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.