Thursday 3 June 2010

How to measure your mood?




Well, I've got many answers for my questionnaire about how to measure mood.
I appreciate it, really.

Since ever, I've been thinking about what is the best measurement, or units, to rate your mood.
Then stuck, so I looked back the research booklet (116 pages!!) that I got from Sidekick Studios.

There is a quote from the service users, saying

All the service users we spoke to liked the idea of a device like a mood barometer and the fact it could allow you to register ‘in-between’ moods. Its difficult to decided just one word to describe how you’re feeing.


Also,

One service user commented that when you attach a word to the way you are feeling it can compound your mood rather than help you change it.



Probably there is no only one best unit to rate mood.
We are different, we have different perceptions, and we must have our own ways to rate our moods.

Now I'm thinking that we sometimes need the products with BLANK, the room for being personal, especially when the product is for personal matter. So that people can interactive with them in their own way, which can be taken as PLAYFUL.

The difficulty here is that when we deal with very sensitive subject (such as mental disorder), we should be very careful about what kind of messages we would send to users by products. The playful object might send the message, saying we don't take your problem seriously.






Yes, it's time to go bed!!!!

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