Category: Design
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668 Paths To Go
Although I spent all day working on my data visualization project, I’m still pretty much at square one, if you were to measure my current results by means of a finished project. I came into the studio late in the day to get some feedback to ensure I didn’t go down the wrong path and…
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Empty Space Loses Its Meaning
I read the following quote in the appendix of House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski, which a friend laid in my lap while I was drinking beer and searching for new clothes online at 1 a.m. I wished to show that space-time is not necessarily something to which one can ascribe a separate existence,…
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A Day in My Grad Life
Earlier I was typing an email in which I related to my friend how busy I have been, and then described everything I had to do over the next few days. As I typed the email I thought, “this could be my blog post. I could just copy and paste.” But that didn’t seem right.…
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Mobile Project Persona
Today my group met to discuss our findings from independent interviews regarding our mobile project to help find a coffee shop. We have the beginnings of a persona. His name is Johannes Zummerman. He is 38 and married, and is a military software consultant. He loves good coffee. He needs it. It??????s part of his…
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Interacting in a World With No Meaning
I’m going to preface this post by saying I am not going to do this topic justice. We read “Communication: The Context of Change” by Dean Barnlund for Dick Buchanan’s class. It was actually a really good read, and quite accessible, unlike some of the other readings. The three questions Dick always asks about the…