Thursday 1/30 – Day 3 – Team 1b

Today marked the 3rd day of the SPRINT project working with Comcast. Throughout the entire day we stayed in close working quarters and contact with Team 1a to continue easy conversation and keeping some sort of same mindset through the process. This morning we met in Hayward and discussed the sketches we had done the night before of possible designs for physical devices that could use the features and fit in the story and experience we had developed over the last two days. We also were able to sit down with several different professors throughout the day and discuss where we stood and get some insight and advice from them. Some advice stood out for us as being an important factor, which was developing some kind of “iconic interaction”, much like the swipe is with Apple, for our experience. We spent a lot of the time in the computer lab sketching, researching, and discussing ideas about iconic interactions. We also spent time further developing the design of the interface and it’s features, even adding some clever animations for the interface that would be visually appealing to the user while also building Comcast’s logo importance and their brand. We wrote out and broke down all the key points we wanted to talk about in the mid-crit presentation to Comcast tomorrow, also adding it to our blog for all team members to study and get used to so everyone would be capable of speaking on every part of the design. We made physical mockups to began working with the ergonomic feel, while also being able to give Comcast an idea of size and feel of the device models in the mid-crit. We decided to add an image of the interface design to the larger device mockup to easier demonstrate how the interface could be used and some of the features that make it special, such as the “push” feature. We ended the night by working on solid works renderings to add to our pdf for the mid-crit. Homework was to get some sleep, be in early and well-dressed to begin rehearsing and finalizing models and pdf.  I’ve also noticed that both teams have worked extremely well together, even side by side at times working on completely different ideas, with very open conversation. The team has worked well together too, continuing to talk through email and text message, showing up on time, and working together. Blog was updated as well: http://comcastsprint1b.blogspot.com

Carter and team 1b