Groupwork close up: a comparison of the group design process with and without a simple group editor
ACM Transactions on Information Systems (TOIS)
Paper as an analytic resource for the design of new technologies
Proceedings of the ACM SIGCHI Conference on Human factors in computing systems
Must electronic gadgets disrupt our face-to-face conversations?
interactions - Waits & Measures
"Front-stage" and "back-stage" information
CHI '08 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
The conference room as a toolbox: technological and social routines in corporate meeting spaces
Proceedings of the fourth international conference on Communities and technologies
Laptopers in an educational practice: Promoting the personal learning situation
Computers & Education
Peripheral computing during presentations: perspectives on costs and preferences
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Smartphone use does not have to be rude: making phones a collaborative presence in meetings
Proceedings of the 15th international conference on Human-computer interaction with mobile devices and services
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We have conducted a study of meetings to gain an understanding of the sources of disruption when laptops are present. We videotaped five workplace meetings in which over 600 information tasks were performed by participants using paper or laptops. We saw evidence that people preferred task durations not to exceed approximately 10 seconds. Tasks performed by laptop users were more likely to exceed this limit, and this could contribute to disruptions. We suggest that laptop software may need to assist users in keeping tasks within 10 seconds' duration.