Allen's Major Project in Master of Creative Industries

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Deskercise! 33 Smart Ways to Exercise at Work

Feeling sluggish at work? Get energized and burn a few extra calories with this crash course in office-friendly exercises.

Deskercise!

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1. Target audience groups are white collar and students. These people are under the risk of some serious sitting diseases.

2. SYSTEMATIC method:they may search health information online, but they may not connect to the same article or video everyday. may app can guide them to do simple exercise everyday at a pre-setting time. they can view the compare between their sitting time and their moving time.

Users can connect their smart wearable devices to have more free experience.

3. Promotion method, 1. Import friend list from SNSs. So users can compete with each other. 2. use “point system” to encourage people if they can achieve their goal everyday. 3. use some interactive game to let use have a rest, move their attention and eye sight from the desk.

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Target users characteristics

My target user is white collars and students group. these types of people often sitting a long time in front of screens. Some times they may feel uncomfortable when they sitting a long time. Although they may search some tips and health information by Google; there are hundreds of different types of health tips and informations from different resources, my users may not have time and patient to recognise whether they are authorities. they may choose one of them to read. It is obvious that sitting diseases are difficult to cure in only once exercise (10-15 mins). The patients who have back pain, or more professional, “Lumba disc herniation”. They suffer the pain all days and fight with this chronic disease several years. Therefore, although google can offer people many useful health informations, but my app will offer them the more scientific and systermatic schedules and information to help them do the exercise everyday during their prefered time period. if they keep using this app, their body pain will release and it is also a prevention to the more serious sitting diseases。

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This is the using logic map of the app. 

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Software to warm up your computer display at night, to match your indoor lighting.

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有很多人忙起来根本不记得喝水，这时候就轮到APP出马给你一个温馨提示：该喝水啦。

There are 4 great apps which can remind users to drink enough water during users’ busy daily life. 

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Questionnaire

1.      What is your gender?

2.      Choose your age group: 20-30,  30-40,  40-50,  50-60,  60+

3.      Do you have a stable work every week?

4.      Do you have to sit long time when you work?

5.      Do you feel uncomfortable or body pain when you sitting a long time?

6.      Will you search exercise information or health related information online to release your pain?

7.      Do you have routine body exercise everyday (e.g. in gym and self-training)?

8.      Do you have self-conscious to avoid sitting too much time every day?

9.      How long times are you spend on electronic devices (e.g. smartphone, tablet, PC) every day?

10.  Are you using your smart phone on work more than entertainment?

11.  Do you have any health care apps in your smart phone?

-          If yes, how many related apps you have?

12.  Do you use your mobile phone to track movement data when you doing exercise?

13.  Are you joining in a movement or steps competition with your friends on social networks sites (Facebook, WeChat etc.)?

14.  Do your care about the rank result of the movement competition?

15.  Would you like to install a free app to help you cultivate a more healthy using habit on your smart devices?

16.  Would you like to pay for this type of application? If not, why?

17.  Do you have any wearable devices (e.g. Apple Watch, Fitbit and others similar products)?

-          If not, do you have a willing to buy it in the future?

18.  If there is an app can notice you when you cost too much time in front of the screen, will you open the notification function?  

19.  which level of notification frequency can you accept?

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( OFFTIME ) light – Track how much you use your phone & Digital Detox and unplug to focus on the App Store

Read reviews, compare customer ratings, see screenshots, and learn more about ( OFFTIME ) light – Track how much you use your phone & Digital Detox and unplug to focus. Download ( OFFTIME ) light – Track how much you use your phone & Digital Detox and unplug to focus and enjoy it on your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.

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(via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiKg6JfS658)

Many bad side effects and injuries if you sit a long time everyday.

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Interactive design method from Baidu UI designer. the three main steps in UX design is “identify the core needs”, “analysis the competitive works” and final create design project.

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This is a remarkable app that demonstrate the similar ambition to me to help people keep active every day. This app offer users right to setting notifications according to their daily habit. Users can set remind time range and frequency. if they feel annoying they can simple close or change the remind setting. This app solve part of the problem in this area and the user comments are positive and agreeable.

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Using wearable technology

I would like to narrow my thinking to the smart watch or band. In this app, users can choose to use the inserted sensors as the technique support. More broadly, this app also can connection with their smart watch or wrist band to collect more accurate data to ensure the app can work more efficient and customized. 

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Users need

People face multiple screens nowadays, they have the true demand for a health assistant can notify them keep activity instead of sit in front of screens. However, the candidate apps or functions can not offer people comfort and enjoyable using experience. this is the challenge of my project. I will design a app can highly consider the users personal using ability and give them unique advice and help.

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Some reflection thinking

my project theme and willing is to help people form a good using ability on their smart technology devices. 

generally, my app have two main functions. firstly, it is a health assistant for the users, it can push health notifications when the users sit a long term or using their phone for a long time. the most important thing is users may feel be controlled when they using this app so they may shut down the notification function and use their phone as usual. the condition caused this problem is  because the types of apps often interrupt the users behavior and accuse their users as a smartphone addict. In my app, the notification is just the suggestion deliver to the users. the decision right is still in their hand. if they feel tired because they work for a long time, they can continue using this app by simply click the notification to enter the app main interface.

Therefore, the second part of this app is a education and guide for cure and release body injure. the target users can follow the exercise video or image to relax their body in 1-15 minutes per day at any time they prefer. It is a good way to decrease the potential serious health risks. 

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Work is literally a pain in the body. Don’t you frequently experience pain throughout your body when you return home from work? Studies have concluded that white collar professionals are the ones that have the highest medical claims among all occupations. White collar workers and blue collar workers suffer different pain mainly due to their different job scope. White collar workers sit at their desk the entire day and it does not seem to be hard work at all. However, they often reach home with muscle aches everywhere. Back pain Sitting on the chair for prolonged periods can cause aRead more

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iREHAB Back Pain on the App Store

Read reviews, compare customer ratings, see screenshots, and learn more about iREHAB Back Pain. Download iREHAB Back Pain and enjoy it on your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.