thinking about the individual's organization

read to prepare yourselves for session 04

  1. Barreau, D. (January 15, 2008). The persistence of behavior and form in the organization of personal information. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 59, 2, 307-317.
  2. Visualize Me Résumé Infographics
  3. Czwerinski, M., Gage, D.W., Gemmell, J., Marshall, C.C., Perez-Quinones, M., Skeels, M.M. and Catarci, T. (January 01, 2006). Digital memories in an era of ubiquitous computing and abundant storage. Communications of the ACM, 49, 1, 44-50.

things we'll talk about


  • discuss how individuals organize their personal and professional information
  • how is personal information organization different from organizational information organization?
  • discuss how personal information affects career prospects (e.g., résumés affecting interviews)
  • discuss personal experiences and how we organize different types of information differently
  • we'll look at our résumés using the visualize tool above
slides for session 04