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4-23-2009, 11:02 AM
International Design Firm IDEO (www.ideo.com) is currently conducting paid in-home interviews on the topic of digital communication and entertainment in the home with individuals and families ages 22-70. Interviews will last 1.5 hours and you would be compensated $150 for your time.
Share your opinions, ideas and experiences and inspire our design projects!
Types of people we seek:
You are having Direct TV installed for the first time and/or setting up ‘extras’, such as ‘Video On Demand’ or HD DVR.
You are looking to upgrade your broadband speed and/or requiring tech support.
You are setting up a home entertainment network, or ‘man cave’ including games console, home theatre, etc.
You are someone getting started with broadband and looking to expand your use of it.
You recently moving houses, and setting up a new home network.
You are getting your landline fixed.
You are switching telephone and/or broadband providers.
You are connecting multiple entertainment devices in a single home network.
You are creating a wireless home network (either for entertainment or productivity purposes).
You are connecting your TV to the internet (e.g. Tivo or Hulu user).
You are someone who uses wireless networking, such as a Wireless Card.
You are hooking a new device in to an existing system, such as Blu-Ray DVD, gaming system, or new computer.
You are someone with a networked home office you use as your primary business location.
You are someone setting up a home network that is ‘heavily loaded’ with lots of digital equipment.
If you would like to be considered for this study please let us know by filling in the profile and answering the questions below:
Name:
Best Phone
Address:
E-mail:
Gender:
Age:
Ethnicity:
Household income:
Married/Partner/Single/Divorced:
Number and age of kids:
How many kids living at home with you:
Occupation (including student or homemaker):
Do you own or rent?
Urban, suburban or rural?
1. How do you fit into the above criteria? (More than one is fine, but it’s VERY important that you explain this in detail so we know how you will fit for our study!)
2. What types of communication services do you have? Please identify who your service provider is and if you bought a bundled package.
Cell/Mobile phone service:
Home phone service:
Cable TV service:
Dish/Satellite service:
High Speed DSL Internet Service:
High Speed Cable service:
3. Please tell us about your digital landscape at home: How many of the following systems do you have in your household, who makes decisions around them, who uses them and how often?
TV:
Computer:
Cell Phone:
Home Phone:
Gaming System:
Home Theater System:
4. On a scale of 1 to 10 (10 being savvy) how tech savvy are you? (please explain)
5. What was the last time you purchased, set up and/or got support for your home equipment (i.e. Last month, in process, 6 months ago, etc.)? Please also tell us how purchase/set-up/support experience was
6. Please tell us a little more of what you do online (blog, gaming, social networking, etc.) and what websites you visit regularly?
7. What day/time would be best to meet our team? Please give a few options that work for you!
8. Have you ever used any branded tech support services, such as Geek Squad, Techsolutions, or Zip Express?
9. Feel free to forward this shout out to anyone who might be interested in our study! Send reply to: Beyourself@<hidden>
Share your opinions, ideas and experiences and inspire our design projects!
Types of people we seek:
You are having Direct TV installed for the first time and/or setting up ‘extras’, such as ‘Video On Demand’ or HD DVR.
You are looking to upgrade your broadband speed and/or requiring tech support.
You are setting up a home entertainment network, or ‘man cave’ including games console, home theatre, etc.
You are someone getting started with broadband and looking to expand your use of it.
You recently moving houses, and setting up a new home network.
You are getting your landline fixed.
You are switching telephone and/or broadband providers.
You are connecting multiple entertainment devices in a single home network.
You are creating a wireless home network (either for entertainment or productivity purposes).
You are connecting your TV to the internet (e.g. Tivo or Hulu user).
You are someone who uses wireless networking, such as a Wireless Card.
You are hooking a new device in to an existing system, such as Blu-Ray DVD, gaming system, or new computer.
You are someone with a networked home office you use as your primary business location.
You are someone setting up a home network that is ‘heavily loaded’ with lots of digital equipment.
If you would like to be considered for this study please let us know by filling in the profile and answering the questions below:
Name:
Best Phone
Address:
E-mail:
Gender:
Age:
Ethnicity:
Household income:
Married/Partner/Single/Divorced:
Number and age of kids:
How many kids living at home with you:
Occupation (including student or homemaker):
Do you own or rent?
Urban, suburban or rural?
1. How do you fit into the above criteria? (More than one is fine, but it’s VERY important that you explain this in detail so we know how you will fit for our study!)
2. What types of communication services do you have? Please identify who your service provider is and if you bought a bundled package.
Cell/Mobile phone service:
Home phone service:
Cable TV service:
Dish/Satellite service:
High Speed DSL Internet Service:
High Speed Cable service:
3. Please tell us about your digital landscape at home: How many of the following systems do you have in your household, who makes decisions around them, who uses them and how often?
TV:
Computer:
Cell Phone:
Home Phone:
Gaming System:
Home Theater System:
4. On a scale of 1 to 10 (10 being savvy) how tech savvy are you? (please explain)
5. What was the last time you purchased, set up and/or got support for your home equipment (i.e. Last month, in process, 6 months ago, etc.)? Please also tell us how purchase/set-up/support experience was
6. Please tell us a little more of what you do online (blog, gaming, social networking, etc.) and what websites you visit regularly?
7. What day/time would be best to meet our team? Please give a few options that work for you!
8. Have you ever used any branded tech support services, such as Geek Squad, Techsolutions, or Zip Express?
9. Feel free to forward this shout out to anyone who might be interested in our study! Send reply to: Beyourself@<hidden>