Challenging the clock time-based deadline management tools: A case of procrastination time

Procrastination time is a period in which traditional time management tools fail to support individuals' practices. This dissertation aims to explore how and what people define "procrastination time" when there is deadline pressure. By exploring how people contest the current definitions of deadlines while procrastinating, I add a case to the stream of time studies in HCI-design that challenge the objective and universal understanding of time. To this end, I conducted a qualitative analysis of an urban digital library's entries with the #procrastination hashtag and conducted eight follow-up interviews with self-identified procrastinators to reveal opportunities for dealing with deadlines and time pressures. The outcomes helped to revisit the design potentials for deadlines, inspired by rethinking the procrastination time in HCI. Five potential design insights are introduced to help designers to think beyond the objective and static understanding of time when designing future time management technologies in HCI. With this work, my contribution to the ongoing time studies is 1) adding a qualitative study on the positive and inspirational potentials of procrastination time for digital design and 2) providing five inspirational design insights for future time management tools to deal with deadlines and time pressure.