Prototype

Experiences are about stories right? So if we’re in the business of experience design, how about leveraging some of the long known tricks of storytellers.

The Hero’s Journey is a classic archetype found in plenty of books/movies we all know and love, as well as other thoughtless renditions that feel cliche and thin. It provides a story arc that has a deep connection to the way people like to be told a story. There is something primal and familiar about the “Monomyth”, as it is sometimes called.

What’s especially interesting for our purposes is the start: How the hero is pulled from his/her everyday world and into a world they never new existed. Similar to signing up and experiencing an immersive social networking tool for the first time?

We’re going to find out by applying some of the guidelines of the Monomyth to our signup (or should I say “cross-over”?) and initial user-experience with Hive.

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