern knowledge workers typically need to use multiple resources, such as documents,
web pages, and applications, at the same time. This complexity in their computing …

Many computer tasks involve looking up information from different sources, and these self-
interruptions can be disruptive. In this article, we investigate whether giving people feedback …

Computers are used for various purposes and frequent context switch is inevitable. In this
setting, retrieving the documents, files, and web pages that have been used for a task can be …

Developers work on a broad variety of tasks during their workdays and constantly switch
between them. While these task switches can be beneficial, they can also incur a high …

Modern users typically open multiple software, websites, and documents for daily tasks.
Retrieving previously used digital resources, such as web pages, documents, local files, and …

Reconstructing a previous working context (files, websites and software) when resuming a
task is inevitable for computer users after switching software or being interrupted. The …

In this paper an analysis of a technical support data with the goal of identifying process
improvement actions for reducing interrupts is presented. A technical support chat is …

Software development organizations strive to enhance the productivity of their developers.
All too often, efforts aimed at improving developer productivity are undertaken without …

Broader Impacts: The broader impacts of the proposed activity derive from the potential to
radically improve the efficacy of computer-mediated information activities and reshape how …

Computer-based work often involves looking up information from different sources. Though
these interruptions are required to progress with work, switching away from a task can be …