Human Centred Finale

The approach to the final HCD project I thought was spot on. Base research was started the same day Aguinaldo and I started discussing ideas and soon we were rolling with interface ideas, and what the outcome should include and how we should present it. Unfortunately, in between the initial motivated stage and the implementation stage, we had the Easter break, at which point barely anything got done.

Being 200 miles away from Newcastle Central didn't help, and consequently being 200 mies from my group partner. But it is hardly and excuse and I was sure come presentation time, our project would show that we had a clear 3 week gap in the middle of it and be overly poor.

Bafflingly this wasn't the case, in fact come presentation time comments were that it was a solid presentation and that we covered the areas well. Fair play we are first years so maybe the criticism was never going to be that harsh, but the fact of the matter is it could and should have been 200% better than it was.

The adaptive fast ticket machine, it isn't revolutionary no, but I would bet a fair bit that they will come into play in some way. Look at Spotify as an adaptive device, and the itunes store. They are much more intelligent adaptive systems than what we were proposing, and it is only a matter of time before those systems successfully trail down into everyday working systems such as ticket purchases, grocery purchases etc.

All in all, I would have liked to have concentrated and had more planning over the interface. Aguinaldo is a flash master, however the interface he created was that of a existing fast ticket machine with just a new button for our adaptive feature. Which in reality, would just make things increasingly complicated.

Though I suppose that is the problem with group projects, and to be honest this one unfortunately took a back burner because of the chosen subject. Helping a couple of other people with their more exciting ideas, Dave and Rach's shopping trolley and Steve and Jammy's Interactive bar, just made me very unenthused about mine and Aguis. But that is something I will hope to build on in the future, concentrate on my own work first before helping others.