Greetings, people of the Escapist!
For a university project I'm working with a company that makes kitchen appliances to design an interface that controls and gives feedback on the state of your kitchen appliances. A sort of kitchen organizer and remote, if you will. For it to fit with the user's needs, I'd like some information about people's cooking habits and experience with kitchen technology.
So, if you happen to do some cooking, I'd like it very much if you would answer the following questions:
(Also, yay, my very first topic!)
For a university project I'm working with a company that makes kitchen appliances to design an interface that controls and gives feedback on the state of your kitchen appliances. A sort of kitchen organizer and remote, if you will. For it to fit with the user's needs, I'd like some information about people's cooking habits and experience with kitchen technology.
So, if you happen to do some cooking, I'd like it very much if you would answer the following questions:
Many thanks in advance!1. Age:
2. Gender:
3. Do you like cooking? Why (not)?
4. You prefer to cook:
a. quick meals
b. experimental cooking
c. working from recipes
d. other
5. What other activities do you engage in while cooking?
(like reading, watching TV, checking the Escapist)
6. Do you feel the need to often monitor your food while you're cooking?
7. Describe in short (no more than 5 sentences) the steps you take when preparing a meal.
8. Are you fluent in the use of touch-screens?
9. Do you own a smart-phone/tablet PC?
10. If so, do you use it while cooking?
(e.g. as a timer or for recipes)
11. Do you have an oven, microwave or other kitchen appliance with multiple programmed functions?
12. Do you know exactly what all the functions on your kitchen appliances do, even the ones you might not use?
13. Which functions do you use regularly?
14. What problems do you have keeping the interface (buttons, knobs, screens) of your appliance clean?
(Also, yay, my very first topic!)