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2 Color Screen-Print w/ multiple color runs and 2 split fountains.
Monthly Archives: February 2014
Diane? Week 2
Diane lives inside my phone. She listens when I speak and remembers when I forget. She is always on and quick to remind.
Diane?
So things are starting to heat up in quarter 2. For my second app, I decided to do something a little less ambitious. Being the big Twin Peaks fan that I am, I decided to model a simple a voice recording app on the likeness of Agent Cooper’s correspondence device with his mysterious secretary(?) Diane. Yes I know, any user can utilize one of the many voice memo apps available for iOS and Android (or just hack Siri), but what fun is that? At least this way retains a bit of intrigue while you’re playing back your grocery list.
Rugis – Digital Swiss Army Knife
Jumping feet first into the App+Device/Wearable Tech category, Alice Wicks and I developed a survival knife for the digital age. I could list all the features/benefits, but that would be redundant. For the complete Rugis experience, check out the product launch page here.
There’s a promo video at the bottom, but I’ll link to it here as well.
Here’s a couple UI screens from the app itself:
As well as a launch page mockup.
DETECTr Moodboard
After much deliberation, I finally decided on a name. Meet DETECTr:
On a side note, I’ve decided to move this one into another class where I can spend more time and energy on it. Don’t worry, I’ll post DETECTr content as it builds in a different section. Next week I’ll be starting a start a new sprint.
Sprint One: Geiger Counter App
Since the 2010 earthquake in Japan and subsequent meltdown of the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant, there has been a lot of buzz regarding radiation contamination. In Japan, there is a growing concern over just what is safe and what is not. With no government agency or corporation gathering the much needed data on hotspots and contaminated zones, the burden falls upon the people. Now there’s already this organization: Safecast. They make diy Geiger Counters, tutorials and operate a crowdsourced accumulation of data on their website. While this provides a much needed service, it relies on the accuracy and tenacity of its users to manually upload all data acquired by their equipment to the safecast website. I wanted to create something simpler, easier to use, understand yet still a robust and reliable tool.
Enter RadApp (tentative title). It’s main screen will consists of an easy to read graphical interface with readouts for not just nearby radiation, but also your accumulated dosage based on how long and how much ionized radiation the user has encountered since they began metering. The app also needs to have a pain free implementation of the data sharing option. Users must be presented with an easy to understand and unobtrusive method for uploading and accessing readings all within the app itself.
There’s a lot of potential here and I’m excited to start this project. I only fear, it may be a bit much to cram into a few weeks.
Joshua Pitney 