3. HEADER PHASE : SECTION — Step
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A time capsul app, allowing users to safely store thoughts
(as a text or voice message) by hindering the user from
pre‑maturely reviewing messages until a specific amount
of time has passed by.
APP STORE
I WISH IT WAS IN THE
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RESEARCH : IDENTIFYING COMPETITION
TIME HOP
Timehop helps celebrate the
best moments of the past by
connecting their social media.
THROWBACK
Choose a return date for you
photo between one month and
five years from today.
DAYONE
Day One is well designed and
extremely focused to encourage
you to write more.
FACEBOOK
Has the ability to capture all
memories in a public space for
friends and family to see.
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RESEARCH : CREATING AN OVERALL PURPOSE
A unique time-capsul app that allows you to
safely store your thoughts by delaying the
user (with a couple options) from pre‑maturely
reviewing messages until a certain amount of
time has passed to increase its impact.
The scribble may become
forgotten by the time an
individual arrives back to
their comfort space, or
ideas are continuously
being reworked in their
head without the benefit
of allowing time to bring
about a new perspective.
Retreiving the message
depends on the amount of
time the user allowed the
message to mature ranging
from: 1-week, 1-month, or
1-year. After the allowed
time has passed, the user
will receive a notification
that their message can be
reviewed.
The reaction depends
on the the message’s
sentimentality, or
importance. There’s many
experience that come
with the flow of time.
Perspectives change,
people grow, influences
from a previous thought,
or randomly formed
inspirations shape the way
we think.
The user will have an
idea or thought floating
in their mind. Here they’ll
open up Capsul, record
their thought through a
text or voice message, and
incubate the message to
allow the mind to clear,
and fade away.
Potential users find
themselves looking for
either a digital or physical
notepad/napkin to
scribble down an idea as
an incentive to review it
later.
CONCLUSIONPROJECTED
OUTCOME
THE GOALBEHAVIORPROBLEM
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RESEARCH : IDENTIFYING DEMOGRAPHICS
A private outlet to record a quick
message that can be of use later.
A pondering thought that has been
in your head to clear your mind
A way to record a special
message that would
reoccur to them every year.
When social media hinders what
they actually want to say
When something exciting or
interesting that happens during
their day, and wants to record
something random
When they would want
to remind themselves of
a time that they would
appreciate in the future
Creative space
Educational settings
Adventure or Hike
Young college student 18–24
Young working professionals
A way to give yourself some time
to think about an idea and let time
pass before it comes back again for
review
it would notifiy them
privately on what they
were thinking (on a
personal level) exactly
one year ago. They would
be able to retreive a note
from the past to help align
or reignite their thoughts
or even passion.
Gives an opportunity to let
curiosity flow by sending a
message to the future allowing
time to pass by and forget about a
message until retreived again
Generation X
Allows user to directly send a
message to their future‑self simply
by typing/speaking into the app,
encapsulating the message and
setting its incubation period.
It would help you with trusting the
app to hold your ideas & thoughts
and will send you a notification
when your message is ready to be
reviewed.
It can help them
reappreciate their first
experiences by expressing
their excitement and
incubating the message
to come back to them a
year later.
WHEN
When is the best
time a user would
use this app?
WHO
Identify your users’
demographics?
WHERE
Where can users
find themselves
inspired to use this
application?
WHAT
What would a user
decide to use this
application for?
WHY
Why is this app
important to a
potential user?
HOW
How does this app
benefit the user?
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RESEARCH : PRESCREENING
The type of user that is needed for this
interview are individuals who typically:
• Use a smart mobile device frequently;
• Use napkins or a notepad to write down
their thoughts or ideas;
• Who use social media but refrain from
TMI‑type comments
• Who enjoy remembering good moments
QUESTION 1
What do you use as a mobile device? Or do you prefer not to have one?
Answers to accept: Any smartphone device that involves the use of Apps.
QUESTION 2
How familiar are you with using social media applications on your device?
Answers to accept: Familiar or greater, it shows that they constantly use it to express something.
QUESTION 3
When you typically have an idea or thought that you find interesting, what do you normally do?
Answers to accept: Any answer that involves writing it down or jotting it down.
QUESTION 4
When you have something personally sensitive that’s going on in your life, do you post online to let people know?
Answers to accept: Any answer that involves them refraining from posting personal things. This action shows that they
generally would keep certain topics to themselves and would likely to be open to some kind of outlet.
QUESTION 5
Do you enjoy remembering good moments in your life? Or do you generally feel that it doesn’t interest you?
Answers to accept: Any answer that involve that they appreciate remembering good moments.
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What did you do last year from today?Question 1
What social networks do you frequent and why do you use them?Question 2
How do you feel when you reread a very old post you’ve publicly posted on facebook years ago? Especially the ones that you didn’t want to see?Question 3
What do you do when you’re typing something on a social network page on an issue that is on your mind, but unsure about publicly posting it?Question 5
If you received a message right now coming from yourself (intentionally!) exactly one year ago, what would it likely say? and how would you feel today?Question 6
If you intentionally were to send a message to yourself exactly one year from now, what would it likely be and how can it benefit you?Question 7
Question 4 How often do you write a note to yourselfs? and why did you write a note to yourself?
Question 8 During the weekday, what do you do when you suddenly have an idea that you need to come back to later, but you’re currently busy?
Question 9 Do you ever come across an idea, but to only find that you made the idea better by allowing time to pass?
RESEARCH : INTERVIEWING CANDIDATES
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USER PERSONAS
NEEDS
A way of voicing out her concerns or thoughts without worrying
about bombarding friends online.
FRUSTRATIONS
Discontent with current living situation, but is working hard
and constantly developing.
“Live simply, laugh often, love generously,
learn constantly, don’t stop.”
Audio recording received randomly 1 year later 8:05pm while she
was up doing late projects, and she suddenly relieved her stress.
Working Professional
GENE
32, Bainbridge Island WA
FRUSTRATIONS
The need to work towards a successful future, but doesn’t want
fun to pass her by.
NEEDS
A way of letting out my thoughts in a quicker way than making
notes on my phone or notebook.
“Don’t get caught up with making others
happy, work on yourself first.”
Audio recording received randomly 1 year later 5:45pm and
inspired her to be more considerate about her actions.
Recent College Graduate
ANNA
25, Silverdale WA
NEEDS
Some way of utilizing positive affirmations to push
towards a goal.
FRUSTRATIONS
That life isn’t going as planned, but to appreciate life as it is.
“Don’t worry too much. Everything almost
always falls into place anyways.”
Audio recording received randomly 1 year later 7:15pm during an
assignment and suddenly took a break to reflect on his thoughts.
College Student
GERALD
23, Renton WA
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USER PERSONAS : GENE
“Live simply, laugh often, love generously,
learn constantly, don’t stop.”
Audio recording received randomly 1 year later 8:05pm while she
was up doing late projects, and she suddenly relieved her stress.
Working Professional
GENE
32, Bainbridge Island WA
“Don’t get caught up with making others
happy, work on yourself first.”
Audio recording received randomly 1 year later 5:45pm and
inspired her to be more considerate about her actions.
Recent College Graduate
ANNA
25, Silverdale WA
“Don’t worry too much. Everything almost
always falls into place anyways.”
Audio recording received randomly 1 year later 7:15pm during an
assignment and suddenly took a break to reflect on his thoughts.
College Student
GERALD
23, Renton WA
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USER PERSONAS : ANNA
“Live simply, laugh often, love generously,
learn constantly, don’t stop.”
Audio recording received randomly 1 year later 8:05pm while she
was up doing late projects, and she suddenly relieved her stress.
Working Professional
GENE
32, Bainbridge Island WA
“Don’t get caught up with making others
happy, work on yourself first.”
Audio recording received randomly 1 year later 5:45pm and
inspired her to be more considerate about her actions.
Recent College Graduate
ANNA
25, Silverdale WA
“Don’t worry too much. Everything almost
always falls into place anyways.”
Audio recording received randomly 1 year later 7:15pm during an
assignment and suddenly took a break to reflect on his thoughts.
College Student
GERALD
23, Renton WA
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USER PERSONAS : GERALD
“Live simply, laugh often, love generously,
learn constantly, don’t stop.”
Audio recording received randomly 1 year later 8:05pm while she
was up doing late projects, and she suddenly relieved her stress.
Working Professional
GENE
32, Bainbridge Island WA
“Don’t get caught up with making others
happy, work on yourself first.”
Audio recording received randomly 1 year later 5:45pm and
inspired her to be more considerate about her actions.
Recent College Graduate
ANNA
25, Silverdale WA
“Don’t worry too much. Everything almost
always falls into place anyways.”
Audio recording received randomly 1 year later 7:15pm during an
assignment and suddenly took a break to reflect on his thoughts.
College Student
GERALD
23, Renton WA
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PLANNING : STORYBOARDING (INITIAL SKETCHES)
Gerald is about to graduate in 1 month. He’s
excited that he’s completing his web design
degree soon because he wants to earn some
money creating websites for potential clients
He starts looking up future jobs from job
posting sites and they discourage him
mentioning he needs 4 years of experience
Feeling discouraged, he asks himself “how
is it possible to obtain jobs with 4 years of
experience when i haven’t landed a job yet?”
He gains hope and wants to encourage
himself in the future. He opens the app and
taps on an orb.
He speaks into his app while his thoughts
are still fresh, hoping that one day it may
spark some inspiration for something he
does not know yet.
He puts his app away and starts developing
a portfolio site to drive interest to his
customers, or employers
1 month later gerald wakes up and receives
a notification from 1 month ago
He is surprised that he forgot, and that
small spark gave him energy to continue
and to just ponder about that thought.
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PLANNING : STORYBOARDING (INITIAL SKETCHES)
Anna woke up early in the morning to attend
school at college
Once noon hit, they allowed everyone to
head out for lunch. She decides to roam
around the city blocks to check out what
would sparks her curiousity.
She found a small bar/restaurant and
decided to try their cod sandwhich
She ordered the cod sandwhich and started
waiting for a couple minutes
Once they served her the cod, and they
served a large portion for her. once she bit
into it she was surprised how good it is.
Exactly 1 year later, anna wakes up and
receives that notification she made from
that bar she found the cod sandwhich. She
reviews it and out comes the audio.
She is surprised that she forgot, and that
small memory got her to set a date with her
friends to visit the place and have some
dinner together.
She speaks into her app while her thoughts
about the environment and food while it’s
still fresh. It may swade her thoughts in the
future, who knows?
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PLANNING : USER FLOW
User receives
Modal 1 overlay
Modal displays
available
messages of the
day in ul format
User receives
Modal 2 overlay
User receives
Modal 3 overlay
Is user
an existing
user?
Is
user
signed
into account
from system
settings?
Main Screen
Option Screen
Backup Data
Sceen
Sign in Screen
User Selects
Voice Capture
orb
User Pulls
Option screen
User Signs
into their
account
Incubation
Screen
User Selects
message
button
Y
On-boarding
Screen
User Selects
Text Message
orb
User Selects
1 month
capsule
User Selects 1
year capsul
User Selects 1
week capsul
User confirms
capsul span
Capsul is
incubated by
chosen time
span
N
Y
N
Modal displays
failure
Is
user
connected to
a network and
on a cloud
drive?
N
Modal displays
success
Y
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Is user
an existing
user?
Main Screen
User Selects
Voice Capture
orb
Incubation
Screen
Y
User Selects 1
year capsul
User confirms
capsul span
Capsul is
incubated by
chosen time
span
Recent College Graduate
ANNA
25, Silverdale WA
• Created an account on website to allow
cloud access to either dropbox, box, or
drive.
• On her iphone, she has already saved her
account access info within her settings.
• She clicks on the option screen to back
up her data with one click and the data
is duplicated into her dropbox in a folder
called capsul within the root directory, or
whichever folder they specifiy.
Action
She has an idea and wants
to open the app and speak
into the mic to give a
thought and send it off a
year from now.
User receives
Modal 1 overlay
User receives
Modal 2 overlay
User receives
Modal 3 overlay
On-boarding
Screen
N
User Selects
1 month
capsule
User Selects 1
week capsul
Modal displays
available
messages of the
day in ul format
User Selects
message
button
User Selects
Text Message
orb
Is
user
signed
into account
from system
settings?
Option Screen
Sign in Screen
User Pulls
Option screen
Y
N
Backup Data
Sceen
User Signs
into their
account
Modal displays
failure
Is
user
connected to
a network and
on a cloud
drive?
N
Modal displays
success
Y
PLANNING : USER FLOW
