Ways of working August to September
Overview of Process
First screener questionnaire
Selection of participants under “Sampana� (middle class) category Meeting participants from Rural and Urban areas, Handing out Cultural Probes
Consolidation of Data
Observations, Analyses, Ideas
Solutions, Brainstorming
Urban Participants
Rural participants
Consolidation of Data
Basic principle Work
Communication
Gaps & Shortcomings Problems
Solutions
Urban and Rural
Problem
Solutions
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Too much time taken in Travelling. 2. Time Management
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3. Assistance 4. Tracking people 5. Security
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6. Filter 7. Planning to organize a meet
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The time for RSS updates? Or any others? Otherwise it doesn’t come. Ability to schedule on the calendar instead of “tasks”/”memo”. Mobile University, or even other daily tasks. Shopping for groceries in a supermarket. Tracking friends, family, Tenders, vendors, etc. Privacy of data when others use your phone. (user profiles). Spam for all unwanted MMS, SMS. And Trash Ability to create sms invites, reply to all option.
Urban and Rural
Problem
Solutions
8. Voting and Democracy – People in urban areas find it annoying standing in lines to vote. People and rural areas get paid to vote. 9. Phones keep dropping and cracking, and the need to charge it using electricity 10. Lack of internet access for certain people
8. Creating a voting application using your unique identification the govt. will soon give each individual. The ability to report corruptions to others. 9. Flexible phones that are shock absorbent. Also the ability to have flexi-solar mats on the phone. 10. Ad hoc Internet – Creating a virtual server on the phone, where other people can access, store their information (example- write an email) and when the internet access is available, their email gets sent automatically.
Solutions - Ideas (Urban) A participant complained of the difficulty of shopping for certain items when he is not fimiliar with those items, or even the place. Hence, a Shopping App was created in order to help people shop, send orders, keep shopping logs for payments, create bills and use Augmented reality to assist people during shopping or even from an external location by connecting to cctvs.
Our work flow chart Work • All actions
Communication involved in work • Official • Personal
Gap Solution
• Problems • Patterns
Stop. Redefine.
Western View of work Webster dictionary defines work as “a specific task, duty, function, or assignment often being a part or phase of some larger activity in which one exerts sustained physical or mental effort or faculties to overcome obstacles and achieve an objective or result.
Indian View of work Karma (Sanskrit: कमर kárma , kárman—"act, action, performance"; in Indian religions is the concept of "action" or "deed", understood as that which causes the entire cycle of cause and effect originating in ancient India and treated in Hindu, Jain, Buddhist and Sikh philosophies.
कमर्न एवा�धकरस ते, म फलेसू कदकाना, म करमा-पहला-हे तरु भरु , म ते संगो ’सत् अकमर्�। (Gita 2, 47) "You have a right to perform your prescribed duty, but you are not entitled to the
fruits of action। Never consider yourself the cause of the results of your activities, and never be attached to not doing your duty."
Our view We consider people of India rich and diverse in their outlook. People are subscribe to Indian and western thought and every thing in between them. Hence, work is any action done Intentionally that yields any sort of effect no matter how it’s done.
Bringing this thought into
The vendor system
The story
His wife and them
Cell phone communications bridge a gap
Problems with Existing System
What People Said •
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People couldn’t understand what they were selling because of their organic voice. People weren’t aware when they would come and go. Dealing with random time. People would use the system if it were efficient. People feel products sold by street vendors are cheaper and better in quality (food products). Old city folks know their vendors, and even have their mobile numbers. New ones don’t.
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They Don’t scream that often anymore because they find it tiring or sometimes just embarrassing. They want more customers but are shy to go up to new people. They get calls from their loyal customers They have a mobile phone Some belong to private agencies, some part of the market agency, some are independent. It looks like a dying tradition but it isn’t. It’s just lost in the urban development of the city.
The System The Vendor
The Customer
Communication gap Due to : TIME SPACE NEEDS
Vendor Types
The Proposal Walla is a shortwave radio broadcasting system that will help you broadcast your services and yours needs. You will receive instant updates on services available for 1 km around your location so you won't miss an opportunity. You can also broadcast your need for a service to get instant response as to whether it is available around your vicinity. This Application is meant to bridge services and needs that are usually available at random, unsynchronized times.
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The radio broadcasting system works only within 1km on the frequency between 3000 MHZ to 30, 000 MHZ, using shortwave (amateur radio system). Everyone who wants to be a part of WALLA has to download the application, giving information of Name, Number, Address, etc. in order for the application to work for personal use, as well as for the product code to be identified by the company who owns it. The Application can be turned on and off, depending on when the person wants their updates. In spite of the updates, it is up to the user/reciever as to how they would respond to it.
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It’s a win-win situation The Wallas who download the application will get a free “makeover” of their carts, giving them a free rainproof shield that would promote and state that they are part of the WALLA system. The wallas will also be able to get more customers without having to shout (which is reducing due to many reasons like – space, shyness, etc.) All customers will be updated and connected to the wallas no matter if they are old city folks or new comers.
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Randomness of time, being unexpected has it’s charm Organic voice broadcasting has it’s charm Hearing and seeing the Walla in real time How do I plan to tackle this? - Sound
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