Interview ...!!!

People interviewed:- 12
Target Audience:- Family (Family, Neighbourhood families)

I have interviewed the people , some of them were my family members and neighbourhood. The age group varies from 18 years old to 60 years old. And by profession wisethey range from student to IT supporter, Lawyers to Accountant ,
Selfemployed to Unemployed.

Regarding to their profession and working hours , there is slight communication problem between the household. 4 out of 12 said using mobile phones they communicate with each other anyhow.The remaining 8 out of 12 said because of their profession and timings they cant even contact each other through mobile phones, so they write notes at home.

Location:-

Location wise, most of the families use kitchen ,near the staircase or sometimes on the door. There were other answers like living area, dining area, computer desk and on TV.

What kind of messaging system they use to communicate? :-

Answeres were as follows -

Post-it notes
Calender
Notice board
PDAs
Pin board
Sketch board

They also said these forms of messaging system are very easy and simple to use, cheap and reliable.

What features they would like to have in messaging system? :-

Birthday reminders
To do list
Shopping list
Meetings
Alarm
Work shift organizer
Phone numbers
Coursework deadline dates
Events

Well thats all what i got from my findings so far. Most of the views were same. many of them said they are using mobile Phones as their messaging system.

Feel free to comment on my findings.