Future Design - Micro-Service Apps
Masterclass in rapid concept development for an emerging practice in UX and UI design - Micro-Service Mobile Apps.
What is a Micro-Service App?
It is a small mobile application that serves a very specific need (specific demographic)
It should take 3 - 6 months to develop (a feasible scope, experimental and low risk)
It should be re-skinable (a feasible business model for ongoing app development and publication)
‘Be My Eyes is an app that connects blind people with volunteer helpers from around the world via live video chat. Download now and start helping blind people see.’ http://www.bemyeyes.org/
‘casual micro-volunteering’
Hans Jorgen Wiberg, app inventor http://www.bemyeyes.org/press/
Masterclass Group Exercise
Design Scenario (problem): How to find a replacement band member in a hurry!
(For today, we are a rock band seeking a drummer for a gig scheduled in 12 days)
Concept Development Process (Phase 1)
Map the context (people, places, things)
Map the system of user experience
Identify an intervention in a user experience
Diagram a UX design solution
Repeat 4 and 5 until you refine the concept and solution
(todays masterclass images above)
Rapid Paper prototyping (Phase 2):
In the next Masterclass, we will refine our UI designs by creating paper prototypes for user testing! See what happened here
Tools we’ll experiment with: Pop, Invision, Fireworks, and jQuery mobile