Madiha Malik
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T-Mobile Design Challenge
May 5th
This article presents a case-study on how the frog design team used clean and good design to create templates that work for the T-mobile branding system. It was nice to see them embracing simplicity through the use of white space and clean lines.
“The Cell Phone Revolution”
May 5th
“In the developed world, we’re tethered to our mobile devices. In the developing world, the phones are essentially primary computing devices, as well as communication tools. Mobile phone usage has skyrocketed in recent years in several parts of the world. It begs the question: Is increased connectivity making us more productive?”
It is just amazing to see the massive increase in cellphone usage within developing countries. While my stay in the Middle East and Western Asia two years ago, I noticed that everyone- especially the poor (tailors to maids to little children) had access to a cellphone. I also wonder how this is increasing productivity in such societies. For children, it was more of a status thing to own a cellphone, as they would play games and show off the new features of their phone to other friends. But I saw a lot of improvement in communication between labor workers. It was much easier to get in contact with them rather than taking a ride to bazaars and villages. As time goes by it seems everyone is staying connected and the more technology develops, the more the crowd will follow no matter where they live.
Kids these days…
May 5th
Parents Using smartphones to entertain bored kids
I thought it was bad enough that kids were getting into texting at such an early age. But now mothers are seeing it as a way to entertain their children- kids as young as 3!! Parents believe that smart phones can enhance their childs’ learning experience. And now these smart phones are turning into toys for young children.
iPad was already invented 38 years ago.
May 5th
The iPad was Invented 38 years ago is a very interesting article that talks on how the iPad was taken from an idea that was already invented years ago. It questions the originality of the iPad and that it is just remodeling of a past device. A children’s personal computer called “Dynabook” was very much like the iPad, and Kay, the scientist behind the interface, made leaps and bounds in inventing such an interface. The author argues that giving Apple credit for inventing a new way of using the computer is not so acceptable. In the modern world of today, it is hard to pinpoint who exactly was the mastermind behind the idea. With many devices being remodeled and enhanced all by different companies, it is hard to trace back the steps and figure out where the idea really came from. With other devices such as the Kindle and TabletPC, it raises questions of originality and innovativeness of the iPad. But looking at what users want and how the interfaces become interesting and more relevant to everyone, it is safe to say the iPad is creative in providing a different kind of experience. In the end, it comes down to business and who makes the most money and in this case, Apple is the winner.
Introducing HD sound quality in mobile devices
May 5th
While the market of HD-quality in mobile devices is non-existent, it is expected to flourish within the next few years. As this article states, HD voice means an improved quality in voice calling through mobile devices.
In this article, a study shows that millions of mobile subscribers are going to be using HD-enables handsets to better enjoy their conversations.
It is interesting to see all the new innovations being made in effort to enrich user experience in every way possible.
How to # 2
May 5th
This could have been accomplished through an easier way but since Flash was being very sensitive, I had to choose this way. This can be used when you want to reveal a button once another button is pressed on and that revealed button would let you play the next frame.
The movie clip on scene 1 would have the stop action. Then inside the movie clip, the button that contains the other button as well will have this code:
carseat.check_gr.alpha = 0;carseat.info_btn.alpha = 0;
carseat.carseat_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, onCarSeatClick);carseat.info_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, onInfoClick);
function onCarSeatClick (event: MouseEvent) : void { carseat.play(); carseat.check_gr.alpha = 1; carseat.info_btn.alpha = 1;}
function onInfoClick (event: MouseEvent) : void { MovieClip (parent).play();}
Within this button, you would have the other button and a stop action for it.
How to #1
May 5th
This is a code that you use when you press a button and you want it to play the next frame. Each Screen was converted into a movie clip and within each movieclip, you have to insert the following code into the Actions menu. (Keep in mind that in Scene 1, you have to create stops for each movieclip).
import flash.display.MovieClip;
//——NAVIGATION LISTENERS——-cart.addEventListener (MouseEvent.CLICK, onCartClick);
//——NAVIGATION BUTTONS——–function onCartClick (event: MouseEvent) : void { MovieClip (parent).play ();}
Bad news…
Apr 26th
Apple Gets Nasty With Adobe Over Flash
Jared Newman
Adobe has flung plenty of mud at Apple for refusing to support Flash on the iPhone and iPad, and Apple’s response has always been silence. Not anymore.
An Apple representative finally shot back in a rare public statement, responding to Adobe’s claim that Apple ties down developers to the iPhone by not letting them code in Flash, which is cross-platform.
“Someone has it backwards–it is HTML5, CSS, JavaScript, and H.264 (all supported by the iPhone and iPad) that are open and standard, while Adobe’s Flash is closed and proprietary,” spokeswoman Trudy Muller said in a statement to Cnet.
As far as Apple comments go, that’s as harsh a burn as you’re going to get — unless it’s coming directly from Steve Jobs.
Adobe has a couple of reasons to be upset. It started with the iPhone and iPad not supporting Flash. A small skirmish followed, with Adobe’s Lee Brimelow showing a bunch of popular sites that rely on Flash, and Jobs dissing the technology at a company-wide meeting. Later, when the iPad launched, Apple promoted a list of “iPad-ready sites,” essentially special versions of popular websites that don’t use Flash at all.
But Adobe had a another plan: Give developers the ability to convert their Flash programs into iPad apps, just as the company did for the iPhone. Apple’s response? Change the iPhone developer terms to allow only a select few programming languages, excluding Flash. Conversion of Flash apps to the iPhone was a major feature of Adobe’s newly released Creative Suite 5, and Apple killed it.
That brings us to this week. Adobe has announced that it’s giving up on Flash conversion to the iPhone by dropping support in future versions of Creative Suite, but the company made sure to insult Apple in the process. “We are at the beginning of a significant change in the industry,” wrote Mike Chambers, Adobe’s principal product manager for Flash developer relations, “and I believe that ultimately open platforms will win out over the type of closed, locked down platform that Apple is trying to create.”
Apple’s response is puzzling, not just because the company rarely provides juicy quotes on the record, but because Apple already won. Adobe threw in the towel, so why throw another punch? It’s rumored that Adobe will sue Apple soon, but public comments won’t make a difference either way.
Either Apple’s just rubbing salt in the wounds of a troublesome company that it finally defeated, or it feels the need to rationalize its actions to the public. Either way, it makes for great tech drama.
storyboarding & wireframing
Mar 10th
Storyboarding- iconic approach
Storyboarding- textual approach
Wireframing approach 1
Wireframing approach 2
Storyboarding- caring for a newborn
Feb 25th
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- taking pictures of baby
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- sharing and showing pictures
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- baby’s health check
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- giving baby medicine
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- sound recognition to find out what the baby needs
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- baby needed to burp
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- mother’s health check
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- mother taking medicine
Questions for T-mobile
Feb 22nd
I am working on an app that would help expecting mothers learn how to care for a newborn. This app would have to be useful throughout the mother’s pregnancy and afterwards as well.
I have been researching and found numerous apps that kind of do different things that serve different purposes. I guess my question is how to take such a complex and thorough process and simplify it so that the user is not overwhelmed with all these different activities. For example, I would want this app to help the mother check on her health progress as well as the baby’s. I would also like to have a checklist of things to buy that the baby will need. There are many other things I would like to include to provide a hollistic learning system for the mother so she can know all aspects to taking care of the newborn and herself. I would like to know how you can take all these different ideas and yet still keep them approachable and usable.
Service Goals & Outcomes
Feb 18th
The purpose of this service is to provide new parents with an experience that will allow them to learn about their newborn’s growth and the changes that comes to a mother’s body until post-pregnancy. Parents will gain an understanding of this growth and health progress through visually appealing graphics and unique ways of browsing through baby’s needs and wants during pregnancy and after. From this, parents will learn how to provide a safe and healthy environment for their newborn.
The goal is to provide visually interesting graphics and useful information to new parents who want to learn about more about pregnancy and birth. The goal is also for parents to use this interface to keep track of their baby’s and the mother’s health progress and at the same time, parents will be provided with a list of baby’s wants and needs and know what are the most efficient and reasonable health services and products for the baby.
Outcomes:
-Parents will gain insight on pregnancy and birth.
-Based on mother’s diet plans, the app would let her know what she needs to improve in her diet for the health of the baby.
-From the checklist given on the app, the mother would know exactly what she needs to buy and where to go to get it. She would also be aware of what products are the safest and which are the most reasonably-priced.
-During her last days of pregnancy, the mother can browse through fun facts to read through interesting myths and facts about pregnancy and birth so she can entertain herself while she sits at home.
-Each day of the pregnancy, parents can check on their baby’s growth progress and learn more about how the fetus grows inside.
-The app could let the mother know ahead of time when the newborn is going to cry for food or a diaper change. It would be able to detect certain sounds and let the mother know what exactly the baby needs.