Reflecting on my HMW is one of the most frequent things I do in my design process. From the last semester till now, I have adjusted my HMW almost 10 times. This time, I am considering my consciously based on my advisors’ feedback. “Recalling your interviews' insights, pain points, struggling…

This week‘s research mission is to figure out all the tech I need to use. I list all the user’s actions and the PRIVATEHOOD’s actions. Do some basic research on what I need to use. …

Conclusion on 2nd Round “Design Sprint” In the last round “Design Sprint”, I tested with 3 influencers, which included all the range of women influencers. The test feedbacks are quite positive. I assume it means my solution and work are in the right direction. After that, I decided to focus on 2 key features.

20 years ago, when we talked about “ASSETS”, it means property owned by a person or company. All things we could recall were physical stuff, like a house, furniture, bicycle, or even legacies. However, nowadays assets have already been redefined. As the internet went so fast, there were so many…

Reflection from Midterm Presentation “Detailed user portraits help you find a more human approach to people, finding emotional and associative keys to their hearts.” — Erik Messaki I was focusing on 2 target user groups you will find in my article of midterm presentation. However, it makes me CONFUSED about my user journey and…

If you read my last article, you will find I have a huge problem when I was working on the competitor analysis. There is 0 similar product as my PRIVATEHOOD. Competitor Search So I try to find some products which are using the same tech and might have different purposes with PRIVATEHOOD. …

This week, we need to present our midterm work. I want to use this time to clarify my thesis purpose, the ideal user journey, and each step & tech in the whole experience. There are some tips for this presentation: focus on problem and solution with more clarity Back your…

This week, Barak taught the “Design Sprint” in class. This is my first time to know this 5-day challenge. It seems a very quick and sufficient way to test the prototype. “Design Sprint”: The sprint is a five-day process for answering critical business questions through design, prototyping and testing ideas with customers. Process:

If you care about women's online privacy, there are some articles I made before. Hidden camera news How to find the hidden camera I started my thesis project based on the “Hidden Camera Issues” because I found lots of women are suffering from this problem. …

Last week, I mapped the current user journey map. I thought it would help me to clarify the bad consequences, but I am probably diving into the maelstrom of “privacy issues”. Nowadays, “ONLINE PRIVACY” is a very serious problem. …

This week we are asked to map the “ideal” user journey, but I feel I need to clear the current user journey that different roles use social media and make sure I notice the weakness part. So based on the current journey map, we can tell the weakness parts are the followings: don’t know their pics have been stolen, shared, and discussed hard to collect the evidence hard to get law assistant hard to get therapy

Different from my last semester’s thesis thinking process, what I want to do is more rigorous, logical, and reliable this semester. But my design trait will not be changed and always is “giving responsible solution with no limits” 1. Thesis goal & purposes statement Even though I really want to get a great job and hope…

Usually, I used to have an exciting mood to start a new semester because of my sense of ceremony. It will not be different this time. I am trying to define my design scope clearly again and make deeper research. Presentation Feedback This is a great topic to discuss. Maybe you could…

At the end of this semester, we need to develop the 4.0 prototype and do the final presentation. Finally, I am sure about my topic, my hypothesis, problem space, and possible solution. Let’s have a look. Problem Statement How might we protect online privacy on social media? Hypothesis I believe people can protect…

Based on recent feedback from professors and classmates, I am quite sure there are some traits I need to make sure my solution meets. easy-understanding and easy-using smooth user flow and experience one-time setting and constant effective, do not need to check multiple times touched experience Hence, I am wondering…

Last week I had big progress on my thesis, this week I want to do more tests. And only asking my friends around me is not enough to have an objective result. So I want to do a questionnaire and see more feedback. I made a questionnaire about “online privacy…

This week, I did 6 times test about pics comparison and record all the feedback. Take-Away: Share pictures at the same location many times will show the place you usually be… some information they just want to share, how do you grade it? Men care about information safety much more…

After all the struggling, now I am quite sure what I want to do in the future. I define my hypothesis: People share photos easily because they don’t know their private information will be given away in some obvious ways. So I am thinking the test might be 2 same…

From last weeks’ discussion, I was still confused about my thesis topic. So I made desk research and present my new idea — women's online privacy, online harassment, and risks in the class. Desk Research:

After researching and do brainstorming all the solutions, I just feel like I might be in the wrong direction. Because all the ideas are valid, there is no space I could do in the future. I need to think more about my topic… POSSIBLE DIRECTION: Women's body judgment issues Women online privacy …