Finding from Concept Testing

Most of the testees are interested in
this cycling scheme we're building on,
and they want to where they've been everyday
as well as the new friends they meet.

Apparently, cyclists would like to share their
portrait icons with others in public,
and it also seems they are interested in
sharing the recorded sound,
but a lacking requirement of presenting names.
Most of cyclists would like to joy in this scheme
and the results show this concept of passing messages
would be able to enhance cycling.
There is a big amount of replies from testees indicates that
privacy would be an issue of using this scheme.

Results of Concept Testing

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1) Are you interested in knowing other cyclists you pass every day?
Yes45%, No55%
2) Would you like to see your daily cycling route on the web?
Yes64%, No36%
3) Would you like to meet new friends with this scheme?
Yes64%, No36%

Usability Testing (for the scheme)
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1) What kind of personal information would you like to share in public with this scheme?
(Choose one or more)
Name0% / Icon40% / Recorded sound25% / Destination15% /
Departure point10% / Daily route10%
2) What kind of personal information from cyclists would you like to know with this scheme?
(Choose one or more)
Name12% / Icon22% / Recorded sound18% / Destination15% /
Departure point12% / Daily route21%

3) Would you like to receive a sound from people you pass on the street?
Yes36% / No64%
4) Would you like to know the departure points from people you pass on the street?
Yes45% / No55%
5) Would you like to know the destination from people you pass on the street?
Yes73% / No27%
6) Do you think the screen of a PDA on your bike is too small for noticing?
Yes45% / No55%
7) Would you like to be a member of this scheme?
Yes73% / No27%
8) If you sign up with this scheme, do you think it could enhance cycling?
Yes73% / No27%
9) Do you think privacy would be an issue?
Yes82% / No18%

Concept Testing

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1) Are you interested in knowing other cyclists you pass every day?
Yes, No
2) Would you like to see your daily cycling route on the web?
Yes, No
3) Would you like to meet new friends with this scheme?
Yes, No

Usability Testing (for the scheme)
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1) What kind of personal information would you like to share in public with this scheme?
(Choose one or more)
Name / Icon / Recorded sound / Destination /
Departure point / Daily route
2) What kind of personal information from cyclists would you like to know with this scheme?
(Choose one or more)
Name / Icon / Recorded sound / Destination /
Departure point / Daily route
3) Would you like to receive a sound from people you pass on the street?
Yes / No
4) Would you like to know the departure points from people you pass on the street?
Yes, No
5) Would you like to know the destination from people you pass on the street?
Yes, No
6) Do you think the screen of a PDA on your bike is too small for noticing?
Yes, No
7) Would you like to be a member of this scheme?
Yes, No
8) If you sign up with this scheme, do you think it could enhance cycling?
Yes, No
9) Do you think privacy would be an issue?
Yes, No

Story Board

Here is a scheme for cyclists, and this system aims to enhance
a cycling community through illustrating the small interactions
between cyclists.

please follow each step with the description of each picture below.
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[Before riding on your bike]
1) Go online and sign up our website.
2) You set a username, image and sound recording:
these act as a limited profile.
3) There is no SMS or email facility on the system.
When setting out, you instruct the PDA to register your departure point.


[During cycling]
1) As you ride, your route is recorded to the web via GPS.


Two things happen when cyclists pass other cyclists:
2) Online - when you come close to another cyclist in the scheme,
this moment is marked on your map of your route (and their map of their route).
3) On the street - when you come close to another cyclist
in the scheme an information exchange occurs:
4) Your pda tells you their departure and destination points (and their pda tells them yours).
The sound file you have recorded is shared with the other cyclist and theirs with you.
Moooo! Is the user name on your PDA too?




[After finished cycling, got destination]
When you arrive, you instruct the PDA to record your end point.
When you have completed your journey you can view it online:
1) You will see a map of your route.
2) On your route are links to points where you have come close to other cyclists.
3) Rollovers on the points on your route bring up the username
and image of this cyclist you have come close to.
4) You can click on these points to show you the journey of other cyclists
in the scheme who have come close to your path.
5) When you click on a point of 'coming close' on your route,
the route of this other cyclist's journey becomes visible (and yours fades back) -
on the route are clickable points where other cyclists have come close:
if you click one of these points it makes this new route visible
and makes others fade back more.

一天從那死鴿子開始

由於昨晚很晚睡的緣故，一早請飛利浦叫我起床，想說可以早點到學校繳交我的論文proposal給珊卓與伊莉莎白，而且林北前幾天有買了bus pass，可以不疾不徐的抵達研究室完成這美好的早上。偏偏，平常滿街輾死鴿子的344公車，今天花了十五分鐘一口氣讓我等到了兩班，站牌上明明寫六到七分鐘會有一班，那並不等於十四、五分鐘會有兩班，真他媽超奇怪的英國人，一早就惹我生氣，肚子冒火。
傍晚，大夥約著要去soho的pub喝上幾杯，受了整天悶氣的我當然也去借酒澆愁一下，好不容易找到位在Carnady Street的White Horse，門口擠著密密麻麻的人，這是經典英國人週末喝酒文化的光景；正要擠身去點杯酒時，發現居然口袋空空，立刻衝到Oxford Street尋找Cash Point，我瘋狂用力走了約十五分鐘見到街角有間NatWest，興喜之餘，熊熊想起今天根本沒到皮夾到學校啦！整各怒火一下子又到達頭頂，只好返回pub，但終於在尷尬的情況下借到了錢也買到了酒，準備要開始social一下，不過也還是跟其他那些不熟的同學哈拉幾句就此打住，仍然跟Giles還有TinYu圍成小圈圈，Giles雖然是各經驗老到的倫敦人，但在同學中無法施展英國人的social功力，他也說了覺得不自在；我們三個倒是聊的滿開也挺開心的，林北也覺得沒有什麼壓力，雖然是說著英文，聊著漸漸地the second pint已經見底，是該閃人的時候了。趁著尿遁時，撞見Andi小胖，我找了個藉口跟他say goodbye，他居然張開了雙臂，作勢要給我各擁抱，當場腦海浮現菲利浦說過：英國男生不來擁抱這一套的。我就傻住不知該做何是好，回過神來也只能抱小胖一下，還真是尷尬。
這晚，我的確有些醉，最近發生一連串沮喪的事一下子全都卡在我的腦門兒，又找不到人說各清楚講明白，真是他媽的痛苦。