Grafitter: leveraging social media for self reflection

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Ian Li, Anind K. Dey, Jodi Forlizzi
ACM Crossroads Student Magazine, vol. 16(2), 2009 Oct 30, pp. 12-13

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Li, I., Dey, A. K., & Forlizzi, J. (2009). Grafitter: leveraging social media for self reflection. ACM Crossroads Student Magazine, 16(2), 12–13.

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Li, Ian, Anind K. Dey, and Jodi Forlizzi. “Grafitter: Leveraging Social Media for Self Reflection.” ACM Crossroads Student Magazine 16, no. 2 (October 30, 2009): 12–13.

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Li, Ian, et al. “Grafitter: Leveraging Social Media for Self Reflection.” ACM Crossroads Student Magazine, vol. 16, no. 2, Oct. 2009, pp. 12–13.

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@article{ian2009a,
  title = {Grafitter: leveraging social media for self reflection},
  year = {2009},
  month = oct,
  day = {30},
  issue = {2},
  journal = {ACM Crossroads Student Magazine},
  pages = {12-13},
  volume = {16},
  author = {Li, Ian and Dey, Anind K. and Forlizzi, Jodi},
  month_numeric = {10}
}

Summary

We think a successful manual collection tool for personal informatics should include the following features:

support for recording with various inputs in multiple contexts,
easy integration of collected information into the reflection tool, and
flexibility in supporting various types of information.

We designed and built a system called Grafitter that exhibits the above three features. First, Grafitter leverages various social media to allow recording various inputs in multiple contexts. Second, Grafitter automatically aggregates data from these various inputs into one tool for reflection. Lastly, Grafitter allows people to record various types of information with a format that is easy to remember and can be written quickly.