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Major MindSwarms feature, and new portfolio item
Posted by Greg in Interaction Design, Web Development, Work on June 4, 2011
I’m glad to finally be able to share with people a feature that I’m especially proud of at MindSwarms: the “Response Matrix”. To quote myself:
Although I redesigned the whole application, I’m focusing on the recording matrix, a grid of all the response videos for a study. It’s a focal point of the MindSwarms experience, because it’s the most unique, and because it’s the primary deliverable for our paying clients. I believed the matrix was overwhelming, and I’d heard feedback from researchers that it was hard to use.
I made major design changes as part of the overall redesign, but I kept iterating on it afterwards, to make it even easier to use. You can see the final, much improved design in my newest portfolio piece!
Portfolio!
I’ve finally put my portfolio up, since I’m looking for a team to join after I graduate.
I’ve also been adding more photos, and put up a new theme, too! Fun fun fun (’till my daddy takes my t-bird away)…
Summer Internship
I’m working at Venrock over the summer. As Wikipedia explains:
Venrock, a compound of “Venture” and “Rockefeller”, is a pioneering venture capital firm formed in 1969 to build upon the successful investing activities of the Rockefeller family [...] Venrock focuses its investments on early-stage and start-up companies in information technology and emerging technologies.
So why is an HCI guy working at a VC firm? Well, I’m an intern here, and I can’t say much more than that!
One downer is that the office I’m working at is in Redwood City. I had planned to ride to work everyday, because I thought I’d be at an office close to campus. I might have found a decent solution, though! A combination of CalTrain and riding my bike look like a reasonable alternative to driving (and about the same cost per trip). I’ll give that a try in the next week or so.