Key takeaways In interviews – When you feel like you know what the next person is gonna answer, you have reached the fullness that makes further interviews redundant. On emotion viz – There is not a lot of research/principles on how to visualize emotions. What you can do to defend why you designed as you did is… Läs mer Tompa Meeting: 15 Feb
My idea is to follow some sort of design process. I haven’t figured out which one just yet, but most of them are quite of similar: You gather information/understand the user, then you define the problem/need, then you develop som sort of concept that you rapidly prototype and test. Then you iterate this all the… Läs mer What about Methods?
User Problems Without training, it can be hard to know which feeling is felt Not knowing the name of the feeling (lack of vocabulary) Not knowing the purpose of reflecting Scared/embarrassed to share the emotion despite anonymity User Needs This is connected to the user target group. If I choose a specific target group, they… Läs mer What do I know? What do I not know yet?
Emotion Visualization What is the best way to represent emotions? Why did they choose the colors they chose on Atlas of Emotions? Why did they choose the animations (slow, fast, bubbly, etc) they chose on Atlas of Emotions? Why did they choose the representation of emotions (smooth, wobbly, sharp, round, etc) they chose on Atlas… Läs mer Questions, questions, so many questions?
According to my guesstimated time plan, this week is all about writing. But, I have some other plans too. Goals for the 4th week Put text under all of the sub sections in the theory. Finish off all the important theory about ESA. Decide upon the objective (with the help from Thomas on the Friday… Läs mer Planning Week 4
What did I do well this week? After a long week of sickness, internship work and a feeling of not really being productive. I had a very visual epiphany today. I saw exactly how I should write about ESA in the theory section. I got so excited to get these visions down in my document.… Läs mer Retrospective: 8 Feb
This week has not really been productive when it comes to my research. I had a plan that I would (almost) finish my research for my theory, and also write most of it. Unfortunately, I got sick and and didn’t have the energy, or focus, to complete my plans. But, it feels okay. I’m gonna… Läs mer Thoughts 2: 7 Feb
I read the master thesis ”Why how and what might we design for wisdom” by Martin van den Broeck (UID Umeå) and got some really interesting insights. The correlation between the topic ”wisdom” and Emotional Self-Awareness (ESA) are quite interesting. Both of them can’t be physically transferred peer-to-peer, but must be recognized from within by reflection.… Läs mer Thoughts 1: 28 Jan
This week the plan is to: Read a master thesis from UID IxD to get som creative inspiration Structure my Google Drive Literature folder, add notes to all the resources etc. Map out Emotional Self-Awareness Gather info on how to design for reflection (existing products?) Gather info on how to visualize emotions (existing products?) Make… Läs mer Planning Week 2
Master Thesis Diary 