OpenDoor Idea: I got the idea from the dry erase doors set up in the new University center dorms. socialnetworkre OpenDoor or OD would be a blend between the socializing aspect of Facebook and the pseudo-world type realities of Second-Life and Home for PlayStation. At the top level there would be a …
September 2013 archive
Sep 04
Facebook Redesign prototype
I wanted to redesign facebook by adding mood condition with postings. When we share our thoughts and mood, music and visual effect are the great way to represent our mind. Especially because facebook is the global social network, sometimes it is hard to understand other countries’ language and their cultural expression. However, music and visual …
Sep 04
Reading response week 2
Music, drama, photos, movies, novels, experiences, these are ways to spread information nowadays. More and more novels are turned to movies, because people prefer to watch movies as entertainment, visually pictures and sound easier to be accept, people feel relax when watching movies. As the development of technology, we’d like to use the word …
Sep 04
Reading Response : Week 2
Nowadays, we are living in a flood of information since the Internet invented which means we are in a era of information-rich. Numurous information mixed in the Internet that has affected greatly to our life pattern. While we went to library to search information that we need in the past, we now turn on our …
Sep 04
Week 2 Day 1 Reading Response
Week Two: Day One Reading Assignment This weeks readings, “Escaping Flatland” and “Things That Make Us Smart: Chapter Three – The Power of Representation” both provide an excellent critique on both exemplary and poorly crafted methods of conveying information. While both articles give examples and context for the preferred methods of conveying information visually, …
Sep 04
Facebook Redesign
ourbook: A Social Network for a Totalitarian Regime In 1984, George Orwell depicts a dystopian society called Oceania where communication technologies are used as mass surveillance to ensure the dominance of the state. The proletariat masses are kept at bay through constant monitoring of actions, speech, and even ideas. Those who commit “thoughtcrimes” against the Party …
Sep 04
Week 2 Reading Response- Information Representations
In the reading -Things Make Us Smart (chapter 3 The power of representations), the author Donald A Norman indicated several very impressive examples to explain how information representations become a useful tool as an artificially constructed artifact. By using the the example of the draft of PhD dissertation explains how information representations help people gain …
Sep 04
FBVoice
Here I have included a stop-motion paper prototype for my Facebook re-design: FBVoice. (The video displays the desktop, not mobile, view) As I mentioned last week in class, FBVoice aims to break down the barrier of miscommunication and uncertainty when it comes to Facebook statuses and comments. With FBVoice you can upload video or audio statuses …
Sep 03
Redacted: An Experiment in Privacy Education
For my Facebook Redesign Project, I’ve prepared a mock up of Redacted: when you absolutely, positively shouldn’t have shared that with the world. The idea is that in this culture of oversharing, we don’t take the necessary moments of reflection required to make informed decisions regarding whether that post is actually suitable for public consumption. …
Sep 03
Facebook Redesign idea
My idea for Facebook redesign is that adding background music, color, images that reflect one’s mood. Current Facebook is standard format for every one and they just allow us to adjust profile pictures and cover photos. I want to make Facebook more dynamically represent one’s feeling and show one’s idea in an active way. At …
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