Excercise 9- Shona from receipt #7

Midterm Grades

Notes:

• Your total mark to date, expressed as a percentage, is found at the bottom of the image. The image will get larger if you click on it, or you can download the image as a PDF.
• In general, marks are non-negotiable. However, please let me know if you see any errors or omissions. Specifically, some of you are missing Exercise marks because your Exercises are not correctly labelled. Please label them, and send me an email letting me know which Exercises to check for.
• I've made comments to all of your posts for Project One, including one group who I had to make a post for (and whose video is now online).

Project 2, Part Four

Hi Class:

The final part of Project Two is due at the beginning of next class.

Create a formal proposal that details your final concept. Your proposal should include visual representation of your concept, as well as a written description of why your toy or game is fun and how it employs the course concepts presented to date. You should incorporate improvements derived from user testing. Your proposal must be posted to the blog by March 3 at 6:29PM.

As with the presentation in Project One, the format for this post is deliberately open, and I encourage creative responses. You could (and are encouraged) to incorporate photos or video. You are not necessarily required to change your prototype in any way, but may choose to do so if it would improve your proposal. Think of this portion of the Project as a pitch to a manufacturer: why should I buy this toy design? A discussion of your design process, and the results of your user testing (both in-class and elsewhere) should play a role in your proposal.

Note that this post is the final product for Project Two. I will not be collecting the toys, nor will I be accepting hard copies of your proposal. The proposal should stand alone, and not require any prior knowledge of the toy/game in question. If you are having trouble getting your proposal onto the blog, please let me know as soon as possible.

David: Canadian Whispers Prototype

Kristen: Bat Cave Prototype

Andrea: Soap Buddy Prototype

Lena: Fuzzy Magnets Prototype

Julian: The Bottle Prototype

Miriam: Big Game Prototype

Gillian: Memo Gnome Prototype

Kaylyn: (Incomplete) Beer Blanket Prototype

Derek: What Would Ninja Do Prototype

I still think Pirates kick Ninja ass.

Iliana: The Slammin Shake Prototype

Che: Wheel of Portion Prototype

Phil: Piggy Bank Baby Prototype

Joanne: Taboo Shapes Prototype

Shona: Rockology 101 Prototype

Feedback Comments + Personas

In making your feedback comments to your colleagues' prototype posts, attempt to answer the following questions:

How (or how not) is the prototype fun ?

Here, discuss design specifics of the toy or game- colour, features, affordances, mapping, etc. - either in terms of successes, or missed opportunities.

Why (or why not) is the prototype fun ?

Here, discuss your gut feelings about the toy or game. Elaborate as best you can.

Who is the prototype fun for ?

This last question should be answered in terms of personas, summarized below. In short, list the which persona(s) the toy or game would appeal to. If none, posit a missing persona, or discuss why this toy or game is inappropriate for the target audience.

"Personas (figure 5.8) are a documented set of archetypal people who are involved with a product or a service. . . . To create a persona, designers find a common set of behaviours or motivations among the people they have researched. This becomes the basis for the persona, which should be given a name, a picture, and a veneer of demographic data to make the persona seem like a real person."

(from Dan Saffer, Designing for Interaction, 89-119)














For your OCAD Student Personas, our "veneer of demographic data" consisted of answers to the following questions.

What do the love? What do they hate? What do they eat? What do they listen to? Where do they live? What do they wear?

Here they are:

The Smoker
























The Graffiti Gangster
























The Industrial Designer
























The Res Rat
























The Emo Kid

















The California Surfer Dude

















The Graphic Designer























The Slacker

Exercise #9 - Andrea

Customer #1
Thank gawd! I thought I’d have to face this night without my concealer and breafmints. A date with bad complexion is nawt one you’d call again. And I’ve GOT to make a good impression on Farzad tonight. Aw yeah, with this minty-fresh scent in my mouf, he will be so totally lovin’ every word I say!
Customer #2
Okay so finally I have this coverstick that everyone’s been raving about. It’s so cheap yet they say you can stick it on the cover of any school paper and it’ll boost your grade by like, at least 7 percent. People have tested it. It really works! I mean, yeah. It was scientific, even. The study. Why else would they call it Coverstick? It’s even an ETOS brand name product. And you know what they say – “Where do you get the energy from? ETOS.” Energy is code for grades. Oh and I ended up getting a white strongmint. To hold up my paper. I need something strong ‘cause it’s like 1700 wirds. That’s like 8 pages or something.

exercise 9- katie

1.

"I'd never thought I'd see the day where cigarettes were $2.55 a pack. Do they think they are trying to pull a fast one on us?

2. The young professional took her change and receipt from the cashier. As she examined the receipt she realized she forgot the veggies and dip. She remembered the toilet cleaner, the dishwasher liquid, the endless amounts of toothpaste and the grenadine and strawberry syrup. But really..how could she forget the veggies and dip. A party isn't a party without veggies and dip.

Exercise 9 - Kay Lee

Excercise 9: David McInerney

Narrative 1



Narrative 2
"The footy is on this arvo… go the Swannies! Just picked up some supplies for the boys... Steve’o wanted some snags and sausage rolls, while Tim’o gave me shout and me to put on meatloaf... not sure if he meant the dish or the band though?! Vinnie asked for some beans… his fart jokes can get out of hand. Scotty is bringing over a slab of VB stubbies, we are gonna get maggot."

Exercise 9 : Miriam

Narrative ONE : Grandma Gets Ready for a Party

Narrative TWO: My Redneck Rap

My darn name is Mary Lou, And I come from a place where everyone has a tattoo
No one really believes in using shampoo, And my ma makes the very best potatoe stew
Wilma is my very fat and rude cat, She usually lies around on our welcome mat
I like to feed her the dry cat food, And it’s then that she gets into a better mood
Sometimes my uncle Buck Scmutz, Likes to hit the cat with the mini cocnuts
Makes poor ol’ Wilma cry, But Uncle Buck just thinks he’s a funny guy
Oooee if his mama saw him now, She just gonna whup that old cow
Today we went a pickin’, Ma hands were tired and stickin’
Lot’s of berries were picked away, For we madeberry syrup today
We’s havin’ kumpny tonight, Just gonna end in a big fight
Brother Bill is bringing his new girl, It’s his sixth, ma’s just gonna hurl
The fifth girl she sprayed with some hairspray, Because we hid the pepper spray away
Them pepper spray she used for the third, I don’t think them girl’s eyes ever cured
But maybe ma will finally like his escort, And end up buying us some mini ritter sports
And maybe even get us some extra salty crisps, though they tend to hurt me lips
I would be muchablige for all 'em good food, I’d be in such a better mood
Because tommorow will be a bad day, my job picking garbage without any pay
I grab the garabage bags, and the day is filled picking wrappers and rags
On my break my paw gives me my 2 % milk to drink, he says it’s filled with vitamins and zinc
My paw is sometimes such a fool, that’s because he ain’t never gone to school
He’s slower then molasses on a cold day, but he’s ma paw and I always obey
After work I like to take me a rest, thank the good lord for my family and the west
I light up some of my ciggies, which I mugged from Aunt Mary Louise
And I say death to chickens.

PHOTO CREDIT : www.flickr.com/creativecommons

Exercise 9 - Joanne

1.
2.
I’m Mike Holmes. I’m the greatest carpenter on the planet. I like to enjoy a nice cup of coffee after my carpentry work. Shooot. I’m out of coffee. I need to go to the grocery store and get me some coffee. What 8% creamer and tea biscuits are on sale. I need to stock up on those. Whoaa….Hand saw on sale for $3.99….This is heaven.

Exercise 9 - Gio Petrucci

Narratives
Receipt #16

1) Narrative Through POEM

JJ’s Request

I Don't Get The Point Of This

Walking down the street
Macaroni at my feet;
Instant Coffee, made of Gold
Is a sight you must behold.
Trees made of crackers, salty good
Free range eggs replace the wood;
Rain starts to pour on me head
Tangy orange flavour surrounds me.

I don’t get the point of this.

I run for shelter, find some quick
The smell of garden gloves makes me sick.
I find a roll, I check it twice,
The coloured paper suits me nice.

I don’t get the point of this.

Protection from the acid rain pleases the soul.
High from the sky, suddenly falls a bowl.
“I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter” is what is says
Makes good cookies, I guess.

I don’t get the point of this.

Random things always happen to me.
Going to Dominion is always a treat.

Fin.

2) Narrative Through Pictures! Yay!

Exercise:9 Kristen Burns

1.
2. I cant believe she sends me to the store with this kind of list. How vague can she be. Like what the heck is a Froma D'OR. or Markus Gold. If she thinks im going to spend all day looking then shes made. What kind of women puts on her list buy flowers. Who does she think I am. You know what I am going to buy what i want. Im gunna get 2 chocolate crispys, Cashew Nuts, and ginger bread, and I dont even care if she calls me fat and stupid. Maybe next time she will learn not to send me with this ridiculous list.

Exercise 9 - Iliana Shabatova

Pg 14/16
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2. in Molly’s head, while looking at the receipt from the super market…

Poor Mr Thomas, I have not fed him anything different from canned dry cat food and 2%milk…may be 2% milk is too much fat…that might be unhealthy…may be I am killing him with bad food. Well, at least I got him a new litter…I mean he does overuse that… so he should be FINE… if anything, I do have extra of those garbage bags to bury him!...wait, but how about me… those salted crisps…are soo bad for me..i mean salt is way off my diet ...omg and those candy&crème snacks, at least 200 calories each…I can feel the guilt …what else, RITTER SPORT MINIs, I took those off the shelf too! omg and it says one tbs of that berry syrup is at least another 100 calories…and the cigarettes!! I might as well wear garbage bags to hide by fat, round body! May be I will get rid of Mr Thomas and get a membership for the GYM! J…that should be a good resolution…now, how much can I sell him for??