"Readness" - A design exploration of personal document management in historical and collaborative context

Abstract

When faced with many documents, people often use systems that characterize documents as read or unread. Most email and document management systems treat this distinction as a binary - either a document has been read, or not. This poster explores designs that expand this binary distinction into a continuum of "readness," based on the user's personal history and collaborative context. The work focuses on late-breaking design concepts. © 2004 ACM.