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Overcoming procrastination with ReMind

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"Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today!" is easier said than done. Actually doing something we intend to do is often hampered by procrastination. This paper presents ReMind, a calendar/to-do-list-like object to overcome procrastination. An empirical case study of a functional prototype using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) showed that ReMind instilled reflection about procrastination and behavioral change in everyday life.

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DPPI '13: Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Designing Pleasurable Products and Interfaces
September 2013
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DOI:10.1145/2513506
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  1. aesthetic of friction
  2. experience design
  3. persuasion
  4. pleasure
  5. procrastination
  6. self-regulation
  7. transformational object

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