User Testing
For this week, I showed my app to three friends and had them walk through some of the basic functionality. These are the users’ profiles: Steve Age: 37 iPad owner: no iPhone owner: yes smartphone owner: yes medical experience: none Maggie Age:31 iPad owner: yes iPhone owner: yes smartphone owner: yes medical experience: works in [...]
User Experience Testing
For this project, I am going to use my thesis: a mobile version of the Amsler grid test. These are the questions I would pose to testers: 1) Who do you think this app is for? 2) How do you feel when you open the app? 3) Complete an eye test. 4) Review historical tests [...]
IRC mobile strategy
Slides here: irc I’m going to say something radical: IRC should not be focusing on getting users to donate or sign pledges. I don’t say that to suggest that money and engagement are not important. I say that because a somewhat unscientific, but nonetheless convincing study, suggests to me that IRC does not have a [...]
Great Buildings wireframes and flowchart
Great Buildings New Site Flowchart Homepage Primary Secondary Library
Disruptive technology: Automated Check Deposit
No more deposit envelopes. No more endorsing checks. No more employees confirming the check contents. You no longer even need to know how much the check is for.
Balsmiq mock-up
I travel back and forth from New York to Boston several times a month. I often need a lot of flexibility on when I go, but I also care about how much it’s going to cost. It’s tiring to check the same series of websites again and again for travel times, and then to enter [...]
My Fun Theory
Problem: People can’t [don't want to] stop texting while driving Solution #1: Phone turns on stereo; car turns on text auto-reply ["Sorry I can't reply right now -- I'm driving!"] Solution #2: No texting is rewarded with a favorite tune on exiting the car