From Personal Memories to Sharable Memories

Abstract

The exchange of personal experiences is a way of supporting decision making and interpersonal communication. In this article, we discuss how augmented personal memories could be exploited in order to support such a sharing. We start with a brief summary of a system implementing an augmented memory for a single user. Then, we exploit results from interviews to define an example scenario involving sharable memories. This scenario serves as background for a discussion of various questions related to sharing memories – and potential approaches to their solution. We especially focus on selection of relevant experiences and sharing partners, sharing methods, and the configuration of those sharing methods by means of reflection.