Empathize: Our target user base for this assignment is the entirety of the ocean. So we have looked into the design life cycle of one of one of the major problems that is causing our ocean harm: plastic straws. Micro-plastics as well as ghost fishing More

Tap Into Local Networks Indie Rock band “Sick of Sarah” released their album ‘2205’ for free in 2011. The band wanted to circumvent the usual payment and distribution model so they released this album via the p2p downloader BitTorrent. The decision was made in order More

Exercise 1: Which is the new media solution? For each of the following capstone ideas, identify which solution embodies the “many-to-many” principle, and explain why in one or more paragraphs. Be prepared to read your answer aloud in the next class. Problem: A disappearing language More

(Sorry forgot to publish this sooner!) Surveillance is the genial moniker for the allowed dissolution of privacy. In the United States specifically, surveillance is being used by both governmental and corporate entities. Globalization has enabled these entities to expand their reach and tap into foreign More

Here’s our work for the Life Cycle of a product activity. Our group chose to do Apple Earbuds as they are a great example of a technology that was ubiquitous and until relatively recently has become defunct in place or a newer, supposedly superior product. More

  GPS systems rely upon a 3 point system in order to function. This system is comprised of the GPS receiver on the ground, the GPS satellite in low earth orbit, and the pieces of software that power the devices. Being such a diverse system, More

Zion National Park in Southwest Utah is one of my favorite areas on this Earth. Although it was intentionally sheltered from the onslaught of the atomic and information eras, it has still befallen some ecological damage due to humanity’s impact on the area. I love More

In today’s world, aging is changing. While older generations stick around for longer, children are being born at an unprecedented and still growing rate. Therefore, this creates a dissonance between the thoughts and ideals of the two end of the generational spectrum. As such, this More

For Journal 4, I focused on the issue of designers that do their job too well and create an interface that is too encompassing. Here’s my video on the subject.   https://spark.adobe.com/video/379jDeRRKA0L4

Sacrificing Privacy for Sociability PROBLEM: State a problem or issue that you want to tackle and explain why it is important to you and to the world. The issue of privacy and social isolation in the digital age is becoming increasingly   convoluted as the years More

In order to support Nuria, the elderly women who was so depressed that she was willing to take her own life, the community of Kotti banded together to help her get back on her feet so to speak. The main concern of Nuria was that More

Summarize at least 4 class resources, whether video or article, in a short paragraph. Cite references for each paragraph at the end of the paragraph in parentheses, using URLs where possible. (4 paragraphs) Resource 1 – Social Network Designed to Combat Depression Citation: VanHemert, Kyle. More

In our group, we focused our discussion on the surveillance and tracking of a population. China’s disregard for the privacy of is people is staggering. It seems that once a population reaches a certain size, its governing body treats its citizens less like people and More

Part I   “I notice that I correspond with more people but at less depth. I notice that it is possible to have intimate relationships that exist only on the Net and have little or no physical component. I notice that it is even possible More