SFnight Project
Structured Interview Protocol

 

 

Knowing the Person

 

1.      Are you

Female

xMale

 

2.      Are you

A college student

x A graduate student

Employed full time [but not a student]

Other

 

 

3.      How old are you?

Over 46 years old

x 31-45 years old

21-30 years old

Less than 20 years old

 

4.      How long have you been using the Internet

 

x More than 5 years

2-5 years

1-2 years

Less than 1 year

 

 

5.      How many hours do you spend on Internet an average week

X More than 20 hours/week

10-20 hours/week

5-10 hours/week

Less than 5 hours/week

 

 

Knowing the Nightlife Consumer

 

 

6.      How often do you go out to bars and clubs?

 

More than 15 times/month

10-15 times/month

x 5-10 times/month

Less than 5 times/month

 

7.      Do you usually go out to the same bar/club?

 

 

No

 

 

8.      Do you like to explore new bars/clubs?

 

 

Yes, music and drinks, special ones

 

9.      What kind of bars/clubs do you like to go? [music, style, for dancing, etc] Are they close to your job, home or school?

 

Location is very important, live music

 

 

10.  Do you have any specific music preference? Or bar style preference?

 

 

Live music depends on the mood. Prefers outside when wants quiet places.

 

 

11.  Make a list of things that comes to your mind when you are choosing a bar or club to go. [explore aspects of the user answer. We would like to know about their motivations, needs etc. So try to know what they are looking for (music? What kind? A place to relax? A place to play? Depends on? Of what? What elements are subjacent his/her decision; what they like in a bar/they don�t; etc]

 

Relaxation, actively enjoy company. Play dart (but do not like specialized places, they are very competitive and a little gambling)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12.  With whom do you usually go to bars

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13.  How do you usually contact yours friends/significant other when inviting them to go to a bar/club? Do you use telephone, e-mail, direct contact, etc.

 

By direct contact/ wife

By telephone with friends

e-mail when there are more event options

usually present name/place/how to arrive there/references of band web site

 

14.  Or how do you usually is invited by yours friends/significant other when to go to a bar/club? Do they use telephone, e-mail, direct contact, etc.

 

 

He usually is the organizer one. But it works in the same way.

 

 

15.  What information do you usually exchange with your friends when choosing a bar? [for example, do they give you several options or just invite to a specific one name of the bar, address, who is playing, direction, price, who is going etc. Here is just some elements that you can explore in the conversation, but let the interviewed bring the elements]

 

Suggest something is going to enjoy; limitations of options; do not give many options; like to buy ticket in advance; know about parking/price

 

 

Knowing the Nightlife User

 

 

 

16.  Which source do you use most when you want to know what is going on in a bar/club? How it help you to make your decision?

 

Just some examples:
Friends [by e-mail, by invitation]

Newspaper [traditional one]

Newspaper [free]

Flyers

Site online [what kind]

 

Usually Friends and free newspaper to see the week options of music.

 

 

17.  Do you use any web sites to find about nightlife entertainment? for example to find movies, restaurants, where do you find information about them? Please give names.

 

Hate Citysearch, doesn�t offer good editorial/ bad writers

Does not differentiate SF from other places.

Content do not show Expertise

No �sense of local area�

 

 

 

 

18.  Have you visited any web site of bars? Which one(s)?

 

Great American Musical Halls

 

 

 

19.  Have you visited any DJ web site?

 

 

No

 

 

 

20.  If you use any web site with entertainment information, what do you usually looking for? What kind of information you would like but you can�t find there?

 

Price

Who is the performance

neighborhood

 

 

 

21.  If you use any online system, what functions do you use most? What you don�t use?

 

 

 

 

 

22.  Is there anything you would like to see there that would help you to use better the site?

 

Editorial

 

 

 

 

23.  When using the site you tend to check a specific bar to know what is going on?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

24.  What would you make not go to a bar if you knew in advance?

 

 

Don�t enjoy violence, loud music, smoke. Dance club with 18 years.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Knowing about Personalization / Customization

 

25.  Do you use any personalization feature [explain if necessary, such as the ones like myYahoo, Amazon.com, etc].


 

No. Don�t use

Related to Amazon, prefers recommendations of friends and professor

 

 

 

26.  If so, do you usually check those pages? What do you like on them, and what you don�t like?

 

Does not do a good job; don�t want to read horoscope, weather

 

 

 

 

27.  Which web site do you think is a good example of personalization for you? Why?

 

 

Prefer things by accident; �serendipity�

 

 

28.  Have you ever specified your preferences to receive Newsletters or updated information from those web sites you use to visit? Which ones do you like most? What you don�t like on them?

 

 

Some newsletter, professional topic ones (alert box, WebMonkey etc)

 

 

29.  How do you share information available in the web with your friends? Send the page by e-mail? Copy and paste the information you would like to share?

 

 

 

 

 

30.  Do you use those �invitation� tools? Or those kinds of �send to your friend�?

 

Use Evite; problems: private policy, tracking