A very interesting read on how things are approached in order to receive accurate data. I was impressed by what they’ve done, in terms of process. By not building an intrusive package and in it materials that didn’t seem daunting to that particular receiver. I really liked this comment: “Instead of designing solutions for user, …
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Oct 09
Readings 10.10
Reading #1: The Social Life of Urban Spaces, William H. Whyte The Social Life of Urban Spaces by William H. Whyte explores the findings of The Street Life Project, a three-year study that looked at the usability of New York City public spaces such as city parks, plazas, sidewalks and playgrounds. Whyte wanted to pin point …
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Oct 09
Readings for 10-10
Cultural Probes: The article relating to the elderly people was very interesting and insightful in its approach to user based research. I found it interesting the scenarios/tasks that they created which really gave a more organic and I would argue clear understanding of how these people felt about a specific subject, which sometimes direct questions …
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Oct 05
Scrapyard Challenge Writeup
I started with taking a radio apart, in an attempt to be able to use analog switches to create variable inputs. I began testing for outputs with the multimeter which did not succeed. Then I took an old joystick apart and used buttons to create a variety of different notes. At the same time, Brian …
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Oct 05
Feedback Loop and 2 Mashups
FEEDBACK LOOP: The Sitting Calculator: Below is a video of my prototype. I used an apple to simulate a person sitting down on a chair. Ideally I would have used a counter to indicate how long the person was sitting. In this case I used an LED. As a person sits down, the feedback loop …
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Oct 03
Week #6 Mash-up+Feedback Loop
#1 mash-up: i Plant (USB Plant) #2 mash-up: E-bag #3 feedback loops: Tail! 10.3 Presentation: week#6 mashup final
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Oct 03
Updated Mashup/feedback loops
newmashupfeedbackloop I am going to upload pictures of my prototypes later.
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