Snuggle: d.compress final

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1. share reflection and connection with your loved ones a conceptual design by Sunita Mohanty d.compress 2012 final presentation snuggle
2. Meet Mia, a 28-year old professional, who can’t sleep because her mind is racing at night…
3. …and the stress of life all adds up…
4. …making her feel alone with her problems.
5. social connection and values affirmation psychological/physiological stress before bed snuggle
6. connectedness. snuggle : guiding design principles values affirmation. asynchronous interaction. commitment to partner.
7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Something strikes you in your day… …you get a reminder to send or ask for a snuggle… … and then share your meaningful reflection. Starting your bedtime routine… …you open snuggle to read your buddy’s reflection… …feeling thoughtful and supported, you fall asleep. the process of snuggle
8. the ux of snuggle 1 user selects what they’d like to do from the main menu
9. the ux of snuggle 2 user selects: • who they would like to send reflection to • value they’d like to reflect on • short twitter-style reflection
10. the ux of snuggle 3 user reviews previous snuggles from both buddies and self
11. the ux of snuggle 4 user selects buddy they would like to award and appropriate badge
12. by the numbers: 5 males, 7 females (age range 25 to 57) over span of 1 week, used 3x on average 100% would use again most used features: send snuggle (100%), read snuggle (70%) least used features: rewards (0%), invites (17%) the results from v3.0
13. the results from v3.0 warm supportive thoughtful happy calm in their own words: “I wanted to encourage my partner to share.” “I liked getting them!” “I liked reminding myself about my day, didn’t really need to share this with my fiancé though.” “I liked being able to share a feeling with someone.” loved gratitude comforting thankful
14. the results from v3.0 improving the experience: More functional prototype: “UI was not easy to use.” “Sending a text message was annoying.” Newsfeed option to share more passively: “I felt stressed when I forgot.” Continue focus on female as user: Men can get comfortable with it.
15. insights from my process snuggle has a lot of meanings… …and the experience should allow users to customize to the meaning that they find most comfort from. Not just an app for sleep?
16. snuggle questions? contact me: @sunitasmohanty smohanty@stanford.edu