Concerns:

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Concerns
Design Evolution

• Facebook users' NEEDS
• To be able to request or find more information
  about a topict found on the profile of Facebook
  friend or member.
• A medium to express their thoughts on a topic
  displayed on either their personal profile or
  that of another Facebooker
• A repository of information within which they can
  search for contributions from fellow Facebook
  users pertaining to a topic of interest
• Facebook users' WANTS
• An application that does not require installation
  in order to permit them the freedom to discover
  the key features of the application
• Maximal functionality available within the
  application's profile box

Sketches
Lo-Fi and Hi-Fi Prototype
Final Product
Solutions
Final Prototype

• User fails to find a topic in the Blurbs list and
  requests a Blurb about that topic

Blurbs is an application that provides a wiki all
about the Facebook user. It addresses the users
need to obtain information from fellow
Facebookers and to elaborate on a topic of
interest
Search
Requests
View of User Profile

• Request tab enables quick submission
• Option to request anonymously allows privacy and
  promotes more contributions

• Requests
• - Enables a Facebook user to request more
  information about a topic of interest
  from another user- Permits a Facebook user to
  manage his or her own Blurb requests
• Contribute
• - Enables a Facebook user to create a Blurb about
  a topic of his or her choice
• Search
• - Enables user to search for a Blurb by topic or
  key word
• Edit and Comment
• - Allows one user to edit the content of another
  users Blurb
• - Allows one user to post a comment regarding
  another users Blurb

• User will now see a pending requests appear in
  his profile application

Blurbs Profile Box

• The request is then fulfilled when the user
  contributes a new Blurb to his or her wiki

Editing Blurbs
Contribute