I will expound more upon my thoughts for this project at a later date, but just wanted to quickly post… Read more One Idea | Four Projects
Author: Doc Martens
Designer, maker, thinker, geek with a passion for learning and leveraging new technologies for social impact. I seek to connect people and communities and develop unique approaches to support social innovation and entrepreneurship in urban spaces.
I have a playful, curious, and whimsical mind that drives creative solutions, but even more creative questions and find inspiration from art, design, fiction and policy to imagine more sustainable and equitable futures.
Everything is a Remix | “Watching” & Discussion
Remixing the Remix As you can imagine, an amazing piece like Kirby Ferguson’s Everything’s is Remix just begggggssssss to be played… Read more Everything is a Remix | “Watching” & Discussion
Javascript Final: Mapping NYC
Background As I mentioned earlier, I wanted to utilize this javascript project to explore the Google Maps API in depth… Read more Javascript Final: Mapping NYC
Instruction Sets for Strangers Part 3 | (Final) Prototypes & Intervention
New Intervention Prototype! After a lot of brainstorming about our old prototypes and what went wrong, we decided that we… Read more Instruction Sets for Strangers Part 3 | (Final) Prototypes & Intervention
Creativity & Computation: Javascript Final – 2nd Iteration
My past iteration of this project involved loading a custom google map using the Google Maps API and using vanilla… Read more Creativity & Computation: Javascript Final – 2nd Iteration
Instruction Sets for Strangers Part 2 | First Prototypes & User Testing
Prototypes So for this part of the project, the goal was to create a prototype or prototypes of the intervention… Read more Instruction Sets for Strangers Part 2 | First Prototypes & User Testing
Instruction Sets for Strangers Part 1: Research
The goal of instruction sets for strangers is to create an intervention in a public space that changes how people… Read more Instruction Sets for Strangers Part 1: Research
Creativity & Computation: JavaScript Final Project Ideas
I’m fascinated by the relationships between information and place in urban spaces. In addition, much of the reading we have… Read more Creativity & Computation: JavaScript Final Project Ideas
Reading Response – Leverage Points: Places to Intervene in a System by Donella Meadows
Impressions Strangely my first impression of this piece is that it was written by a man (what an example of… Read more Reading Response – Leverage Points: Places to Intervene in a System by Donella Meadows
Reading Response for White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Backpack by Peggy McIntosh
Impressions My first thought when reading this post was the author sounds like a Smithie. Turns out she currently works… Read more Reading Response for White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Backpack by Peggy McIntosh
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