Jamin Hegeman

Category: Design

  • What is a problem?

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    When students graduate high school and go to college, they leave behind their social support systems and their families. This is both an exciting and anxiety producing time in life, where they are trying new things and meeting new people. I’m designing a mobile product that will support this lifestyle transition, and help college students…

  • Exploration of Possibility

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    Thanksgiving break for me means time to focus on my thesis paper for more than a day. And I am thankful for that. However, I continue to struggle to stay focused. My paper calls for me to review my notes. My notes lead me to the books I read. The books I read beg for…

  • Interaction Design Misunderstood

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    I’m tracking “interaction” on Twitter, and this just came through… “Front-end Developer; Design Technologist; Web Developer; User Interface Developer; Interaction Designer…are mostly the same. Which one?” If those are all the same, perhaps I don’t know what it is I’m doing.

  • Watching Brain Surgery

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    For the Designing for Service class this semester, we are exploring design solutions for the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Neurosurgery Clinic, specifically for Dr. Amin Kassam, who is acclaimed for his minimally invasive endoscopic surgery—a procedure that allows him to remove brain tumors by going in through the patient’s nose. While our efforts are…

  • Classes for Final Semester

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    Course registration for the spring semester began today. I was a bit sad the past few days realizing that the classes I chose were to be the last of grad school. There are still many courses that I would like to take. But alas… In addition to my thesis project and thesis paper, I am…