Interview Summary

I got some great feedback and advice with my interviews and nothing negative surprisingly! I’m really glad this was part of the project because it really is helpful. Every person has a different point of view and it’s great to hear original ideas that I just haven’t thought of. I got a lot of the same general ideas and advice, which is good. My interviewers really liked the idea of it being a “skateboarders twitter” with a constantly updated news feed with pics, videos and comments. There was also a great idea of a “check in” feature, so you could see where your friends are. Another great idea I was given was a rating and difficulty level system for each skate spot. So a beginning skater doesn’t go somewhere where he doesn’t stand a chance and so a pro doesn’t go to a place full of 10 year olds. There was also a idea of a “danger level” so you could be alerted of cops in there area and how likely you were to be busted.
A problem I am thinking about with the app is this. I personally only really use Facebook and Twitter app, I don’t want something that is just a cheap imitation. My app would have to be fully functional with Facebook and Twitter. So, if you are posting something from my skate app you can specify to post to Twitter and Facebook as well. The same with photos and videos, so a photo you post will automatically go to a album on Facebook for example. It will in a way replace the Facebook and Twitter social media aspect for Skateboarders, and skateboarders only.
So the interviews were great and much help, now I don’t know what to do to put this all together!