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- Information security: Mark keeps most of his personal information private on Facebook and shared parallel concerns about who would be able to see his summer travel plans. He says that “I would only want my friends to be able to see them” but wouldn’t mind if that group were defined as his Facebook friends. In that light, he stressed some form of Facebook integration that would allow access to users’ Facebook friends list.
User 3: Undergraduate Junior at MIT
Denise is a 20-year old MIT junior majoring in Chemical Engineering. She enjoys meeting new people and generally having a good time.
- Means of Communication: Denise is a frequent texter. She uses GChat and Facebook as well. She emphasized the need for a tool to allow her to communicate easily with a group of people. She doesn't like to mass text and hates long email chains. She recalls that during her freshman summer, one of her friends had created a summer mailing list to organize trips, plan parties, and generally keep in contact with their group of friends While she thought the mailing list was a good idea, she remembers that there were several problems with it. For example, at least a few of her friends were initially accidentally left out of the list. Also, there were sometimes long chains of emails that were unnecessary. She emphasized that registering for a new account would deter her from using a new service. Finding and "friending" people is also a deterrence, because Facebook already does that.
- Travel Plans: Denise usually stays at MIT to UROP. she has her living arrangements settled but is looking for a easy means of meeting and contacting other people who are at MIT over the summer.
- Information Security: Privacy is very important to Denise. She wants to meet other MIT students, and maybe friends of friends, but not random people. She doesn't want her information to be readily available to just anyone on the street.
Task Analysis
1. Registration and Joining a Group
Goal: Create a profile on TravelTech and automatically join the MIT network.
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