Comments for The Musings of Billy Volare http://blink0072005.wordpress.com Adventures in Second Life Mon, 26 Nov 2007 00:40:35 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Up and Running by Andy http://blink0072005.wordpress.com/2007/11/25/up-and-running/#comment-88 Andy Mon, 26 Nov 2007 00:40:35 +0000 http://blink0072005.wordpress.com/2007/11/25/up-and-running/#comment-88 Cool. Looks like it'll be neat. What do you plan do to change as far as the room's look/layout goes? Cool. Looks like it’ll be neat. What do you plan do to change as far as the room’s look/layout goes?

]]> Comment on The Promised Goods by Dylan Yaga http://blink0072005.wordpress.com/2007/11/05/the-promised-goods/#comment-87 Dylan Yaga Wed, 07 Nov 2007 21:19:12 +0000 http://blink0072005.wordpress.com/2007/11/05/the-promised-goods/#comment-87 If you find the code to make things invisible, that'd make things so very easy for me! If you find the code to make things invisible, that’d make things so very easy for me!

]]> Comment on Some Real Progress by Andy http://blink0072005.wordpress.com/2007/11/05/some-real-progress/#comment-85 Andy Mon, 05 Nov 2007 16:36:32 +0000 http://blink0072005.wordpress.com/2007/11/05/some-real-progress/#comment-85 "This means the visualizations won’t be exact, but I don’t feel so bad about that since it’s supposed to approximate to a reasonable agree to make the data easier to understand." I think it's a good choice to sacrifice precision for readability. “This means the visualizations won’t be exact, but I don’t feel so bad about that since it’s supposed to approximate to a reasonable agree to make the data easier to understand.”

I think it’s a good choice to sacrifice precision for readability.

]]> Comment on And It’s Reached the Point of Absurdity by WBurt http://blink0072005.wordpress.com/2007/10/16/and-its-reached-the-point-of-absurdity/#comment-83 WBurt Wed, 17 Oct 2007 18:46:26 +0000 http://blink0072005.wordpress.com/2007/10/16/and-its-reached-the-point-of-absurdity/#comment-83 I know how you feel, CPSCLee was having some trouble earlier today, so I tried to login, and my male avatar was looking kinda female-ish as well O_O. I was frozen in place for about 5 minutes, and I guess the program eventually started reading in all of my keystrokes as my avatar started walking...into the ground, in a straight direction, and into the sea...he kept on walking until I asked him (out loud) to stop -- the game must've heard me, because it froze immediately, I had to force quit Second Life. I know how you feel, CPSCLee was having some trouble earlier today, so I tried to login, and my male avatar was looking kinda female-ish as well O_O. I was frozen in place for about 5 minutes, and I guess the program eventually started reading in all of my keystrokes as my avatar started walking…into the ground, in a straight direction, and into the sea…he kept on walking until I asked him (out loud) to stop — the game must’ve heard me, because it froze immediately, I had to force quit Second Life.

]]> Comment on Visually speaking by Jennifer Polack-Wahl http://blink0072005.wordpress.com/2007/10/01/visually-speaking/#comment-82 Jennifer Polack-Wahl Wed, 03 Oct 2007 01:27:35 +0000 http://blink0072005.wordpress.com/2007/10/01/visually-speaking/#comment-82 You could have emailed me that mine was in the way. Blog post are really only read once. I will do it on Wednesday. I like the one on the right but I think the wood should be darker. You could have emailed me that mine was in the way. Blog post are really only read once. I will do it on Wednesday. I like the one on the right but I think the wood should be darker.

]]> Comment on Back on Track by Andy http://blink0072005.wordpress.com/2007/09/30/back-on-track/#comment-79 Andy Mon, 01 Oct 2007 03:28:59 +0000 http://blink0072005.wordpress.com/2007/09/30/back-on-track/#comment-79 Sounds good. I'd like to see the screenshots. Sounds good. I’d like to see the screenshots.

]]> Comment on Not much progress by Jennifer Polack-Wahl http://blink0072005.wordpress.com/2007/09/24/not-much-progress/#comment-76 Jennifer Polack-Wahl Tue, 25 Sep 2007 02:34:52 +0000 http://blink0072005.wordpress.com/2007/09/24/not-much-progress/#comment-76 This weekend was a scheduled down time for the campus but I know that pretty much has become standard. People are having a hard time with the wireless and it seems that SL may only accessible and working in the lab. I think you should put up some pictures of your results since everyone cannot visit the island. This weekend was a scheduled down time for the campus but I know that pretty much has become standard. People are having a hard time with the wireless and it seems that SL may only accessible and working in the lab.

I think you should put up some pictures of your results since everyone cannot visit the island.

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]]> Comment on All Systems Go by Jennifer Polack http://blink0072005.wordpress.com/2007/07/03/all-systems-go/#comment-20 Jennifer Polack Tue, 03 Jul 2007 15:06:10 +0000 http://blink0072005.wordpress.com/2007/07/03/all-systems-go/#comment-20 Your mailbox is full, everything I send you bounces back to me. I will not be around Thursday until late and I am not sure when. I can meet anytime on Friday. The questions that you have posted are similar to those that I have for you. Here is the questions, format is off becuase it was a word document. What to Test Take 5 minutes to explore the census visualization. Memory How Many Transportation Categories are there? Three Five Seven How Many Regions is the United States broken into? Five Seven Nine The data can be view in how many ways One Two Three Time (See how long it takes to answer each question) and Accuracy What Region has the highest percentage of people taking a motorcycle/others to and from work? Pacific Mountain West South Central West North Central East South Central East North Central South Atlantic Middle Atlantic New England What region has only 5.28 percent of people in its region using public transportation to get to/from work? Pacific Mountain West South Central West North Central East South Central East North Central South Atlantic Middle Atlantic New England What percentage of people in New England drive alone to get to/from work? 65.40% 78.13% 5.44% 12.62% What percentage of people is the West North car pool to/from work? 10.41% 10.68% 13.47% 5.53% What region has the most people public transportation? Pacific Mountain West South Central West North Central East South Central East North Central South Atlantic Middle Atlantic New England Geography and Visualization What region does Virginia belong to? New England Middle Atlantic South Atlantic What region does Nevada belong to? Pacific Mountain West North Central What region does Michigan belong to? East North Central West North Central Middle Atlantic After the usability test Survey Monkey Survey Usability Learning to operate the Transportation Census system Difficult Moderately Difficult Neutral Moderately Easy Easy Remembering names and use of commands Difficult Moderately Difficult Neutral Moderately Easy Easy Visualizing the census information is straightforward Difficult Moderately Difficult Neutral Moderately Easy Easy Steps to complete each question followed a logical sequence Never Sometimes Always Visualizing how people get to/from Work Difficult Moderately Difficult Neutral Moderately Easy Easy Quality of images Bad Ok Good Great Satisfaction: How did you feel about the tasks completed? Confident Confused Neutral Stressed How did you feel about the entire process? Frustrated Confused Neutral Satisfying Did you find the entire process? Dull Neutral Exciting Would recommend using Second Life to a Friend Yes No Your mailbox is full, everything I send you bounces back to me. I will not be around Thursday until late and I am not sure when. I can meet anytime on Friday.

The questions that you have posted are similar to those that I have for you. Here is the questions, format is off becuase it was a word document.

What to Test

Take 5 minutes to explore the census visualization.

Memory

How Many Transportation Categories are there?

Three
Five
Seven

How Many Regions is the United States broken into?

Five
Seven
Nine

The data can be view in how many ways

One
Two
Three

Time (See how long it takes to answer each question) and Accuracy

What Region has the highest percentage of people taking a motorcycle/others to and from work?

Pacific
Mountain
West South Central
West North Central
East South Central
East North Central
South Atlantic
Middle Atlantic
New England

What region has only 5.28 percent of people in its region using public transportation to get to/from work?

Pacific
Mountain
West South Central
West North Central
East South Central
East North Central
South Atlantic
Middle Atlantic
New England
What percentage of people in New England drive alone to get to/from work?

65.40%
78.13%
5.44%
12.62%

What percentage of people is the West North car pool to/from work?

10.41%
10.68%
13.47%
5.53%

What region has the most people public transportation?

Pacific
Mountain
West South Central
West North Central
East South Central
East North Central
South Atlantic
Middle Atlantic
New England

Geography and Visualization

What region does Virginia belong to?

New England
Middle Atlantic
South Atlantic

What region does Nevada belong to?

Pacific
Mountain
West North Central

What region does Michigan belong to?

East North Central
West North Central
Middle Atlantic

After the usability test Survey Monkey Survey

Usability

Learning to operate the Transportation Census system

Difficult
Moderately Difficult
Neutral
Moderately Easy
Easy

Remembering names and use of commands

Difficult
Moderately Difficult
Neutral
Moderately Easy
Easy

Visualizing the census information is straightforward

Difficult
Moderately Difficult
Neutral
Moderately Easy
Easy

Steps to complete each question followed a logical sequence

Never
Sometimes
Always

Visualizing how people get to/from Work

Difficult
Moderately Difficult
Neutral
Moderately Easy
Easy

Quality of images

Bad
Ok
Good
Great

Satisfaction:

How did you feel about the tasks completed?

Confident
Confused
Neutral
Stressed

How did you feel about the entire process?

Frustrated
Confused
Neutral
Satisfying

Did you find the entire process?

Dull
Neutral
Exciting

Would recommend using Second Life to a Friend

Yes
No

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