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May 12
Final Project – Change the System (last post!)
For the final project, “Change the System” was successful as a research, data presentation, user feedback and public intervention project, but this is only the beginning. In order to fully begin building out something unique, I think I will have to put this in a much larger context than a local-driven website seeking to capture …
Apr 28
Final Project Progress – Feedback Wanted!
After having done extensive research on campaign finance and lobbying towards new government legislation as well as street interviews, I have narrowed down the project to a few specific goals. The main premise is to communicate to people how industries and private companies heavily influence government legislations that are in some cases not for the …
Apr 21
Final Project updates – What is the Future of the Internet?
During the research process I began to focus on specific issues that I would like to tackle for the final project namely what sorts of governmental legislation we can expect to be up against in the future that could potentially infringe on our freedom to use the Internet as we do today. With the recent …
Apr 09
in-class exercise Thursday April 5th
Below are notes as well as our whiteboard brainstorming for the in-class exercise with Youmna and Anthony. backpacks – counter balance when weight is not evenly distributed (power laces); GPS enabled; reminder of what items are missing from bag based in weight or RFID tags carpet – growable can change thickness or height based on preferences; sound …
Apr 05
Final Project NEW – “The Effects of Campaign Contributions”
As the next presidential election nears, I would like to explore how industries and companies contribute to political campaigns and what effect these contributions have on decision making and government policy. In short, I would like to show people some aspect about campaign contributions through a series of visualizations and interviews. Breakout: campaign contributors by …
Apr 03
final project – precedents
In doing some further exploration of this project, I am beginning to realize that having the idea for something is only a starting point. Once you begin incorporating other people into the project to begin its development, idea will shift and change; in other words the idea has little to do with the actual execution …
Mar 27
final project description
During the brainstorming session I came up with a concept for connecting people who are freelancers, or may be out of work, or between jobs who also spend the majority of their time in coffee shops. Given this community of coffee shop “squatters” is already well established, I thought it would be a good idea …
Mar 23
Distance Interaction Project – ‘vidshare’ FINAL
In the final iteration of vidshare, I was able to build out 2 pages of the website showing the “logged-in” homepage and the page for viewing messages. As explained in the presentation, I encountered a technical hurdle in implementing the video player with recording and playback capabilities. After doing some research, I discovered that currently …
Mar 16
Distance Interaction Project – ‘vidshare’ wireframes
I have moved from concept and sketching to building out wireframes for the site, which I am calling vidshare. These are very down and dirty wireframes, and I hope to be able to refine some components, but the core concept is illustrated. There are many more pages I would like to wireframe, but for now …
Mar 14
Distance Interaction Project – New Concept
For the distance interaction project, I have decided to move away from my original concept of making impromptu plans with your friends because after some research, I found the space is very crowed and I discovered an app that does more or less exactly what I was planning on building. I am now going to …
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