List of some UX behaviors, experiencing context

As design thinking, relate your assigned context to at least three of the listed below behaviors. For example, the 5 people in your group might select three behaviors to focus on. By behaviors, we mean tasks or actions a user (or you, as individual) can do, as motivated by an imagined design situation in the real world context assigned.  Try to identify a ‘goodness of fit’ between context and a specific behavior – .  What are the likely interactions? Things people do, would want to do and the quality of that experience – be it digital, physical, social, cognitive, etc. (We do not want you “remembering” a prior experience; you’ll need to personally experience it – at least in part).

Starter list of  behaviors

Customize: modify something to suit a particular individual or task. Example: Fashion encourages customization, the selection of particular components and qualities that allow us to express ourselves or to adapt attire to the particular physical demands of a situation. Also, the desktop and file management systems in our computers are customizable environments.

Wayfind: all the ways people orient themselves in a space and navigate from place to place (and within places!). Example: smart phones now allow us to find a place (restaurant, subway stop, etc.) within easy distance of our current location and to navigate arrival via GPS. Also, more broadly, when navigating information (physically or online), wayfinding supports us when transitioning from one information part to another.

Do-it-yourself: create or repair something without the aid of professionals. Example: The furniture store IKEA encourages DIY by creating compatible components and letting the user do the assembly and combination of components in room settings. The number of elements that various components have in common (wrenches, screws, pegs, etc.) builds and further supports user experience with the IKEA system.

Search: to find something by looking or otherwise seeking carefully and thoroughly. Example: Google facilitates an internet search and Google Maps allows that search to be visualized in a number of different views. We also search for items in a grocery store and books in a library.

Curate: select, organize, and look after items in a collection. Example: We create and express a lifestyle in what we choose to surround ourselves with, such as a curated set of collectibles in our home; news articles selected by software into which we enter preferences; a personal library of flickr photos; or a curated group of friends on facebook.

Exchange/Barter: goods and services are directly exchanged for other goods and services without a common unit of trade (i.e. money). Example: The “community service bank” in which a gardener banks a few hours of gardening service in exchange for a haircut by another participant; or trading baseball cards; or swapping iTunes playlists.

Repurpose: To extend the life of something by using it in a way other than its original design. Recreating an existing language with your own language. Being open to unconventional purposes of objects, explorative.

Integrate: combine (one thing) with another so that they become a whole. (2). Bring (people or groups with particular characteristics or needs) into equal participation in or membership of a social group or institution.

Make believe: A synthesis of ideas and experiences used to generate what is perceived as new. Imagine, create, escape, role play, pretend, fabrication,

Schedule: Aligning time with action, prioritizing, routine, committing to the hypothetical, forethought, Routine, Standardization, importance of macro perspective – makes one more aware of time.