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Capstone Mentor Feedback: Laurel Malenke and Jeff Faller

To get feedback from outside experts, I spoke with two professionals in the web-development realm. Laurel Malenke is a project manager and designer with the B-certified company SuperHumane. Jeff Faller is a UX designer and developer with Pearson Education. I spoke with Jeff a few weeks ago about the design and layout of the site.Continue reading “Capstone Mentor Feedback: Laurel Malenke and Jeff Faller”

Capstone Mentor Feedback: David Schall and Annie Bruns

I reached out to one of my mentors, Prof. David Schall, last week and he got back pretty quickly. We met last Monday and chatted about how the project was going. He thinks that the physical component is really interesting and is pretty key to the project. He suggested that rather than using candles (aContinue reading “Capstone Mentor Feedback: David Schall and Annie Bruns”

Week 5

Refresher: last week, I wanted to work on the categories pages, get mentor feedback from Annie and get in touch with Laurel, and get some stories in the firebase so I don’t have to test with storystory and story5. Where am I now? I did get the previously listed things finished, but I’m not feelingContinue reading “Week 5”

Week 4

Refresher: Last week, my primary goal was to create a CSS outline/wireframe, get in contact with my mentors and schedule times to talk, and start the very long process of editing and reaching out to my story sources for feedback and images (if possible). Where am I now? Panicking! The fifty percent mark is NEXTContinue reading “Week 4”

Week 3

Refresher: Last week I set out to answer a few questions about Firebase, build a prototype, write more, and build a github. Where am I now? Great question, that. Where do I feel like I am? Wandering around, blind, in the woods of this utterly bewildering project. I had no idea how completely unprepared IContinue reading “Week 3”

Week 2

A quick refresher: last week, I set out to draft half of the stories, complete the interviews (if possible), research what I wanted to do with the style, and create an html template for the site. Where am I now? Most of the things I set out to accomplish have been achieved, with one largeContinue reading “Week 2”

Week 1

Where am I? Well, not as far as I thought I would be—but this is only to be expected after coming back from break. That being said, I did do some stuff! I finished several interviews and have very detailed notes, and I have another couple of interviews scheduled. At this point, I think IContinue reading “Week 1”

Project 2: Milestone 4

I think that this project went pretty well, considering what our objective were to begin with. Sophie Foster and I said that we wanted to create a digital version of an advent calendar, and we did. I’m not going to say that it was easy, but I think it worked better than either of usContinue reading “Project 2: Milestone 4”

Object Final: The Music Box

Physical making projects never fail to surprise me in their ability to throw up sudden and unexpected problems. Everything will go smoothly all semester, then, the moment you say the word “project” (especially “final project”) the world suddenly explodes. This project was no exception to that rule. We (Sophie Foster and myself) wanted to createContinue reading “Object Final: The Music Box”

Prototypes: Form to Firebase

Another prototype! Yay! You can never have too many prototypes. Just kidding. Yes, you can, and I think I’m getting close. BUT this is an important one. It’s full name is: do I actually have the technical knowledge to write the code needed to make this website a success? (I call it “Form to Firebase”Continue reading “Prototypes: Form to Firebase”