Comments on: Design Fiction: Vera & Fred http://thesis.tinabeans.com/?p=357 notes and musings for an MFA in Interaction Design thesis Sat, 07 Apr 2012 04:30:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Kristin Breivik http://thesis.tinabeans.com/?p=357#comment-31 Kristin Breivik Tue, 13 Dec 2011 20:56:59 +0000 http://thesis.tinabeans.com/?p=357#comment-31 What a cute story, Tina! I wonder how long it'll take for them until they ditch your concept and goes for IRL cooking, though ;) I'm still curious as to how strangers can connect through this. If it needs to be people you know, then I feel you're limited to those you know, but are too far away from to cook with, and those that are too shy to cook together in real life (which I guess would be a passing thing, as they get to know each other). Considering that you set the date in advance, people you know and live close to can just as well come over. After all, the real life is a little bit better than a screen - we can't escape that... So this is not to say that your concept wouldn't work with Fred and Vera. I just think the strangers aspect is interesting, so I would love to see you imagine a story there as well! (Or maybe I just like to read your stories, so I want more. Haha) What a cute story, Tina! I wonder how long it’ll take for them until they ditch your concept and goes for IRL cooking, though ;)

I’m still curious as to how strangers can connect through this. If it needs to be people you know, then I feel you’re limited to those you know, but are too far away from to cook with, and those that are too shy to cook together in real life (which I guess would be a passing thing, as they get to know each other). Considering that you set the date in advance, people you know and live close to can just as well come over. After all, the real life is a little bit better than a screen – we can’t escape that…

So this is not to say that your concept wouldn’t work with Fred and Vera. I just think the strangers aspect is interesting, so I would love to see you imagine a story there as well! (Or maybe I just like to read your stories, so I want more. Haha)

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