Document EDCSSDanielDelany

Document EDCSSDanielDelany

Name

Daniel Delany

Age

21

SelectedRole

Campus Student

DescribeOther

Group

B

What affordances of the paper exercises did you prefer?

instant refresh no lag time or waiting tangibility of floors was nice as was getting a sense for all data (3D, height, map) in the same environment of planning

What affordances of the EDC exercises did you prefer?

calculation--made a constantly changing total (like area) much easier to recalculate google maps lets you see how plan fits in with the rest of existing map ability to visualize 3d buildings was nice, though a wireframe isn't significantly more helpful than a pile of cardboard

What limitations did you find in the paper exercise?

again, calculations, no sense of scale--is the thickness of the cardboard even close to the scale of 1 floor? Ability to save work and come back to it. All data must be looked up externally

What limitations did you find in the EDC exercise?

not enough data. i wanted to see zones (parks, residential, etc), info on what each building was, maybe even some simulations to analyze thing like shadows, snowfall, and whether there was enough parking additionally, this is a rich enough task that the low resolution of the board makes some things difficult

In what ways did you find the paper exercise supported you in your task?

allowed for quick and dirty, low-fidelity planning with collaborators

In what ways did you find the EDC exercise supported you in your task?

also allowed collaboration of a planning task, sacrifices the immediacy and "true" tangibility of the physical world for much richer data interaction

Comments

in both scenarios, it was almost too easy for anyone to make changes, and some people would make changes that others didn't realize were happening. in a real environment, a system that allowed only one person to make changes at a time would be nice.