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  • Design Sprint Case Study: FinGrow

    Introduction: Our goal with this project was to develop a digital experience for teenagers that educates them on personal finance. The aim was to take a subject that is under-taught to teens and present it in an engaging and accessible fashion. Our team, including myself, was made up of 3 members of the Interactive Media…

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  • The Best Thing You Can Do Is Fake It!

    The condensed nature of a design sprint can be confusing for those new to design sprints. How can you possibly develop a legitimate solution to a problem and a legitimate product in such a small window of time? Well, sprint experts tell us we are supposed to fake it. Prototyping the product is all about…

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  • The Importance the Decider

    For design sprints, there is almost always going be a surplus of ideas. Not only that, a lot of them will be good and intriguing ideas. I’ve always admired decisive people. Being able to know exactly what you want in a given moment or putting your mind to something and then having an unwavering commitment…

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  • Cooking and Design Sprints

    Preparation is the key to success for design sprints. The preparation is arguably the most important element of the sprint. In my opinion, the preparation for the sprint is what actually makes it a sprint. It’s a lot like cooking. If the design team is an ingredient, the preparation is how those ingredients will be…

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  • An Introduction to Design Sprints

    I’m upset with myself because I was entirely unaware of what a design sprint was until a few weeks ago. I’d argue most people don’t know what a design sprint is, so it shouldn’t be something to be upset about. However, it involves so many of my favorite things that it’s astonishing to me that…

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  • Hello! Thank you so much for reaching out! I absolutely understand your concerns about your privacy and the additional pressures of your own name being your brand. It can certainly be an intimidating process from the outside looking in, but there are tons of ways to safely be a part of social media and gain…

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  • Today I decided to investigate YouTube’s privacy policy to better understand what data is tracked on individual users. YouTube being a part of Google, means that the privacy policies of Google are intertwined with YouTube’s. Considering the link between the two services, it is reasonable to assume that a Google search on YouTube’s privacy policies…

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  • For my google maps project, I decided to use one of my own datasets that I have been collecting over the past 4 years. I am a pizza lover but also a very forgetful person, so I have been recording all of the new locations I go to and then a score out of 10.…

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  • As the head of social media for our coffee company, my biggest focus is what makes us different from traditional coffee shops (local, Dunkin, Starbucks, etc.), how people can find us, and why they would continue to go to our location over others. Considering that we are a coffee manufacturer, it is essential that we…

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  • Today, I wanted to gain further insight into Lacrosse in social media. Lacrosse is something I am very passionate about but in terms of the sport’s history, it has been very challenging for it to rise in popularity and relevance.  To get a better idea of why that may be, what I wanted to do…

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