It seems a bit rude to call 2020, an apocalyptic hellscape of a year, the year of anyone. But it’s hard to ignore the strides Asian… — It seems a bit rude to call 2020, an apocalyptic hellscape of a year, the year of anyone. But it’s hard to ignore the strides Asian Americans have made this year in the sport of football, one that has only featured a handful of Asian Americans in its history. John…

I’ve always been more invested in the NFL draft than the normal fan. As a kid, I’d have to be persuaded to watch days 2 and 3 of the draft somewhere other than my living room so that the rest of my family could get on with their lives. This…

Critical Understanding — Critical Understanding Clarification To many, the principle of justice may conjure up images of a superhero, defeating villains and maintaining balance and order in the universe, which isn’t quite how the Belmont Report defines justice. In this case, the definition of justice is the determination of who is worthy to receive the…

The Process — The Process This week, in our final sprint, the focus was on creating prototypes using a system called littleBits, which allows users to create small machines with easy-to-connect pieces. Since my partner and I had never used or even heard of littleBits before stepping into studio this week, we spent some time…

The Process — The Process This week, our sprint was focused around creating visualizations of data using Tableau, a professional software, and a dataset of 911 calls in Seattle throughout 2015. Since I had just taken my last set of midterms when we were given the assignment, I thought there couldn’t be a better thing…

Part 1: Critical Understanding — Part 1: Critical Understanding Clarification The idea of “respect for persons” may seem intuitive to an inexperienced individual, as it seems to mean to simply take the wishes of another person into account when conducting a task. The Belmont Report, however, defines respect for persons as a set of ethical conventions: “first, that individuals…

The Process — The Process For this week, I went out into the field and observed people commuting to supplement my understanding of the principles of user research. I chose to observe people walking through Red Square, because it is a central location that gave me access to a large number of people to observe…

The Process — The Process This week, our sprint was focused on ideation, the generation of ideas and concepts in a relatively short time frame. I decided to focus my ideation on sustainable commuting, specifically focusing on reducing greenhouse gas emissions and traffic congestion. To do so, I started by sketching 10 divergent ideas —…

Part 1: Critical Understanding — Part 1: Critical Understanding Clarification: What is Beneficence? Beneficence is a word that to an inexperienced person may seem strictly involving benefits of a certain task, hence the common root among both words. The Belmont Report, however, defines beneficence as a set of rules: “1) do not harm and 2) maximize possible benefits while…