Gary, Tate, Ian, Daniel
Gary: I enjoyed the group exercise. I viewed the chairs as different lens through which to examine a basic statement, which ties in with the various approaches to design research one can take. I found it interesting that everyone rated “Will” as 10/10, probably due to the personal nature of our relationship as students. There ended up being a lot of similarity in language and interpretation between the 4 of us, perhaps out of politeness or a desire not to offend someone we knew.
Daniel: I interpreted this exercise as learning to view problems from different lens and perspectives. It reminded me of certain types of discussions I participated in from History and English classes in the past with a roleplay like structure with each participant representing a different angle. It also brought to mind different lens for approaching a variety of problems I’ve encountered in the past from the scientific method, the DSM, and more recently and Information Architecture approach.
Tate: I found it interesting that everyone in my group finished around one minute in. I think this says a lot about comfort and sharing over a remote platform as well as a larger push in academia to be concise with information sharing. Some of the more organic or conversational aspects that I think would normally accompany a personal reflection were lost and we chose to quickly describe the ‘bullets’ that we had journaled. The quiet time after listening to the response I found very valuable, as it allowed for information processing time by the non-speaker chairs instead of the instant recall required if someone went all the way up to the two minute deadline.
Ian: I found it interesting to view people’s understanding of themselves using a different scope each time. You don’t view your own thoughts through any of these lenses, so being given the time to distill emotions/facts was very valuable. The moment of silence after each speaker (most people finished after about a minute) was also valuable as it gave myself the time to reflect after I had finished speaking. I found it a lot harder to have a distinct finish to my thoughts than I had initially anticipated, but once I stopped talking, I felt as though I had no chance to return to speaking and decided to use the rest of the 2 minutes just as the other “chairs” would.
