Shannon’s story

Identity Product of past experiences within a broader environmental context

Predisposition Music evokes people’s memories

Research Music reflects individual’s cultural identity and characteristics (Stuart, 1996)

Research Music reflects individual’s cultural identity and characteristics (Stuart, 1996) Nostalgia helps us deal with our identity transitions (Hepper, Ritchie, Sedikides, & Wildschut, 2012)

Research Music reflects individual’s cultural identity and characteristics (Stuart, 1996) Nostalgia helps us deal with our identity transitions (Hepper, Ritchie, Sedikides, & Wildschut, 2012) Old news articles can cause nostalgia (Hepper, et al., 2012)

Insights Music with images triggers more vivid memories than either by themselves

Insights Music with images triggers more vivid memories than either by themselves Pairing music with relevant images can help reveal our personal and social identity

Insights Music with images triggers more vivid memories than either by themselves Pairing music with relevant images can help reveal our personal and social identity By understanding how our musical taste evolved, we can understand how our identity has changed

Concepts Visual-auditory library –Automatically pairs user’s music with personally and socially relevant imagery

Final Design

Sign in page Import page Location information Main page

Editing page Main page

2005 Spring year page. List page Main page

Strategies Would be distributed through the iTunes App Store

Strategies Would be distributed through the iTunes App Store Partner with a news website

Strategies Would be distributed through the iTunes App Store Partner with a news website Easing integration with music listened to before iTunes came out

Strategies Would be distributed through the iTunes App Store Partner with a news website Easing integration with music listened to before iTunes came out Sharing libraries between users

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Definitions Identity: product of past experiences couched within an environmental context Management: Giving users a tool to create a visio-auditory timeline, which they can use to interpret their identity.

Our Core Broad core: recognizing identity through music Conceptual core: help users recognize identity by building associations between music, personal context and social context.

Persona 1 Patrick Helpmann Age: 20 Profession: Waiter Hobbies: Running, cooking, fishing Goal: Relax after getting home Goal: Unpack the day’s events Pain Point: Spending too much time organizing music library. “I’m on my feet all day. When I get home, I like to just sit at my desk and unwind.”

Persona 2 Shannon Richie Age: 29 Profession: Journalist Hobbies: Piano, watching movies, photography Goal: Pass the time while traveling. Goal: Emotionally connect to music. Pain Point: Doesn’t want to view an overwhelming interface. “I can’t ride the subway without listening to music anymore; it’s just too boring.”

Survey Most users listen to music with Computer or Ipod/Iphone device Computer listeners tended to do it to relax Mobile uses tended to be more into music, and listen to it to pass the time and to connect to it.

Content in image shower Facebook post Personal/images( facebook, computer, mobile device, tagged photos in facebook) Images relevant to songs News relevant to year+ content of facebook post+ location

Testing Results First test Positives: –People understood the interface –Got through it on their own –Easy to learn Negatives: –People didn’t understand how to move back to year after they selected a month

Testing Results First test Positives: –People mainly understood the new features of the interface –Got through it on their own Negatives: –People didn't realize you can interact with the presentation –People didn't want to login through Facebook.

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