Archive for May 1st, 2011
Roger’s adoption curve
Rogers adoption curve defines the criteria for accessing the adoptability of new products. In this post I’ve examined these criteria against features of MovieIt application.
Compatibility:
MovieIt allows users to user their Social network accounts for using this application. Their friends on these networks will be automatically imported. This results in higher compatibility of the product with existing social networks.
Complexity:
MovieIt has been designed with mobile applications in mind. Therefore, the interface has been designed to be very simple and usable. This simplicity allos new users to instantly understand the interface.
Trialability:
Users can easily login and start using the applications within seconds. Furthermore, users can use the system without any further commitment, which results in higher trialability.
Observability:
MovieIt uses social network notifications to increase its observability. When someone checkinin a movie, notifications of it will appear on his/her users newsfeeds. Furthermore, users can post information about their movies on their walls.
Relative advantage:
Advantages of MovieIt application against other existing products are discussed in details in this post.
Technologies Used
Our implementation is separated in three main three tiers. For the Data tier we used the Mysql Database. Some of the information that is stored into the database is all the Social network (Facebook, Twitter) credentials (OAuth 2.0 access token, OAuth v1.oa oauth_consumer_secret and oauth_token_secret), Movies watched, Moves recommended to friends and place where the movie watched. This information can be exploited in order to provide advanced recommendations. Read the rest of this entry »