Fostering Engagement with Personal Informatics Systems
Rebecca Gulotta, Jodi Forlizzi, Rayoung Yang, Mark Newman · 2016
Personal informatics systems are becoming increasingly prevalent as their price, form, and ease of use improves. Though these systems offer great potential value to users, many systems are hampered by issues that limit their ability to foster engagement, and people often abandon use of these systems without garnering meaningful outcomes. While continued use of these systems is not necessary for all people, there is an opportunity to better support people working towards achievement-based goals.