Additionally, average daily usage of apps the user did not choose to use less reduced by only 1.7%. The results were very pleasing: analysis found that average daily usage of apps each user chose to use less reduced by 25.1% on average for the period after installing AppTracker, which was a statistically significant result. Various federal, state and local laws prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex, race, religion, color, national origin, physical or mental disability, genetic information, marital status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, military service, veteran status, or any other status protected by federal, state or local laws (ie., protected. Anonymised usage data was collected using Firebase. CampusPoint is an equal opportunity employer. More on the design of the app and the theory behind it can be found in the project report.ДЄfter the app was developed, a two week study was completed by fourteen participants who used the app on their phones. Secondly, the glow scales to the amount of usage, being barely noticeable after a short time, but gradually becoming more and more obtrusive. Useful functions of the phone remain fully accessible. Firstly, it is targeted in that only apps the user has said they want to use less of are affected - so the user has already bought into this. This is a targeted and scaled approach, aimed at reducing the frustration experienced by the user as a result of using AppTracker, as frustration is the main cause of deactivating similar intervention software. The app therefore asks users to select apps they wish to use less of, and to set a daily usage target.

In short, the edge of the screen gets more and more red when a problematic app is used for a longer period of time, and the more these apps are used in a single day, the more of the screen the glow will surround. The latter builds on a finding from previous research that these long, mindless, habitual use cases are perceived as particularly unsatisfying by users, giving a sense of a lack of autonomy. It changes into two dimensions - the amount of the screen edge it covers, and the intensity/colour/brightness of the glow - to communicate two distinct quantities the user's progress towards a daily target of usage, and particularly intense usage sessions. This awareness is achieved by displaying an 'edge glow' on screen, at all times. AppTracker attempts to remove the need for frustrating interventions such as outright restriction of app usage, by instead giving the user a continuous, subliminal awareness of their smartphone usage, encouraging mindfulness. A survey of existing literature and solutions found that while tracking of phone use is now a common and readily available feature, this tracking data is not always immediately available to the user. Drawing winners will be notified via the email address and/or phone number on file with CampusPoint.Tackling problematic smartphone usage with on-screen usage feedback Or 'helping people use their phones less by giving them a sense of how much they've used their device'ДЄppTracker is an app developed as part of an MSc Human Computer Interaction dissertation, which builds on research into problematic smartphone usage and techniques.The drawing starts over each month: the previous monthвЂ™s entries are removed. CampusPoint will draw one name on the last business day of May, June, July and August of 2016.By participating in the contest, entrants give permission to use their name and image in conjunction with contest advertising and social media.If the person referring is not attending the interview CampusPoint will contact them and determine the best method for conveying the gift card, and request a picture for social media posting. If both are attending the interview, both will receive a gift card immediately. Both the person referring and the person being referred each receive a $5 Starbucks gift card.If the person referring is not present at check-in and will not be attending the interview, the person notifying CampusPoint must provide the name of the person referring them, and a contact phone number.CampusPoint must be notified of the referral upon interview check-in.All other individuals, including friends and family of CampusPoint employees, are eligible to participate.

However, if they refer somebody, the referral may participate.

CampusPoint employees are not eligible to participate in the contest.

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