Today we went down to Lambton Quay and plucked up the courage to high-five strangers. We wanted to test whether our target audience (business people in the CBD) would actually be willing to interact with someone they didn't know through a simple high-five and how this might effect them. We did two types of tests; offering high-fives to people walking the opposite direct that we were down the sidewalk and high-fiving people waiting at traffic lights. It was significantly easier to be brave enough to offer a hi-five to someone walking than it was to go up to someone who was waiting. It didn't help though that people have a tendency to wait right on the edge of the sidewalk so you had to approach them from the side which often startled people as they couldn't see you coming and they were not expecting to be talked to, which made you feel awkward. Because Hi-Five Cam would be picking two people already waiting side-by-side at the traffic lights this wouldn't happen for the real thing. It was great to see how high-fiving made people smile, break out of their bubble, or even laugh. It was interesting to see how some people had to take a few seconds to decide whether or not they would participate whereas others were trying to inconspicuously get themselves ready to high-five you when they saw you high-fiving others in front of them.
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