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Weeknote 5.0 - Data visualizers and creative coders take note: healthcare is...
I spent last year thinking about data visualization, healthcare, and sensors. In Fall ’11, I had the good fortune of spending the entire semester charting and mapping, in 2D and code, with Feltron. As...
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Weeknote 6.0 - Behavior change, ambient awareness as a "here" nor "there"...
Of all design intentions, behavior change is the most difficult outcome to achieve. From the 1960s to the 1980s, scientists believed goals were the key to changing behavior. Today, we design...
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Weeknote 7.0 - Prototyping Touch Interactions with Video and Device Form
Prototyping User Experiences instructor, Clay Wiedemann, coordinated a day-long After Effects workshop for students this past Saturday. We began with an introduction to key motion graphics concepts...
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Weeknote 8.0 - Fast Learning, BDSM, and Critical Design
Fig. 1—the prototyping process Interaction designers love to talk about failures. In lecture, Gary Chou recounted his experiences as a product manager for Tribe, the “Craigslist with a face” that...
View ArticleWeeknote 9.0 - The Future of Quantified Self, Working at the Seams of the...
Steve Dean is a disruptor, educator, and leader in the field of quantified self. He is also a supporter of the department: last year, he was a resource for classmates and I in the creation of Sidekick,...
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Weeknote 11.0 - On thesis presentation, models-vs-prototypes, and freedom...
My thesis has a user—those engaged with a speculative device—, distinct from its audience—designers in conversation about desired futures. Thus, the presentation of my thesis must operate on two...
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Weeknote 13.0 - Getting by with the help of friends, fabrication, and SNAFUs
Fig. 1 I edited and posted the user experience video study I shot with Dave Levin last week. The goal of the study was to depict a user performing a biological age test to establish a baseline age. The...
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Weeknote 14.0 - Roundtable critique, scriptwriting, and coming down to the wire.
“You can watch nature age quickly, tying that to human behavior is powerful.” —Tamara Giltsoff This week, we participated in another roundtable session of critiques with faculty: Chloe Gottlieb, David...
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Weeknote 16.0 - Rough cuts and three proposals for the future of personal...
Fig. 1 Fig. 2 Fig. 3 I worked throughout weekend into Monday to create motion graphics visualizing age in After Effects, then composited it with footage edited in Final Cut Pro (Fig. 1) The concentric...
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