First Interview Down
March 23, 2011 Leave a Comment
Today I had an interview with one of the moms from work. I had initially asked her to complete a family diary for my study but she had to back out because of a family emergency. Well our lunch conversation was a bit noisy but it was still a great conversation.
Most of the conversation centered on her teenage son who is not much of a communicator, he’s bright as all get out. When it comes to communicating he fulfills the obligatory I’m home text to dad but doesn’t text mom to much. This family is unique because they use technology more than most families.
Each family member has a Google calendar that is viewable by all family members, iPhones are their chosen mobile tool, the kids and dad do lots of online world of war craft together – what is very interesting about this family use of online games is they use a system of text-ed gestures they use during gaming, somewhat bridging the communication gap. <nods>, <winks>. Next step – transcribe the good parts and start coding. wish me luck!
Short update on the family diaries, I have one out that I should get back any day now, I chatted with the dad who I work with and he said everything is going smoothly and he only had one clarifying question. Not bad if I say so myself.
