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Produced by Hammer TeamJessica Dougherty, Keith Johnson, Rhys Saraceni, Ryan Ozzie Smith
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Project GoalTo provide an easy, non-direct way for
apartment-complex residence to communicate with the intention of spurring further socializing between them.Somewhat inspired from Kramer’s “wall of
faces” in a Seinfeld episodeMany people that live in apartment buildings
barely know their neighbors
Initial DesignsFLATMATE: a digital bulletin
boardSubstantial wall-space and
sorting/searching featuresNEIGHBORS: a social networking
siteSimilar to Facebook, but automated
so that you are always connected to your neighbors
ConnectMe: a portable device for socializationUpload your “interests”, and will
be alerted if someone else with similar interests is nearby.
Narrowing ProcessDecided to use ConnectMe idea for final
designGreat reception from othersMost unique design ideaConvenientRequired least effort to useStandalone rather than smart phone app does
not limit audience to smart phone users
Final Prototype DemoMobile link (actual ConnectME): http://www.prism.gatech.edu/~gth738s/3750/mobile/Computer version (other half of software): http://www.prism.gatech.edu/~gth738s/3750/computer/
Evaluation resultsMost people found it easy to
useSurvey led to many good
suggestionsAbility to manage history of
alertsThere were too many “are you
sure?” promptsThe Profile creation part on the
PC received most criticismIt was too hard to navigate
(people found it confusing and overwhelming)
Future Changes to PrototypeBased on feedback, our next step would
involve an overhaul of the Profile creation systemMake it simpler and easier to navigateMake sure of larger screen size on PCRemove most “are you sure?” prompts
Lessons LearnedPeople want something new
They aren’t interested in having more social networking sites to go to
It’s really hard to keep a solid correspondence with four peopleThis project would be much harder without
software like Google docsGet as much feedback as you can as soon as
you canStart the process of designing in accordance
with user expectations as soon as you can.