Week 2A- Jan. 27

Today in class, we video chatted with Helen Tran, the designer who wrote the article, The Future of UI and the Dream of the 90s on medium.com. We were able to post questions to ask her on Google Moderator, and then vote up any questions that should be asked first. Overall it was a good experience getting to hear from a person who is set into their field and their experiences. She gave helpful advice to us, especially anyone willing to become a User Interaction designer.

Next, we took some notes on the different types of Applications on cell phones. it was very interesting to learn how many categories of apps there are out there. They include: Mobile apps, mobile web apps, hybrid phone apps, mobile web sites, information apps, mobile utility apps, lifestyle apps, mobile game apps, and augmented reality apps.

We then met our "team mates" for the first project, which is the Mobile Design project. We all then went into the middle room where we discussed with each other certain problems that we or our family and friends may have, then narrowed them down to one. The room was then split into 4 groups, with two teams in each group. We then brainstormed solutions to our chosen problems by putting post-it notes on the white board for each team.

Homework:
- using google docs, each team should come up with 10 app ideas based on the post-it notes brainstorming session