December 2010
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Reflection on Semester's Work
As the semester comes to a close and I reflect on the ideas presented and work completed since September, I am proud to be working on a project that still means a great deal to me. I look back at the “Five Things I hoped to Learn by Doing a Thesis Project” post from the beginning of the semester, and the goals I had going into this project continue to act as strong guiding ...
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Taking the App idea to the next level
A few requirements in the past week (a scholarship application and a Management class assignment) have asked me to clarify ideas about my thesis project. While I was feeling torn between two concepts, I decided to let one of them—the idea for a mobile app to assist in redefining food habits—emerge for the purposes of completing these assignments. This proved to be a most helpful exercise in...
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Reflection on viability & ideation work
“The purpose of brainstorming is not to find the one perfect design for your project. That will come later. Instead, the reason to ideate is to generate many concepts as rapidly as possible. At this point in the design process, quantity — not quality — is what matters the most. You want a wide variety of concepts that approach the project from a wide variety of angles. Even ideas...