Saturday, February 7, 2009
Thursday, February 5, 2009
DECONSTRUCT & IMPROVE AN INTERACTION
1. What are the categories of people, things, actions, and environments?
PEOPLE
Anita, Behrad, Jagat, Mandana, Peiji, Xin Wei
OBJECTS
| PREPARATION | COOKING | EATING |
| Cutting board | Pot | Forks |
| Knife | Pan | Plates |
| Plate | Spoon | Ketchup |
| Garbage bin | Vegetable oil | Chili pepper |
| Paper towels | Spatula | Table |
| Sink | Fan | Chairs |
| Bowl | Stove | |
| Peeler | Plates | |
| Water | Paper towels | |
| | Hot sauce | |
| | Salt | |
ACTIONS
| PREPARATION | COOKING | CLEANING | EATING |
| Peeling | Frying | Washing | Hands |
| Washing | Pouring vegetable oil | Cleaning stove | |
| Cutting | Turning on stove | | |
| Drying | Setting heat (low/med/high) | | |
ENVIRONMENT (Kitchen)
Space – the amount of space we were limited to
Location – the area in which we were working in and where everything was placed for our convenience
2. What’s important about the interaction?
- Teamwork/co-operation
- organization
- learning from others experiences
- safety
- enjoying the experience
- planning ahead
3. What are the tasks performed and which are mission critical tasks on which the interaction depends?
| CRITICAL | NON CRITICAL |
| Cutting potatoes the proper size | Pot |
| Right heat temperature | Cooking 4 times (if we had a bigger pan) |
| Good pan | Knives |
| Experience | |
| Cleanliness | |
| Safety | |
| Proper tools | |
| Experimenting | |
4. What are the goals of the people in the interaction? How are those goals met or not met by the system?
The goal of the people in the interaction was to make fries that would be edible.
| GOALS MET | GOALS NOT MET |
| Edible | Not as healthy as we wanted
|
| Different than fast food | Some fries did not come out as expected |
| Fresh | |
| All members participating | |
| Enjoyable | |
| Able to know each other more | |
| Able to make fries without a deep fryer | |
5. What is the time signature of the interaction? (Where does it start and where does it end)?
12:18pm – starts cutting the potatoes
12:20pm – adds vegetable oil
1:00pm – finished frying the first plate of fries
1:10pm – start frying the second plate of potatoes
1:25pm – finished frying the second plate of fries
1:40pm – finished frying the third plate
6. What works smoothly? What breaks down? Why?
| WORKED SMOOTHLY | BROKE DOWN |
| Cutting the potatoes with a knife | Peeling potatoes with the peeler |
| Co-operation with the members | Result of most of the fries |
| | Too much oil |
| | Put too many potatoes in the pan with too many oil in the small pan |
| | Thickness of the fries |
| | Steel pot made the fries stick to the bottom |