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It was difficult, nay, impossible for me to conjure up a research question and then read about research methods without considering the possibilities that apply to my question.

So naturally, while reading about Stacey Purpura’s thoughts on product testing, I had to apply particular effort in staying focused lest my brain wonder about the product possibilities of my research results. The deeper I read, the more difficult it became. Eventually, I gave up. So my response to the reading basically reflects how I might implement my hypothesis if given funding to do so.

My main interest focused on the concept phase of the reading, mostly because I am in the concept phase of what might become a product.

My research revolves around how Los Angeles fans interact with a local band’s Myspace page. I want to see if all of the metrics that Myspace makes public about a band are taken into consideration. The reason behind this is that if certain metrics are valuable to the process a fan uses to evaluate their interest in a band, than the band can emphasize those metrics. And if a fan sees a certain metric as negative than the band can de-emphasize that metric on the page, or erase it altogether.

So how would this transcribe into a product? This information would certainly be of interest to bands. Perhaps they would pay for it. Perhaps a service that would offer page optimization to bands based on their current metrics would be valuable. At any rate it will be difficult to tell without any concrete data before me.

I try to think, what would be valuable to my band? But at the same time, that may require more research. Would bands pay for such research? What could such an optimization process promise to band’s potential success?

Perhaps that’s a research question on it’s own…