Multitasking with Play Write, a Mobile Microproductivity Writing Tool
summary
A mobile system called Play Write extracts microtasks from Word documents, pushes them to a phone via a cloud workflow (users hit Go Mobile / Get Changes in Word), and reintegrates edits after micro-moments. A 15-person lab with divided attention (watching videos) shows users complete 55 vs 28 edits with Play Write versus Mobile Word, feel less stressed, and rate task switching and ease higher. Implementation supports spellfixes, accept/reject, short edits; limitations include context-sensitive edits and focus on copy editing rather than longform composition.
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chapters (6)
- 0:00Introduction and motivation
- 1:30Microtasks and attention fragmentation
- 5:48Introducing Play Write system
- 9:49User study and findings
- 13:45Future research directions
- 14:54Q&A session
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