Hello everyone,
I am a senior psychology major at Bellarmine University. I am currently
working on a line of research involving the nature of expert computer
users of both the Macintosh and Windows platform. I am in need of 3
subjects that could be considered Macintosh experts.
As I have found in my research, determining who is an expert is very
difficult (if not impossible). so you can use the following as a guide
to determine if you would be appropriate for the study:
- do you make a living fixing/troubleshooting Macintosh problems?
- are you often found helping individuals troubleshooting problems on
this mailing list?
- can you often fix problems you're having with your own computer
without resorting to taking the issue to a professional?
Of course if you don't fit into these categories and still feel that
you are at the expert please contact me as well. You don't have to be a
Macintosh god, but it is necessary that you have some troubleshooting
experience.
As for the actual experiment. . . Each subject will be ask to verbally
convey how they would go about completing a certain task or solving a
certain problem. These tasks or problems will not be terribly difficult
and there are no right answers (so you can't flunk my experiment).
Since I haven't interviewed any subjects, I am unsure about the time
commitment. I can't imagine that the interview could last more than
30-45 minutes though.
If you would like to participate in the study, or would like to find
out more information about the research, please contact me at
jessew2 at mac.com . Thank you for your time and hope to see some of you
soon.
Jesse Walker
The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will be November 26
For more information, see <http://www.aye.net/~lcs>. A calendar of
activities is at <http://www.calsnet.net/macusers>.
