User Scenario
System Scenario
Initial Sign-up Scenario
Menu Interface
Survey
User Testing
Product Matrix
Comparable Phones & Top Platforms
Animation Screenshots
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This blog provides a forum for students, instructors and others to share information and ideas about the Spring Thesis Program at Parsons the New School for Design in New York City.
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Hi Charlene,
First, please accept my apology for the lateness of this response. I am really fascinated by several aspects of your thesis project, and am in general very pleased with the way you have built on your original ideas from last semester. We are beginning to see the outlines of a rich, engaging and innovative way to use technology as a true social instigator. I must say, that I am (for now) a bit dubious about your method. Most designers start with a simple concept and then build up their knowledge about each element that has to be mastered as the product or other designed artifact grows in complexity. I feel that you began with a very vague concept, and now you are working backwards through your research and prototyping; I expect that by the end of the semester, you will finally be able to articulate what it is that you are trying to accomplish, and how that can be achieved in a way that is distinguishable from existing products. This may be a misperception on my part, but you have to admit, that you seem to be hinting at what the underlying concept of your project is, but you never come right out and say it. If we analyze your pitch, this becomes obvious: you have not yet actually said in there what your project is, but you provide tantalizing clues. This seems like an odd way to go about design, but given the progress you are making, and the growing specificity of the solution you propose, I am willing to suspend my disbelief.
It seems to me that your app will combine things that we have seen, but in a novel way. That is a very legitimate method, especially in the moblie technology area, where a great deal of effort has already been spent on trying out every imaginable permutation of features. I can see aspects of social networking, meetups, auction, and augmented reality apps in here. Your graphics are fantastic and show great sophistication and thoughtfulness. Your idea of creating a shared social calendar based on a gaming and auction paradigm provides incentives to meet new friends and collaborators in ways that Facebook and
Google Latitude does not. I am not at all clear on the details of how this will all work, but I am willing to follow your process, because I see that as you progress, the thing becomes more palpable and real.
By the way, I was very impressed by the way you displayed the results of your survey. In one simple graphic, you tell the reader what the questions were, the range of responses, and which response rose to the top, and which questions had more than one popular response. In design research, one big challenge is how to display results in a way that captures the essence of what you learned, without being overly quantitative about it. We don't need to know the percentages of respondents, the key thing is to give the overall shape of your findings in a way that communicates well and does not overload the reader. Now I am very curious about where you will turn for the next round of testing. It seems to me that you may want to begin showing potential users some of the screens you designed to determine which designs promote good understanding and intuitive use. Of course, there are lots of other ways that you can go, so please let me know how I can help you refine your experiments, so that you can generate the kind of data that you need to make your concept as responsive as possible to the needs and desires of your audience.
steven
charlene, I really like your graphics because they remind me of color blindness tests. Google images on "color blindness tests" to see what I mean.
http://www.admit-one.net/webimages/colorblind.jpg
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