• What is your overall impression of Doodle?

This is an excellent tool for individual and group meeting scheduling (First
Participant)
A big time-saver when scheduling meetings (Second Participant)
• Do you think that Doodle would be useful for you, personally? Why or why not?
Arranging / scheduling meetings, appointments and activities can be extremely difficult when
involving multiple individuals. But the brilliant thing about Doodle is it does you the hard work!
Here's what I love the most and how it benefited me personally:-Within a matter of a few
moments, you can create an options poll or meet-time open. I can quickly send a link to
teammates, who can access the poll quickly and easily and start selecting the times that work.
What's more, they can see other chosen times too, and I feel like they're more willing to
cooperate. This removes endless text or email chains going on, and on…until we finally come to
the conclusion that there is never a good time for everyone to get together (after one day wasted).
It's totally Free. I couldn't believe it. I'd think they could make money from this fantastic
software with user fees, but no, it's free! It's intuitive and fairly simple. There aren't many
whistles and bells but that's fine. You don't have to have advanced features. First time usage is
easy. It is not exceedingly complex. Once answers come in, you are told and eventually you get
to monitor the timing of the meeting. This is somewhat random, but the meeting points can be
very specific. Would you like to meet by 12:02? Definitely fine. Want to conclude a meeting at
9:07 am... Doodle are going to do that too. Can link to or access your contacts via Gmail-
fabulous feature! (First Participant)

• If no: who do you think it would be useful for? Why?

In a way, the poll is restricted as options, and if you suggest several dates and times
over several weeks or months, the poll becomes a little complicated and time
consuming to construct. (Second Participant)

• What do you like best about Doodle?

I still loved the simplicity of Doodle the most. I can easily set up a Doodle poll, either
by e-mailing participants or by copying and e-mailing a connection myself. It's
simple to compare answers, and it's user-friendly for participants and colleagues
who are not as tech-savvy. (First Participant)

If I'm organizing a meeting, I like using Doodle (whether it's a party, a work event, or
even a hangout afterwork!). It is just as easy to give the connection to everyone
with suggested times and they fill it out, so we find the one where all or most
people will attend, rather than going around and asking for the availability of
people that takes so much time and effort and is so inefficient. It also helps to
convert the times when the link is being sent to someone in an unbelievable
different time zone. Doodle is just as quick and effective to use and I get an
incentive to take the lead in coordinating activities! (Second Participant)

• What do you think needs to be improved?

I think the user interface is pretty simple and may look a little better in terms of
design, artwork and colours. Occasionally, after I have put in my availability, I
often find it quite difficult to search for a case, imagine how chaotic it will be at
the same time with lots of Doodles happening. I just wish I could conveniently
 store these items in a more organized way, which is easier to find. (First
Participant)

I can't think of anything right now because Doodle does what's needed, maybe I'd
suggest creating a chrome plugin and better integrate it with Google's calendar.
(Second Participant)

And finally, a few questions about the participant, to help interpret the results of the test.
• How often do you schedule meetings with other people?
Twice or thrice in a month. (Both the participants)
• How do you usually go about scheduling such meetings?
By sending emails (First Participant)

By calling a person (Second Participant)

• Have you ever used any sites or apps that you think are similar to Doodle?
Which ones, and how much experience have you had with them?
I create a routine whatever I do work on. Blocking times and keeping to the plan for
specific activities. I turn my calendar into blocks, and put those blocks into the
activities. I typically use Calendar App for this to monitor my tasks. But my
experience by using the calender app isn't that good, because it keeps me
thinking about my meetings and plans and sometimes I get frustrated. (First
Participant)

Personally I'm a big fan of 30 minute meetings and 10 minute calls. I think 10-minute
calls are a great way to initially connect with someone, or give someone quick
advice. If you want to see that person, instead of just hearing them, you can do a
Google Hangout or Skype. The reason the 10 minute calls work is because
people skip BS and get to the point. Give it a try. If you focus on ten minutes,
then it's really a lot of time. On Fridays, when I usually work from home, I'd
rather make those calls I am not happy with that, because on Fridays, the work
gets all piled up. (Second Participant)

• How many hours per week would you estimate that you spend online?
10-12 hrs (First Participant)
12-24 hrs (Second Participant)