http://octobox.brianquan.com "Eight times the fun, straight out of the box!" Tue, 09 Dec 2008 22:35:04 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en So here it is folks, the concluding presentation of Team Octobox's Sustain-a-Stack project. (note it may take a moment to load) http://octobox.brianquan.com/post/project-sustain-a-stacks-final-presentation/ http://octobox.brianquan.com/post/post-final-showcase-media-exposure/ Based on the feedback our team got from the Open House, here are the results and refinements we will be considering as we develop the Sustain-a-Stack: Conceptual Refinements Year Round Gardening - We never did consider how changing seasons affected gardening until one interested lady came to talk to us. True ... http://octobox.brianquan.com/post/open-house-post-mortem/ The Open House gave us an opportunity to show people outside the class what we've been doing for the past 2 semesters. Lots of people, students and strangers alike, came to our spot for us to give our short elevator pitch about Sustain-a-Stack. What attracted people to our area ... http://octobox.brianquan.com/post/week-8-open-house/ Team Octobox pulled off yet another presentation! We're happy to report that our midterm presentation was a success based on the feedback from our instructors. The strongest point that we had was our iterative process (specified in the previous post) wherein we decided to take a step back and re-evaluate our ... http://octobox.brianquan.com/post/week-7-presentation/ With the upcoming presentation consistently on our minds and evident dissatisfaction with the state of our physical prototype, the team decided that a change was necessary. While this inevitably brought about conflict amidst our team, it was unanimously decided that there were some issues in need of addressing and a new ... http://octobox.brianquan.com/post/week-6-presentation-preparation-and-a-new-iteration/ Exercise One: Evaluation Criteria Mission statement: Strengthening the relationship between people and the environment by merging urban and natural spaces. Project overview: Mini indoor greenhouse used for growing herbs, vegetables and other small plants. High-level goals/Goals of the interaction:   To grow and monitor plants/herbs/vegetables in a convenient and effective way   To create a heightened sense ... http://octobox.brianquan.com/post/week-5-draft-prototype-evaluation-plan/ Team Name: Team Octobox Team URL: http://www.octobox.org/final Team Members: Kurtis Beard Derek Pante Manuel Pineault Andrew Thong Katrina Chua Sammy Jayetileke Brian Quan Prototype Plan Fall'07 Midterm Walkthrough: 1) Project Overview 2) Scenario One: Physical Prototype 3) Journey Framework: Physical Prototype 4) Demonstration: Physical Prototype 5) Scenario Two: Widget Prototype 6) Journey Framework: Widget Prototype 7) Demonstration: Widget Prototype Prototype Plan Open House: 1) Built widget, no connection to physical prototype 2) ... http://octobox.brianquan.com/post/open-house-prototype-plan/