Conceptual Design for Mobile Diabetic Application
Client - Graduate School Independent Study Project |
During my first pregnancy, I was diagnosed with gestational diabetes. As I was thrust in to the world of tracking carbohydrates and taking blood sugar readings, I became interested in what tools were available to help diabetics track, interpret, and learn from the data. Overall, I was disappointed in the existing technologies I found. Most assumed a high level of knowledge about the disease (so not good for those newly diagnosed), cumbersome data input and output methods, and no provision for learning opportunities as there was no correlation between cause and effect. The envisioned product was a mobile phone application for diabetics that would run on Symbian phones. It would ease the tracking of diet and blood sugar levels, while teaching healthy eating habits through customized coaching and positive feedback. A one page overview is available here This application would require complex programming and logic almost on the level of artificial intelligence, as it would be analyzing data and presenting user options from a staggering array of possibilities. Therefore, the prototype developed was very rough and only walked through a couple of usage scenarios. The prototype was developed in Flash, and designed to run in Adobe's Device Central (which provides a virtual test environment for many models of mobile phones). As such, the prototype requires Adobe Creative Suite CS3 or CS4 to run and is available to interested persons by request.
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Tags Interaction Design, Wireframes, Prototyping |
Interaction Design for Desk Phone UI
Client - Cisco |
Though user research was my primary responsibility, I had the opportunity to work some small sections of a large design project (administrative settings, bluetooth integration, and ability to set presence status from phone). |
Tags Interaction Design, Wireframes |
Information Architecture of Salary Module for Linked In (fictitious)
Client - Graduate Course Project, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Information Architecture Course |
For this project, my team came up with this imaginary scenario. The well-known website Linked In has decided that it wants to implement salary information on their website that harnesses the power of social networking. As part of each user's profile, one would have the option to include salary information about their position, that would be shared anonymously with other Linked In users. My team set about figuring out how such information would be collected, how it would be searched for, and how it would be presented, keeping in mind the importance of anonymity and structuring all this with minimal impact to the existing website. The documents included here contain sticky notes which explain my contributions to the project. |
Tags Information Architecture, Wireframes |
Online campus map designed for varied spatial abilities
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Client - Graduate Course Project, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Communication Design for the WWW |
This project was inspired by my frustration with trying to get around campus as a new student and the pretty, but unusable campus map provided by the school. Knowing that I am not the only person out there who has trouble getting around with even normal maps (call me spatially impaired), I set about finding a flexible solution that could help people who needed a more visual representation. Borrowing from the metaphor of driving directions from well-known online map programs, I envisioned a mashup solution for a campus map that incorporated satellite imagery of the campus, photos taken around campus, and data pulled from the university directory. The resulting product would be a map with visual, customized walking directions, the ability to get these directions through searches on people and resources rather than just building name, and ability to send the info to one's mobile phone. |
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Interaction Design, Web Design, Prototyping, User Studies |
Moving Photography, Conceptual Design of an Automobile Camera
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Client - Graduate Course Project, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Introduction to HCI Course |
I am a person who loves to travel, especially going on road trips. Part of the fun is taking pictures along the way. Now, if I stopped every time I wanted a picture of something while in a moving car, I'd never reach my destination. Unfortunately, pictures taken while moving usually turn out poorly due to glare, lack of focus, etc. Additionally if one is the driver it is not really safe to do so. So for this project, I set about coming up with a solution for persons like myself, or for those who might need to take pictures from a car for a living. This prototype is almost embarrassingly rough, as I was creating it from the hotel room I was staying at in Troy, NY for my two-week intensive summer session at RPI. Plus I I have no knowledge of modeling methods. Still the project was a fun exploration into designing for user experience while taking safety and usability into account. |
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Hardware Design, Low-fidelity prototyping, Usability Studies |
Database Redesign, Filemaker Pro
Client - Undergraduate Course Project, Franklin University, Introduction to HCI |
At the time of this course, I was working as the IT Administrator for a non-profit organization which advocated for children in the foster-care system. The organization used a home-grown Filemaker Pro database for all case management and record keeping. Over the years, the database had grown in complexity and user frustration, and I spent a great deal of my time as IT person trying to help make it work right. We were actually looking at third-party case management software as a solution, but I thought it a worthy exercise to explore how a redesign might go if the time and resources were there to complete such a project. |
Tags Interaction Design, Databases |
