Maintained by Jeremy Eng
I wished that I had been able to inquire on the different tribes in Kibera. However, there wasn’t really a good time to come in with that question, as the tensions between the different tribes weren’t really covered. I felt that it would have been really interesting to learn how the ushering of technology would… Read more Phase 2, Post #2: Reflection on Joshua Ogure.
After looking at the Kiberia News Network’s youtube channel, I noticed that there was a trend of “school mapping” and providing more education opportunities. Another title I saw a couple of times was “Slums betterment”. I think this is because building more schools and having an organized education system is a big step in developing… Read more Phase 2 Post #1: Kiberia News Network, Joshua Ogure
1st iteration (looks like): 2nd Iteration (Added Fact Checking functionality, looks like): Third Iteration (Marvel Wireframe, feels like, pdf below of wireframe): MARVEL PROTOTYPE
The problem that my application plans to remedy is that readers lack access to reliable and diverse news outlets. That is to say, readers will fall prone to reading “fake news” or stick to reading from a select few newspaper publications. The problem is the influx of fake news that is spreading due to the… Read more Midterm Paper
I attended a makerspace training for laser cutting and 3d printing. I had to solder some male header pins to a RFID shield so I took a picture of the work I was doing at the soldering station.
The assigned chapter for Virginia Eubank’s “Automating Inequality” discussed introduced the idea that technology could be used to disenfranchise the poor. Eubanks partner, John was unable to get medical insurance after suffering a savage beating, due to what the company described as an “error” and what Eubanks described as an algorithm that marked John as… Read more Phase 1 Post #9: Eubanks response
For my Midterm project, I decided to work alone. The next few steps that I need to make is to start working on the wireframe for the application. A few of my friends have said good things about the application marvel to create a wireframe. My own salient identity is a student, reader and an… Read more Phase 1, Post #8: Reflection
My prototype uses the marvel service to create a wireframe(website: https://marvelapp.com). I plan to have a interactive diagram with visuals of each screen to demonstrate the planned functionality of the application. The issue that my news aggregator plans on addressing is biased/ illegitimate new sources that coerce unaware readers into believing falsehoods. Additionally, the app… Read more Phase 1 Post #7 : Prototype Write up
Through the activity and discussions that were conducted during class, it appears that in most cases, the inventor’s own salient identity had some sort of connection to the target audience’s salient identity. With some peers there was an overlap between their salient identity and the target audience’s; whereas in others, the person’s salient identity mirrored… Read more Phase 1 Post#6: Salient Identity Writeup
My partner during this activity said her salient identity was a: “Napping Enthusiast Liberal Californian” and her technology was a Macbook. When searching up my partner’s salient identity and her chosen technology, I was not able to come up with anything. Therefore I decided to break down my partner’s salient identity from “Napping Enthusiast Liberal… Read more Phase 1 Post #5: Partner and Salient Identity