1. HCI
Assignment
T2/I2
Name:
Yang
Huang
Team:
UnlockBoston
(Team2)
Copy
of
notes:
(See
appendix)
The
five
interview
questions:
1. How
many
hours
do
you
spend
going
out
rather
than
staying
at
home
in
your
spare
time
weekly?
2. What
do
you
mostly
do
at
home
in
your
spare
time,
for
example,
reading
papers,
surfing
on
internet,
playing
games,
etc.?
3. Do
you
think
your
current
lifestyle
is
healthy
or
not?
Why?
4. What
kind
of
factors
do
you
think
would
really
motivate
or
interest
you
to
go
out?
5. What
kind
of
activities
do
you
prefer
most
when
going
out?
2. Complete
filed
notes:
Before
Observation
As
our
project
is
to
focus
on
people
who
have
sedentary
lifestyle,
therefore
I
first
came
up
with
the
idea
to
watch
people
who
study
in
the
library.
We
had
discussed
and
made
our
assumption
to
summarize
our
target
people
as
three
general
types,
with
minor
specifications:
1) Those
who
sits
and
reads
books
or
be
fixed
on
computer
screen
for
a
long
time.
They
might
be
either
of
the
following:
a) High
GPA
Student
This
type
of
people
might
focus
most
on
their
study
performance,
so
they
may
suffer
high
pressure
from
doing
large
bundle
of
studies
as
well
as
they
may
enjoy
this.
However,
some
might
be
introvert
or
isolated
or
non-‐social
people.
b) Last-‐minute
Student
This
kind
of
people
may
suffer
from
high
pressure
too
as
they
hand
in
their
homework
just
before
the
due
time.
Also
bad
sleep
and
unbalanced
routine
may
happen
on
them.
c) Self-‐discipline
Student
Their
time
usually
well
spent.
They
will
make
sure
everything
under
their
control.
And
because
of
this,
they
may
not
prefer
adventurous
lifestyle.
They
may
also
have
a
tight-‐schedule.
3. 2) Those
who
sits
and
talks
for
a
long
time
a) Talker
This
type
of
people
would
like
to
talk
most
time
during
discussion.
They
sometimes
may
act
as
a
leader
in
that
they
are
active
among
other
people.
They
may
be
deemed
as
social
promoter.
b) Listener
Not
to
say
silent
is
not
a
good
virtue,
but
those
people
may
need
initiator’s
accompany
to
do
something.
But
some
may
also
be
introvert
and
isolated
people.
3) Those
who
spends
half
time
doing
study,
half
time
doing
other
stuff
This
group
of
people
is
hard
to
specify
in
minor
groups.
But
they
are
likely
to
be
diverted
by
some
other
stuff
easily.
And
they
may
be
interested
in
new
things.
Some
of
them
may
be
addictive
to
entertainment
and
some
may
be
bad
time
manager
and
suffered
disorder
routine.
About
Settings
I
chose
Tuesday
(February
05,
2013),
as
I
believed
some
people
would
come
to
the
library
for
regular
study
and
courses
preparation
and
some
people
would
craze
with
their
due-‐day
homework.
At
the
very
beginning
I
decide
to
start
my
observation
on
the
third
floor
of
Snell
Library.
I
expected
that
people
on
this
floor
would
do
their
study
most
time
and
talk
4. for
a
while
sometimes.
However
I
found
my
thoughts
incorrect
as
at
there
silence
dominated
large
amount
of
people.
Only
those
standing
at
the
gateway
would
talk
aloud.
Therefore
I
switched
to
the
second
floor
where
I
saw
some
groups
of
people
doing
their
jobs
quietly,
some
others
were
having
discussions
aloud.
All
the
situations
fit
what
we
expected
to
see
I
sat
on
the
red
couch
in
front
of
the
Information
Kiosk
(see
the
sketch
below)
First
Round
When
I
came
to
the
spot,
A,
B,
C,
and
D
were
already
at
their
position
for
some
time.
1. A
and
B
a) Observation
A,
a
girl,
wears
quite
casual
garment
with
boots
on.
B,
a
boy,
wears
casual
coat
but
with
sneakers.
I
asked
their
permission
for
the
seats
next
to
them,
they
both
said,
“Go
for
it”.
5. They
chatted
and
discussed
over
many
topics,
ranging
from
education
to
mobile
provider
and
to
daily
lifestyle.
Though
hard
to
catch
what
they
were
talking
exactly,
I
still
saw
they
are
holding
an
iPad
mini
and
talking
over
a
piece
of
sheet
listing
with
several
points.
Most
time
A
was
leading
the
topics.
It
seemed
that
A
asked
B
questions
all
the
time,
and
B
just
answered
it.
But
sometimes
I
could
hear
that
B
was
also
asking
A
something.
A
combed
her
hair
once.
A
and
B
sometimes
brought
their
mobile
phones
out.
A’s
is
iPhone,
B’s
is
an
Android
phone.
A
used
gestures
in
quite
exaggerated
manners,
such
as
hitting
the
surface
of
the
couch
just
next
to
B.
(That
hit
even
scared
me)
A
and
B
sometimes
put
their
feet
on
the
table.
A
somehow
brought
her
earplugs
out,
started
to
listening
music.
She
sometimes
hummed
or
sang
out
the
song.
(At
first
I
didn’t
catch
she
was
wearing
an
earplug,
but
then
I
heard
she
singing)
At
the
same
time,
she
started
to
shake
her
body
rhythmically
like
dancing.
After
50
minutes
since
I
came,
they
left.
b) Implications
Based
on
their
actions
and
wearing,
I
can
guess
B
is
used
to
sporting
sometime.
He
might
have
an
athletic
lifestyle.
A
should
enjoy
social
life
as
6. she
expressed
herself
by
singing
and
dancing.
These
two
people
seemed
to
be
close
friends
or
they
knew
each
other
for
some
time,
as
they
were
in
very
casual
conditions.
But
based
on
their
talking,
I
still
don’t
know
whether
they
are
classmates
trying
to
figure
out
their
homework
or
one
is
asking
another
one
question
as
performing
interview.
They
should
be
good
time
manager,
as
they
can
focus
on
their
listed
topics
one
by
one
and
finished
in
time.
c) Conclusions
This
two
people
can
be
categorized
in
second
group
in
our
assumption
(sits
and
talks
for
a
long
time).
Roughly
summarize:
A
is
Talker:
She
is
active,
social
B
is
Listener.
2. C
and
D
were
not
worth
mentioning
in
details
(due
to
the
length
of
the
report,
but
I
did
track
their
actions
and
activities),
as
they
left
after
several
minutes.
7. Second
Round
After
the
first
round,
A,
B,
and
C
changed
to
different
people.
(X
means
some
people,
but
not
in
my
focused
observation)
1. A
a) Observation
A
is
a
girl,
wears
quite
similar
to
the
previous
A
in
first
round.
She
sat
down
and
brought
her
laptop,
setting
up
earplugs.
She
was
doing
her
homework
and
listening
to
music
at
the
same
time.
There
was
a
drink
of
Targo
Tea
beside
for
refreshing
sometimes.
She
brought
a
course
book
called
“Media
Making”
out.
She
seldom
typed
message
on
her
iPhone.
She
read
her
book
and
sunk
into
deep
thoughts
and
started
typing
on
her
laptop.
Then
she
brought
out
some
documents/paperwork.
(And
the
same
time,
I
noticed
her
handbag
was
full
of
course
books
and
documents)
She
looks
like
got
stuck
in
something.
She
rotated
her
chair
to
fit
to
a
8. more
comfortable
gesture
(she
is
facing
to
me
but
keeping
reading
on
the
table)
She
kept
thinking
and
reading
the
paper
until
I
leave.
b) Implications
This
girl
may
be
very
hard
working,
as
we
can
see
her
fixed
on
her
jobs
all
the
time,
seldom
looked
over
other
walk-‐around
people
or
got
diverted
by
mobile
phone.
Her
handbag
is
full
of
books!
Which
can
also
prove
the
assumption.
She
cared
about
their
physical
comfort,
as
she
rotated
the
chair
and
drank
sometimes.
c) Conclusions
This
girl
can
be
categorized
in
the
first
group
of
people
(sits
and
reads
books
or
be
fixed
on
computer
screen
for
a
long
time)
Roughly
speaking,
she
might
be
a
self-‐discipline
student
2. B
a) Observation
B
is
a
girl,
also
worn
a
pair
of
boots.
She
was
chewing
gum,
worked
on
her
laptop
for
a
while
then
left
away.
But
soon
she
came
back.
She
started
to
talk
to
the
people
around
her.
She
always
picked
up
her
iPhone
and
texted
messages,
and
then
went
9. back
to
her
laptop
again.
This
was
repeated
several
times.
Afterwards,
she
left
again.
But
I
caught
her
laptop
screen
showing
that
she
was
reading
something
on
it.
Soon
she
came
back.
Whenever
there
was
a
people
walking
by
or
there
was
some
sound
bursting
somewhere,
she
would
head
up
and
looked
around.
b) Implications
This
girl
might
be
hard
to
focus
on
something;
at
least
she
was
not
focus
well
on
her
jobs
on-‐hand
at
that
time.
Her
attentions
got
diverted
easily
and
she
gave
me
a
sense
that
she
was
trying
to
catch
other’s
attentions.
She
may
suffer
a
bad
routine,
as
her
time
management
was
not
good
enough.
c) Conclusions
This
girl
can
be
categorized
as
the
third
type
of
people
(spends
half
time
doing
study,
half
time
doing
other
stuff)
3. C
is
not
worth
detailing
as
he
came
in
the
observation
period
late.
(But
I
did
jot
down
his
activities
and
actions)
About
Interview
I
chose
a
Chinese
boy
who
also
spent
lots
of
time
doing
his
homework
at
the
library
for
the
interview.
He
has
about
30
hours
weekly
of
spare
time.
But
2/3
is
spent
on
study
including
extra
reading
and
learning.
Only
1/3
is
spent
on
physical
exercises,
10. movies,
shopping
and
eating.
He
thought
his
lifestyle
was
not
healthy
enough
and
if
he
could
has
less
homework
he
would
prefer
to
go
out
a
lot
rather
than
sitting
all
day.
But
also
he
blamed
his
situation
as
bad
time
management
and
low
efficiency.
While
going
out,
he
prefers
eating
and
watching
movies.
Another
participant
is
an
American
boy
who
said
he
seldom
come
to
the
library.
He
has
20
hours
weekly
to
spend
but
the
scale
between
sitting
and
going
out
may
vary
by
all
the
jobs
he
encountered.
He
enjoyed
surfing
the
Internet,
browsing
Facebook
and
listening
to
music.
Sometimes
he
would
text
his
friends
or
just
drops
by
their
dorm
to
ask
out
for
playing
Ping
Pong
or
other
sports.
He
deemed
his
lifestyle
as
moderate
as
healthy.
If
he
has
enough
money
or
there
are
cheap
deals
then
he
will
go
out.
Most
time
he
prefer
to
go
out
with
his
friends.
When
going
out,
he
likes
sightseeing,
walking
and
wandering
downtown
and
just
window-‐shopping.
Implication
for
Design
As
from
the
observation,
interview
and
with
our
assumptions,
we
generalize
the
following
points
for
design
improvement.
1. High
pressure
When
suffering
on
this
symptom,
people
really
need
something
to
trigger
their
motivation
to
go
out.
Presenting
more
relaxing
and
attracting
events
or
activities
through
our
application
can
intrigue
them
to
move,
or
at
least,
want
to
move.
For
11. instance,
presenting
beautiful
view
spots
advertisement.
2. Non-‐social
People
maybe
shy
in
face
but
active
online
because
of
they
can
get
rid
of
the
social
responsibilities
without
revealing
their
actual
identities.
Therefore,
our
application
can
lead
them
in
two
ways:
first,
encourage
them
to
join
the
events
discussion
online
by
giving
prizes
or
gifts,
such
as
“commenting
on
xxx
can
win
a
big
prize”;
second,
lead
them
to
take
pride
in
good
social
events
which
can
fulfill
their
social
responsibilities
and
reveal
their
actual
identities
(by
making
friends),
like
asking
them
to
do
social
charity
which
others
can
compliment
their
behaviors.
3. Sedentary
lifestyle
/
bad
time
management
We
can
add
some
notification
features
to
ask
our
users
keep
going
out.
For
example,
the
system
catches
that
one
user
hasn’t
“unlocked”
Boston
for
two
weeks,
then
the
app
will
alert
him
about
this
issue,
notifying
that
it
may
concerns
their
health
problem.
4. Active
buddies
/
Inactive
buddies
For
active
type
of
people,
we
can
add
an
event
promotion
feature
to
our
application.
Those
people
can
easily
initiate
others
to
join
certain
“unlock”
activities.
For
those
inactive,
they
can
quickly
find
the
events
that
they
interest
in
and
follow
the
promoters.
12. 5. Interested
in
new
stuff
Adding
Augmented
Reality
feature
to
the
application
can
make
the
system
more
interactive
and
intrigue
those
who
enjoy
getting
involved
with
new
stuff.
Also
with
the
newest
technology
feature,
they
can
show
off
to
their
friends
which
can
fulfill
their
social
satisfaction.
