Justin, If this is software I would imagine you can just use something like USABILLA.COM or a remote capturing device that uses their camera while they work if they have a built in camera. The trick would be in your recruiting process. I think since people are on the go you really have to consider the locations and things they are doing at those spots where they might actually take the time to sit and even use this software. Just because they are on the go doesn't mean they are actually using the software in those contexts. I'd probably just run a quick survey and ask what types of spots do people actually take the time to sit and use the software when they are on the go.
Then you would want to just think about those locations and wonder if that really matters how they interact with the computer or the software. You want to find out if their behavior in that environment affects their interaction with the computer or software. So unlike a camera that is affected by its outdoor or indoor environment because its context can create different shooting conditions, software for work might not even be used unless they are in an airport or at the hotel or at a coffee shop. And in those environments the main thing that could affect their usage would be bandwidth, power, lighting, or people being able to see what they are working on. So you really have a more limited behavioral context then you might think depending on what the software is and what people are actually going to do with it and if it requires them to actually go only to certain locations because of a need for internet or a level ground so they can focus and get out their materials and work on things. When you consider tools you might want to worry more about what tools will they need with them to use the software and are those tools limited to certain environments? and in those limited environments would you want to make those tools available to them in the software so they need not have them on their person. consider a short list of environments or survey them and then narrow your list of what things can actually impact the use of this software and you will be headed in a pretty good direction I think. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=48383 ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
