INFO 447 - L12 - February 11, 2005
Notes By: Prins, Horm

The Vote:
    Begole '02: I
    Reddy '02: II
    Fisher '04: VI
    Begole '04: 0
    Horvit '04: II
    DNR: I

This work rhythm stuff is cutting edge stuff, but how are we going to build a system to support this?
Work Rhythm Paper by Begole
    - Awarenix
    - Logged every minute on whether or not they were active
    - Checked e-mail sending and receiving
    - Tried to find patterns
        * Lunch
        * Times at desk
        * Etc...
    - Wanted to get a general idea on when they are in or out and to then integrate that into a calendaring system

Useful for?
    - Load balancing
    - Scheduling
    
Not so useful for students
    - By the time you get enough data, schedule changes

A Finger on the Pulse by Reddy & Dourish
    - Looked at aspects of shift changes, patient rotations @ ICU (intensive care unit)
    - Larger and finer grain rhythms
    - How information retrieval went as a group
    - Looking at temporal rhythms
    - How the past information effects future actions/information

Large Scale Rhythms
    - Nursing Shifts
        * 12 hour shifts
    - Morning Rounds
        * Done about every hour... less elsewhere
    - Movement of patients
    - Arrival of patients
    - Residents' work
    - Tension
        * When cycles collide

Finer-Grained Rhythms
    - Lab Results
        * Ask for them early, need them later
    - Medication Administration
        * If they are not awake, they'll come back to administer it later
    - Drug Response Times

Social and temporal Structures by Fisher
    - Referenced McDonald
    - TellMeAbout Soylent
    - They were trying to find for single user applications, not group apps
        * user interested in their own info
    - Referenced Kevin Bacon (6 degrees of separation)

What makes it interesting?
    - Think of the social network to better enable you to do work
    - I can't tell ya... I didn't read this one
    - Awareness and Attention

Then Dan talks about the BusyBody one

Wrapping Up
    - This is just scratching the surface
    - Some interesting things can be done here
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