Portfolio Description

Topic:  Weather


Data Source:  Customer Reviews


Audience:  Informavores


Focus:  Design Seeds


Weather Scents

This morning I went to check the temperature outside. It did not give me the temperature!!!!! What is the point of a weather app that does not give me the basics, like temperature?

- user review

Focus

How can we address these questions?

In the 1990’s Peter Pirolli and Stuart Card developed a theory while at XEROX PARC looking into how people collect information online, they called it Information Foraging.

Information Foraging is an analogy to how wild animals gather food, basically hunting for scents which lead to the target prey.

Information Foraging

Weather Scents

What are some current patches attracting weather hunters, and what types of scents are they putting out?

Weather Scents

By looking into what users are saying about similar products we can leverage these experiences into our own knowledge base.

Weather Scents

Tell Me What I Need

Weather Scents

Travel Related

Weather Scents

Weather & Health

Weather Scents

User Interface Expectations

Weather Scents

Alternative Weather Content

Weather Scents

Technical Perceptions

Weather Scents

Politics & Alerts / Notifications

Weather Scents

Multi Day Forecast Widget / 01

Weather Scents

Multi Day Forecast Widget / 02

Weather Scents

Multi Day Forecast Widget / 03

Weather Scents

Multi Day Forecast Widget / 04

Weather Scents

In-Line Swipe, Call To Action Patterns

Weather Scents

Animated At-A-Glance-Graphs

Weather Scents

Alternative to Thumbnail / Title / Short Description

Weather Scents

In-Line Paragraph Scent / 01

Weather Scents

In-Line Paragraph Scent / 02

Weather Scents

In-Line Paragraph Scent / 03

Weather Scents

In-Line Paragraph Scent / 04

Weather Scents

In-Line Paragraph Scent / 05

Weather Scents

In-Line Paragraph Scent / 06

Sky Watching

Lean-Back-Lean-In Page Interaction, creating a top and bottom engagement experience.

– Tonight’s Sky
– Sponsored By
– Time Slider
– Constellations
– Set Location
– My Location
– What you can see tonight
– Lists By Time
– Live Cameras
– Relevant Content Jump Points

Sky Watching

Page Top / Interactive Sky

Traffic Watching

Lean-Back-Lean-In Page Interaction, creating a top and bottom engagement experience.

– Interactive Map
– Quick Focus Locations
– Macro / Micro Views
– Live Cameras
– Planning Utility
– Sponsored By
– Points of Interest
– Live Content Feeds
– Relevant Content Jump Points

Traffic Watching

Page Top / Interactive Traffic

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