Looking back
I definitely see some connecting threads in my projects so far. Two of them have involved words printed on little white blocks, and another two of them have involved jewelry made with conductive thread and LEDs. When I made my connector, I was thinking about interfacing it with my module, adding an electrical connection to the physical connection that my modules are designed to make with each other. I have been wanting to further refine my module to make it more like a piece of clothing or an accessory that people would actually wear (a bracelet, necklace, scarf, maybe even a skirt or a bag?). I tried wearing my modules as a bracelet but they were a little ugly, a little too weird to be worn out.
To me the concepts we have covered in the class are strongly related to each other. Open-source perhaps less so, but maybe that is because I haven't really thought about it much yet.
Conceptually, I think my projects have been about two different main ideas: language, and social connections. They are also about materializing/illustrating something that is invisible (I find that phrase in my notes a lot). Interestingly, language is also a means of social connections. Though the approach I am taking to it is a little more introverted perhaps? I'm not sure. I guess the network was quite strongly social.
I feel that it's helpful to take a step back and look for what it is I am trying to do, by looking at what I have already done. I just don't know for sure how it will help me yet. I am not sure how other people respond to my ideas, and if they like them. I don't know which of the main concepts I should keep pursuing, which would engage other people more (if at all).