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Presentation Link
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1nD6c4qAofUrbHd3RWFd5uZOVfvoPMM1ejxvTAOVtyWQ/edit?usp=sharing
Problem Statement
Writers find it difficult to find inspiration and motivation to begin or continue writing.
Difficult because of:
- Writer's Block
- Burn-out
- Lack of time
- Human laziness
Scenario
Mob Riller graduated from Harvard with a dream to be an author. However, none of his books were good.
Dejected and out of ideas, Mob Riller is looking for a place to do some speed writing and find some inspiration.
Individual Design Sketches
h3 Sketches by Clara Liu
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Design Highlights
- Grandparent carries out all actions through the interface of an “address book,” which contains clickable buttons corresponding to each contact. All mode of communication options (including adding a contact) appear as overlays on top of the address book, so that the address book is always in sight.
- Mode of communication is purposefully asymmetric to meet different needs. When grandparent sends voicemail, it is voice recorded on the grandparent’s side but sent as text/email to the grandchild’s side, to accommodate grandchild’s busy schedule.
Usability Analysis
- Learnability
- Pros
- Address book metaphor and mailbox metaphor together maintain some external consistency with grandparent’s existing method of keeping contacts, and thus lowers the learning curve.
- Cons
- Address book metaphor combined with dialing the desired contact may confuse a new user. In real life, one does not add to a paper address book by dialing the person’s number.
- Pros
- Efficiency
- Pros
- Grandparent never needs to type on the keyboard.
- Recording a voicemail is less time intensive than typing an email (provided the speech interface is easy to use).
- Younger family member receives voicemail as text, so can check message while doing other activities.
- Cons
- Grandparent must always go through a two-step process of selecting the desired contact before selecting the mode of communication (call vs. send voicemail).
- Pros
- Safety
- Pros
- Because the main page is never out of sight (all other functionality appear as overlays), cancelling an unwanted action is more visually intuitive; the “default” mode is always visible.
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- Because the main page is never out of sight (all other functionality appear as overlays), cancelling an unwanted action is more visually intuitive; the “default” mode is always visible.
- Pros