Mentor Meeting #1

(4.6)I had a meeting with my group and a meeting with my mentor in one night. In the group meeting, Sarah Hakani encouraged me to do what I want to do instead of considering everyone’s feedback.

The chat I had with my mentor Max was just great! He steered the project direction back to my original feeling, which I’m excited to continue!

As it was the first time we met, I shared my previous works and the current prototype. Regarding the pen plotter prototype I was making, he offered some meaningful suggestions and keenly pointed out potential issues with it. Ideas included creating images as a time-series stack, which emphasized cooperation, and offering users credits to attract participants. Having too many interaction steps to show the git flow was one possible issue that needed attention.

I really appreciate the following discussion because Max shared the feeling with me. He encouraged me to continue with my personal feelings. To address the issue of feelings being too abstract, he suggested that I could list emotions to express feelings. This idea opened up my mind! So this was like an “implement” for conveying the feeling. It is difficult to express the exact same feelings, but we can find derivatives or the context that generates sensations! Another idea he gave me was that I could even create a video of a drama that happened in GitHub issues without using high-tech. Both of these ideas liberated my thinking about ideas and forms. Compared to them, the prototype I was making was more like a “downgrade” instead of an “implement”!

So the tasks I can do now are listing emotions and finding stories. I feel like new ideas will come to me soon as new inspirations!