Experience-Sampling Tools : a Critical Review

In this position paper I argue for the merits of the experiencesampling method for HCI research and a wider scientific community and for the support of the method through publicly available, freely configurable tools. I will take a critical look at some of the relevant tools available. On that basis some recommendations for the design of ESM tools are given and a design space for ESM tools is sketched.

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