We just finished presenting and receiving feedback of the prototypes for our news source. My group made something called "InstaPost" which consisted on creating Instagram accounts that would provide our community with the information that most interests them. For instance, say you love food but hate economics. You would follow the instagram account Instantcusine to receive pictures and links of interesting recipes, but you would not follow Instanteconomics.
Before we went around the room to look at each groups prototypes, Mr. Sherer told us to make sure that our feedback was kind, specific, and helpful. Telling someone that you don't like the layout of their webpage is not kind, specific, or helpful, because you are not stating what you don't like about the layout or what you would do to make it better. For my group, receiving feedback was very helpful because it made us realize how our product looked or functioned through eyes of the customer rather than the producer. One piece of feedback my group received was to use hashtags instead of long descriptions for each post. Who ever wrote that was right. Having more hashtags meant being more linked to the outside world, receiving more followers, and thus, having more people read the news we post. It was feedback like this that helped my group realize and find solutions to the areas in which our product needed most improvement.
What I most liked about the process was that it was fun. Usually, when I'm given a project, I view it as a burden. This, however, was different because it was relevant, engaging, and we were creating a real product for real people. And although it took my group and I two hours to finish our prototype, I felt they were two well spent hours.
What I most liked about the process was that it was fun. Usually, when I'm given a project, I view it as a burden. This, however, was different because it was relevant, engaging, and we were creating a real product for real people. And although it took my group and I two hours to finish our prototype, I felt they were two well spent hours.