observation project
this is an wip article for Physicall Computing classes lectured by Tom Igoe.
As I couldn´t manage to spend an entire day doing this assignment I did my observations during my daily routine (train travels, smoking outside the buildings..)
this is an wip article for Physivall Computing classes lectured by Tom Igoe.
As I couldn´t manage to spend an entire day doing this assignment I did my observations during my daily routine (train travels, smoking outside the buildings..)
day 1::
-E- Train
(11:15AM)
girl listening iPod + using cellphone (reading msg's??) ::
no visual or tactile contact with iPod. Visual contact with cellphone with some inbetween pauses but always grabbing it.
duration: aprox.10'
-E- Train
(11:28AM)
girl listening walkman(!!!) ::
always grabbing it; listening (aprox.4') + changing settings (rewind?forward?) (aprox.30'') + listening (aprox.4')
-E- Train
(11:30AM)
boy listening iPod + changing settings (clickwheel=volume?) (aprox.10'')
-E- Train
(11:32AM)
girl listening iPod + changing settings (?) (aprox.1') + listening
-E- Train
(11:38AM)
playing PSP (aprox.8') + as soon he quits PSP grabs cellphone (aprox.30') - while all this always listening music (iPod?)
-E- Train
(11:39AM)
girl using cellphone (reading msg? settings?) (aprox.3')
-E- Train
(11:28AM)
boy listening iPod + changing settings (aprox.10'')
Broadway (outside Tisch's building)
(12:08)
UPS driver in truck using UPS delivery interface (aprox.40') overlaped with cellphone talking (3') and wrting down in UPS interface(1')
Broadway (outside Tisch's building)
(12:12)
boy smoking and listening to iPod + changing settings (aprox.20'')
As i was outside Tisch's building smoking though most of the time I couldn´t see anyone working with the object's interfaces I managed to count the number of interfaces being used (iPod vs. cellphones).
this observation lasted for 4'-5'
iPods - music players = 28
cellphones = 15
both = 1 (passing by girl using one headphone in one ear and talking to cellphone!!)