https://studio.carnegiemuseums.org/out-loud-cdc979453ef0#.aq6aprkt3
What do you think?
Monday, February 6, 2017
App Idea Proposal
How many times have you found yourself eager to capture a moment at a highly photographable location, but you happen to be alone or in a group where no one is willing to take one for the team and sit this photo op out? Besides being generally inconvenient, asking strangers on the street to take your picture is a time-consuming, oftentimes fruitless, and sometimes even dangerous exercise.
Best-case scenario: you get stuck explaining how to use an iPhone camera to someone else's grandma and then having to pretend to like the blurry, ill-lit mess of a composition she created until she walks far enough out of earshot and you can be sure you're no longer hurting her fragile grandma feelings by asking someone else.
Average-case scenario: you get flat out rejected by some business-type in a suit that doesn't even slow his pace or make eye contact (at which point you will probably feel disheartened enough to settle for a selfie).
Worst EVER case scenario (UGH -___-): you get it all wrong and give your phone to someone who looks nice until they literally run off with your phone, never to be seen again, and you find yourself spending 7 months teaching some teenage boy who bought your phone off a taxicab driver in Peru how to push your pictures to the Cloud...in Spanish.
Yep, you guessed it. That last one was a personal anecdote (#never #give #up #on #your #dreams #nunca #renuncies #a #tus #sueños). Needless to say, I believe there is a real market for a product that would address these problems.
Enter [app I'm going to develop].
My vision is for a social, community-based photographing (not photography) application that will take the disappointment, awkwardness, and danger out of asking strangers for pictures.
The app will have "photographer" (default) and "subject" (switch-operated) modes. Users will switch on subject mode when they are looking to have their picture taken, which will send out a request to [my app]-ers nearby who are on photographer mode. Once the request is answered, the photographer and subject will meet and have a brief photo encounter where the photographer uses his or her own phone to take pictures of the subject within the app. For privacy reasons, the photographer's phone will not retain any of the photos. Instead, the photographs will be allotted space on the app's cloud, where the subject can view and download them to his or her phone within 24 hours after they are taken, no annoying watermarks, no reduced quality.
Beyond that basic model, I expect to tweak and add to the concept as I move forward in the development process.
One of the things I know I have to think about looking forward is how to feasibly grow a user-base for this kind of service. Many apps where quality and convenience are based on voluntary participation, such as Waze, for example, launch an Alpha-user strategy to generate the critical mass of users that the app needs to be actually useful. I will also have to consider various photographer incentives (maybe a points or rewards system of some sort) to ensure that people will actually be motivated to partake in my model outside of an immediate need to have their photograph taken.
This is a lofty project, but I hope to see a full degree of functionality at a basic level within 16 weeks. As far as I see it, this would mean a working implementation of two broader functions of the app: finding and connecting with users nearby and authorization ("handshake") exchange. That is my goal this semester. Timeline/milestone specifics are TBD. So far, my efforts are exploratory, and I am learning a lot.
In terms of technical specifics, I am working on my fluency in Swift and X-Code, as I believe from my research that this will be the easiest path to GPS-integration. I have no prior formal UX/UI experience under my belt, so I am still experimenting (and very much open to recommendations, as well as input and collaboration opportunities). For now, I am most comfortable using Xcode's built-in Storyboard, and I have looked into using the Instagram API with Origami, since I would ideally like for users to have the option of linking account profiles to Instagram feeds.
I believe in my idea because traveling solo shouldn't have to translate to a poorly-documented trip and because, sorry to break it to you, selfies are tacky.
App Proposal
Overview:
App for my internship company, Veritonic. It's a marketing analytics platform for sound in advertising. We already have a robust web application, but we have yet to move to mobile. I plan on developing a cross-platform mobile application (iOS and Android) based on our existing web app.
Frameworks and Languages:
Ionic 2
Cordova
HTML/CSS/JS
Angular
Python
Timeline:
Interface design by Midterm
Full functionality by Final
App for my internship company, Veritonic. It's a marketing analytics platform for sound in advertising. We already have a robust web application, but we have yet to move to mobile. I plan on developing a cross-platform mobile application (iOS and Android) based on our existing web app.
Frameworks and Languages:
Ionic 2
Cordova
HTML/CSS/JS
Angular
Python
Timeline:
Interface design by Midterm
Full functionality by Final
App Idea - Tyrrell Serrano & Juwan Dumas
Every once in a while a phone game will catch the attention of millions
and draws in tons of money via in-app purchases or ad revenue. It's time
for the next game to shine, and its name is " Tylt ".
Tylt is a mobile game in which the player tilts his or her mobile device
to control a ball to navigate a maze. In the maze, the player will need to
collect items to proceed to the next level (maze). The items required will
change each level according to words/imagery at the top of the screen.
The score is based on how long it took the player to complete the level.
The game will be created in Unity and coded with both Javascript and C#.
Tyrrell will be responsible for coding the project, Juwan will be responsible
for all the visuals.
Week 1: Working Menu
Week 2: Level design (1 or 2 maps)
Week 3: Physics
Week 4: Win conditions
Week 5: You win/ Game over screens
Week 6: Testing
Week 7&8: revisions
Using Unity C# & Javascript
Target audience: Everybody
Product (Game) Name: Tylt
Tyrrell Serrano: Lead programmer
Juwan Dumas: Lead Designer
App Proposal - Artie, Jon, Emily
Objective: Create a mobile application platform that allows easy access to available and hiring agencies within the area.
Team Roles:
Emily - Web Developer
Arturo - Business Researcher
Jonathan - UI/UX Designer
Platforms: Adobe XD
Ionic Framework
Angular JS
Target Audience:
- Current undergraduate and graduate students
- Recently graduated looking for positions
Current Progress:
We have looked into other mobile applications to get a sense for competition and visuals being implemented. One that we found was LinkedIn Students, which utilizes card-style visuals for companies, and important information such as skills required and salary. There doesn’t seem to be many current mobile applications (available in the US) in either the Google Play Store or the Apple Application Store, so we see a low barrier for entry. However, there are many websites focused on internships. We have also taken a look at tutorials from Lynda.com to associate ourselves with UI/UX fundamentals, and the framework for the application is underway.
Business plan
Wire-framing
General Timeline (in “Week of” Format):
- January 30 -
Business: App Market Research - Look at different business/directory-type apps, note links and reviews, and audience reaction.
Design: Lynda
Development: API Research - February 6 -
Business: Same as last week
Design: Same as last week
Development: Something something check out Ionic - February 13 -
Business: Monetization
Design: Begin looking into Adobe XD
Development: AngularJS demo
Business plan
Wire-framing
Thursday, February 2, 2017
App Proposal
My app will be a 16 step drum sequencer with the ability to save patterns. I have used many sequencer apps but most of them have basic functionality, poor UI design, only 8 steps, and bad sounds. I have yet to find one that suits my needs so I know that there are probably other people looking for one as well. The point is to get ideas saved quickly while on the go without the need for pen and paper.
The Nexus UI would be perfect for the interface of the app and the programming can be done in JavaScript but might require another library geared toward audio. My plan would be to design the interface first, then figure out how to connect the different elements to add functionality.
The Nexus UI would be perfect for the interface of the app and the programming can be done in JavaScript but might require another library geared toward audio. My plan would be to design the interface first, then figure out how to connect the different elements to add functionality.
Wednesday, February 1, 2017
App Idea
Name: GeoPhoto, Photo Scout (??)
Framework:
Will be using Ionic Framework (HTML5 and AngularJS) to build a hybrid mobile application.
App Design:
The purpose of the app is to provide a space for users to discover and browse prime photo taking locations all over the world. When photos are taken, the photo will be tagged with the exact coordinate location and can be uploaded and shared with other users to a global map of sorts. Users can see and look up locations and the photos pinned to that place. Additionally, users can choose to be notified whenever they pass by a particular location that has been pinned many times (e.g. This location has been pinned 180,000 times - Eiffel Tower, Paris, France).
https://www.locationscout.net
Target Audience:
The app is primarily directed towards millennials, from pre-teens to young adults.
Platform:
iOS and Android
Milestones:
Week 1
- Install and familiarize self with Angular js, node js, OS X, X code, Apache Cordova;
- Watch basic tutorials on using Ionic Framework
Week 2
- Set up basic pages for app
- Integrate font and color scheme
Week 3
- Do research to link app to google maps
Week 4
- Begin integration of location tagging
- Continue working on UI/UX
Layout:
- Basic homepage, navigation
- Photo taking page, access to camera (also option to upload photos)
- Search - search a location by name, key words (as tagged by users- beach, tower, mountain), coordinates
- World map - view photos pinned to map
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