Week 2 Update

April 7 & 9, 2015

Tuesday - April 7, 2015: Pitch Presentation

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We presented our pitch idea to the class and submitted our project preferences. We'll be hearing back in a day or two for which project we'll be working on for the rest of the quarter.

WEDNESDAY UPDATE: Our project has been selected by the class! In addition, Tony is joining our team! For Thursday, we need to send an email to the teaching staff on our initial project proposal.

Email we sent to the teaching staff:



Thursday - April 9, 2015: Review Initial Pitch Proposal

Feedback:
  1. - address the interconnectivity aspect and address that
  2. - raw background → invisible sync that would happen automatically
  3. - wifi hotspot aspect
  4. - locality → hidden gems that would be missed when traveling
  5. - more than just a trip planner
  6. - Plan: too aggressive?
  7. - navigation aspect - especially in offline case - might be too difficult
  8. - use some pre-existing API's or plugins in Android
  9. - ***[1]*** figure out which tech pieces we need (vertical analysis)
  10. - minimal functioning prototype
  11. - ***[2]*** figure out what other points to leverage (interactive points)
  12. - Schedule
  13. - present milestones in class (Tuesday)
  14. - submit written copy (Wednesday)
  15. - ***[3]*** New name? Ideas?
  16. - Serendipity
  17. - Wanderer
  18. - Narrow range
  19. - do app for Seattle/or something similar where there are a lot of data points
  20. - harvest local data sources
  21. - Home-can be different from morning → night
  22. - think about range
  23. - distance vs. interest
  24. - from Seattle Downtown to how far public transport reaches
  25. - Notes:
  26. - help Prof and TAs be aware to the fact that our group is 3 people
  27. - no weebly → use these websites instead http://pixelarity.com or http://html5up.net