Study update
It’s been a while since I blogged about my study so here’s a quick update:
- Acquired a current-gen iPod Touch to give away to one randomly-selected participant.
- Signed up 3 people to come into the lab between now and Monday.
- Tentatively signed up 2 more over the next few weeks.
- Started writing tools to automatically collect statistics about previous sessions:
- One participant saved their work 53 times per hour.
- Learned that a dual-computer setup makes video transcription much much faster. I’ve got one computer playing back the video on a 40″ monitor using MPlayer (awesome keyboard shortcuts for pausing and navigating video); the other one has an Excel spreadsheet with pre-labeled cells for storing the transcribed data. This setup saves me from having to Command-Tab between apps each time I want to type something. Plus, I get to see the video and the transcript at the same time.
- Discovered that using raw sugar instead of granulated increases the likelihood of caramelization during cookie baking.