http://www.ryanpmcdonnell.com/gtlyfeold daily 0.75 2016-09-25 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57e6f783c534a54769932189/t/57e73aa3b8a79b8ba3015f04/1474771656197/Screenshot+%28September+24%2C+2016+10-37+PM%29.png GTlyfe_old https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57e6f783c534a54769932189/57e72ed2197aea5186de5daa/57e73bc02994ca98e2f7711e/1474771955448/Screenshot+%28September+24%2C+2016+10-37+PM%29.png GTlyfe_old https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57e6f783c534a54769932189/57e72ed2197aea5186de5daa/57e73cfc46c3c43d7386dc06/1474772220801/option1_morn2.JPG GTlyfe_old https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57e6f783c534a54769932189/57e72ed2197aea5186de5daa/57e73d2559cc68725d5e3ff3/1474772268320/2WeekAssDetail.png GTlyfe_old https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57e6f783c534a54769932189/57e72ed2197aea5186de5daa/57e73d4659cc68725d5e41e9/1474772297329/day_circle_Sallypart2.png GTlyfe_old https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57e6f783c534a54769932189/57e72ed2197aea5186de5daa/57e73e1329687f1c49c1e3da/1474772502968/Screenshot_2016-09-24-22-53-10.png GTlyfe_old https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57e6f783c534a54769932189/57e72ed2197aea5186de5daa/57e73e0f197aea5186deb784/1474772498101/Screenshot_2016-09-24-22-53-35.png GTlyfe_old https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57e6f783c534a54769932189/57e72ed2197aea5186de5daa/57e73e1729687f1c49c1e3de/1474772505625/Screenshot_2016-09-24-22-53-23.png GTlyfe_old https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57e6f783c534a54769932189/57e72ed2197aea5186de5daa/57e73cd76b8f5b9261684b6f/1474772184174/back.png GTlyfe_old https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57e6f783c534a54769932189/57e72ed2197aea5186de5daa/57e73ebe2994ca98e2f787e5/1474772724643/back.png GTlyfe_old http://www.ryanpmcdonnell.com/implicit-bias-test-old daily 0.75 2016-10-14 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57e6f783c534a54769932189/t/57f1f108414fb59afd66bc20/1475473677014/2016-02-13+13.57.08+%281%29.jpg Implicit Bias Test https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57e6f783c534a54769932189/57e73fc9d2b857a31e14d51d/57e8a2ae9f7456dca3d48970/1474863858728/ Implicit Bias Test https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57e6f783c534a54769932189/57e73fc9d2b857a31e14d51d/57e8a47a6b8f5b926171935a/1476409767383/home+page.jpg Implicit Bias Test The project's goal was to seek a local Atlanta organization and investigate possible service opportunities that we could help improve and innovate. While exploring the Center for Civil and Human Rights, we saw the opportunity to enhance the amazing exhibitions by encouraging more empathy in visitors through connecting historical displays to modern issues. To achieve this goal, our team designed a digital version of the Implicit Bias Test that could be implemented as an exhibition in a museum setting. This short video below helps explain more about our project context, goals, and design. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57e6f783c534a54769932189/57e73fc9d2b857a31e14d51d/57e8aad1e4fcb5e38d0a6c8e/1475112328063/location.jpg Implicit Bias Test - Video - Service Activation through Self-Reflection We used multiple Service Design tools throughout the semester, including customer journey and stakeholder mapping, future scenarios breakdown, and business model canvas. These tools were part of a larger process that moved from research to designing possible solutions. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57e6f783c534a54769932189/57e73fc9d2b857a31e14d51d/57e8a47b6b8f5b9261719364/1476412265025/walkthrough.jpg Implicit Bias Test The design process started with researching the location and learning about key 'pain and gain' points, where we created a visitor journey map to analyze potential opportunities for innovation. This ideation led us to multiple design solutions with varying goals, with us ultimately deciding to create a digital version of the Implicit Bias Test that could be implemented at the Center. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57e6f783c534a54769932189/57e73fc9d2b857a31e14d51d/57e8a47b725e255db32179b5/1476412460664/test1.jpg Implicit Bias Test Using previous iterations of the Implicit Bias Test, my role was in replicating the test by first wireframing possible designs and, after feedback, creating a prototype of the interaction + visual design, shown below. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57e6f783c534a54769932189/57e73fc9d2b857a31e14d51d/57e8a918365ffaf7d610dfb2/1474864252147/home+page.jpg Implicit Bias Test https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57e6f783c534a54769932189/57e73fc9d2b857a31e14d51d/57e9f5b0c534a507f6a63e41/1475112328166/ Implicit Bias Test - Impact Service Design Interface The final presentation of this work involved feedback on the overall design and reflection on how the Service Design Process facilitated designing with empathy. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57e6f783c534a54769932189/57e73fc9d2b857a31e14d51d/57e8a47b6b8f5b926171935d/1475112328436/service_blueprint.jpg Implicit Bias Test http://www.ryanpmcdonnell.com/sweet-history-on-auburn-old daily 0.75 2016-10-14 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57e6f783c534a54769932189/t/57fb14cf37c58144891c3aa3/1476072658201/getting+around.jpg Sweet History on Auburn_old https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57e6f783c534a54769932189/57e9f95137c58137fc4cc4ee/57ec6adacd0f683aa71ac9ae/1476409916296/home.jpg Sweet History on Auburn_old As a group, we wanted to reinforce the spirit of the community by bringing attention to the historical significance of Auburn and allowing visitors, residents, and business owners to interact with these rich pieces of history together. The video below explains more about the media strategy we developed, including an example of the layers of interaction while visiting Auburn. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57e6f783c534a54769932189/57e9f95137c58137fc4cc4ee/57e9fe079de4bbc6fc96b2bc/1476410114808/ Sweet History on Auburn_old - Sweet History on Auburn While some names of the Civil Rights movement, like Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, are world renowned, there are many other historical people and places of the Civil Rights movement that remain unknown, even on Auburn. We wanted to highlight many of these unfamiliar histories throughout the street in our project. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57e6f783c534a54769932189/57e9f95137c58137fc4cc4ee/57e9fe1117044be995aa20c1/1474952711252/ Sweet History on Auburn_old https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57e6f783c534a54769932189/57e9f95137c58137fc4cc4ee/57ec6aeccd0f683aa71aca5c/1476410204949/problem.jpg Sweet History on Auburn_old The current wayfinding method to help visitors explore Auburn's history is a series of plaques that are placed along the avenue. While this highlights key historical landmark buildings, they are stationary, and require visitors to remember all of the important locations as they walk along the street. Our alternate approach of finding your way around Auburn is comprised of three components: to notice the hidden history, learn about the stories and significance, and interact with the local community. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57e6f783c534a54769932189/57e9f95137c58137fc4cc4ee/57ec6aeacd0f683aa71aca38/1476410285285/notice_learn_interact.jpg Sweet History on Auburn_old The first step in our work was to go to Auburn Avenue, where we were given a tour and researched the area on our own. After a few iterations on poster designs exploring connections to the highway, we noticed on one of our trips the sidewalk paving tiles were hexagons, and as you leave the main avenue the sidewalk returns to traditional concrete. This was the beginning of inspiration for our design, informing our design language to fit with the space as we moved forward with the project. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57e6f783c534a54769932189/57e9f95137c58137fc4cc4ee/57ec7799b3db2bc3c7a0f107/1476410562927/measure.jpg Sweet History on Auburn_old Keeping with this theme, we created posters for the ground and walls, color coding each unique location to assist in transparent interactions and illustrate the vibrancy of the community. Our final proposal was to paint the designs onto the ground and walls, keeping the information more permanent than posters, while also not damaging the structures. We also designed for a digital installation that visitors could interact with when they entered shops and museums, and would give the opportunity to further delve into histories rooted in place. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57e6f783c534a54769932189/57e9f95137c58137fc4cc4ee/57ec6aefd482e940c081fe94/1475451258486/sweet+aubs+demo+day.JPG Sweet History on Auburn_old Our team worked closely together on all aspects throughout the entire project, however my main role was in ideation and design of the interaction, as well as assisting in the visual design of the posters. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57e6f783c534a54769932189/57e9f95137c58137fc4cc4ee/57ec6aeacd0f683aa71aca35/1476410629846/NLI_+final.jpg Sweet History on Auburn_old The final presentation of this project involved feedback from Sweet Auburn community members and business owners, all of whom provided great feedback with suggestions and highlighting the benefits of this project being implemented into their community. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57e6f783c534a54769932189/57e9f95137c58137fc4cc4ee/57ec6ae3cd0f683aa71aca13/1476410697274/loveit.JPG Sweet History on Auburn_old Our team is interested in pursuing that implementation, so if you know anything about painting the ground, feel free to reach out! http://www.ryanpmcdonnell.com/sol-a-day daily 0.75 2016-10-03 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57e6f783c534a54769932189/t/57f1ef916b8f5b23c53c4e52/1475473297674/final_product.jpg Sol-a-day https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57e6f783c534a54769932189/57f1e64303596e0c05815ecd/57f1e96b59cc68fe6a98b89f/1475471731970/ Sol-a-day - Sol-a-day Sun Sensor https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57e6f783c534a54769932189/57f1e64303596e0c05815ecd/57f1e935d482e918dc38b7e2/1475471684754/final_product.jpg Sol-a-day https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57e6f783c534a54769932189/57f1e64303596e0c05815ecd/57f1e9356a4963a42b33c229/1475471669795/alligator_clips.jpg Sol-a-day https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57e6f783c534a54769932189/57f1e64303596e0c05815ecd/57f1e935d482e918dc38b7e5/1475471672196/Picture1.jpg Sol-a-day https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57e6f783c534a54769932189/57f1e64303596e0c05815ecd/57f1e935197aeaadfd2c990f/1475471672486/Picture2.jpg Sol-a-day https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57e6f783c534a54769932189/57f1e64303596e0c05815ecd/57f1e936d482e918dc38b7e9/1475471674000/Picture3.jpg Sol-a-day https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57e6f783c534a54769932189/57f1e64303596e0c05815ecd/57f1e935197aeaadfd2c98f7/1475471669865/circuits.jpg Sol-a-day https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57e6f783c534a54769932189/57f1e64303596e0c05815ecd/57f1e935197aeaadfd2c990c/1475806225744/home.jpg Sol-a-day http://www.ryanpmcdonnell.com/be-well daily 0.75 2016-10-03 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57e6f783c534a54769932189/t/57f1e4941b631b0bd911783c/1475470490958/20160228_134222.jpg beWell https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57e6f783c534a54769932189/57f19bba197aeaadfd2a0edd/57f19c93b8a79bef8a6e8444/1475469122101/20160228_134222.jpg beWell All the jam participants were given the same inspiration - insert sound of water drop here - and we all ideated on multiple, unrelated topics, with a post-it brainstorming session across a dozen whiteboards. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57e6f783c534a54769932189/57f19bba197aeaadfd2a0edd/57f19c8a8419c2912d13d58c/1475469369037/20160226_203140.jpg beWell On the second day, we formed groups (my group was called Team Rubber Ducky), with my group focusing on resource scarcity in the city, and how to get resources to those without. We started our project by going out for brief field research to a local homeless shelter to chat with workers and homeless people about what they most need, why people visit shelters, and issues that homeless individuals need to overcome. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57e6f783c534a54769932189/57f19bba197aeaadfd2a0edd/57f19f34ff7c50d391db626b/1475469446510/12802893_3459856411167_732201009837533351_n.jpg beWell Beginning the service design process, we developed a positioning statement and stakeholder map. We also made an ideal journey map based on our visit and interview, focusing on addressing the concerns we learned about and how to overcome obstacles many homeless face. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57e6f783c534a54769932189/57f19bba197aeaadfd2a0edd/57f19c8eb8a79bef8a6e841a/1475469503776/20160227_182401.jpg beWell We also crafted personas, focusing on not diminishing people to only one element and identifying possible situations and personal barriers to access. Although our project was a non-traditional proposal, the business model canvas we made was useful in considering the financial and community maintenance implications of the design. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57e6f783c534a54769932189/57f19bba197aeaadfd2a0edd/57f19c90b8a79bef8a6e8441/1475469527058/20160227_182502.jpg beWell One major goal of our team was to not only ideate and design a tool, but also create a physical prototype of our design. Using the limited resources at the jam, we first created a low fidelity physical prototype, and after testing made some modifications before creating our final prototype. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57e6f783c534a54769932189/57f19bba197aeaadfd2a0edd/57f19c928419c2912d13d5d7/1475470653017/20160228_133510.jpg beWell Our final iteration is a rotating repository that would be placed in accessible locations for both resource sharers and receivers. The categories were Nourish, Protect, Inspire, and Cleanse, and are explained in the video below with our first prototype. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57e6f783c534a54769932189/57f19bba197aeaadfd2a0edd/57f1df9e8419c2912d1622d8/1475469973611/ beWell - beWell Finally, our team mascot and I pause for a picture. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57e6f783c534a54769932189/57f19bba197aeaadfd2a0edd/57f19f362994ca203304f5d8/1475452726867/13051723_10154071416726092_4965886584950234027_n.jpg beWell http://www.ryanpmcdonnell.com/game-bridge-old daily 0.75 2016-10-07 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57e6f783c534a54769932189/t/57f71fece58c622ccc200b92/1476044767166/GameBridgeLogo+%281%29.png Game Bridge_old https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57e6f783c534a54769932189/57f7075e03596e345f8efb16/57f718db3e00be2c09ea91b2/1475813319634/GameBridgeLogo+%281%29.png Game Bridge_old Before joining a team, my initial project idea was to create an interactive map that could be used to explore the complex (and notoriously confusing) storyworld of Game of Thrones to help visualize the path of characters and story arcs. This idea was later combined into a larger scale project when I joined a group with others who were interested in media applications for Game of Thrones. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57e6f783c534a54769932189/57f7075e03596e345f8efb16/57f70bc06a496398e43ac81b/1475815534861/early.jpg Game Bridge_old Our team wanted to keep the large scale of the storyworld, while still offering multiple entry points for the user to explore storylines at their own pace. The design was to release new game updates synchronously with the television show, highlighting characters from that week's episode and allowing the player to learn more about them and related stories. We designed the opening game screen to have a few pinned locations related to locations from the most recent episode. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57e6f783c534a54769932189/57f7075e03596e345f8efb16/57f718b29a6bf7f3e003fc5b/1475809537001/GameBridgeLogo+%281%29.png Game Bridge_old Before joining a team, my initial project idea was to create an interactive map that could be used to explore the complex storyworld of Game of Thrones to help visualize the path of characters and story arcs. This idea was later combined into a larger scale project when I joined a group with others who were interested in media applications for Game of Thrones. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57e6f783c534a54769932189/57f7075e03596e345f8efb16/57f710c4b8a79b39e0f84d5a/1475815534869/map_with_pins.JPG Game Bridge_old For our prototype, we selected a scene from Season 2 Episode 5 where a semi-major character dies, and the viewer sees an extremely intense reaction from a character they have just met, and know little about. This chapter of our game puts the player into the shoes of a character we created (with inspiration from the books), able to interact with major and minor characters in the books and show. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57e6f783c534a54769932189/57f7075e03596e345f8efb16/57f7082f414fb5a2cad66994/1475815534870/map_zoom_renlyCamp.JPG Game Bridge_old This example is ideal to illustrate one of our goals to improve the additive comprehension of the narrative by viewers; taking a confusing moment and transforming it into an enlightening one that deepens the viewers understanding of the show. My roles were as content strategist and to design and prototype the game. This involved many conversations and ideations on how frame our story within the larger narrative, and writing the dialogue for the script. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57e6f783c534a54769932189/57f7075e03596e345f8efb16/57f71aa66b8f5b436ac85d63/1475815534869/both.JPG Game Bridge_old After the script was written, I helped to implement the game, forming and editing scenes I was responsible for, as well as smoothing out transitions and bugs in the story. The final stages of the project included user testing, which showed our game was improved comprehension of the narrative and helped viewers be more invested into the storyworld.   https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57e6f783c534a54769932189/57f7075e03596e345f8efb16/57f71d3e46c3c4ab7346163f/1475815534973/testing.JPG Game Bridge_old Finally, our group members each wrote sections of the paper, which were compiled and editing by a team member to submit for publication, which you can learn more about here: https://www.id.iit.edu/tvx2016/program/full-and-short-papers/ http://www.ryanpmcdonnell.com/war-drone daily 0.75 2016-10-09 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57e6f783c534a54769932189/t/57faa448e58c6208093e568c/1476043849042/flippedFlag.jpg War Drone https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57e6f783c534a54769932189/57f72834b3db2bbcce93130f/57faa8e8f7e0abb4aeffaffb/1476052574099/ War Drone - War Drone Video Demo The inspiration for this project came from the visualization shown below, called Out of Sight, Out of Mind created by Pitch Interactive. Their visualization is a poignant look at the number of casualties of the US drone policy, and served as a starting point for me to consider how to represent the impact of drone strikes if they were not out of sight. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57e6f783c534a54769932189/57f72834b3db2bbcce93130f/57fac1a42e69cfd1ffb6dab9/1476053332939/oosoom.JPG War Drone Once I had chosen US drone strikes as my topic, I researched and analyzed related projects to create a Competitive Analysis. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57e6f783c534a54769932189/57f72834b3db2bbcce93130f/57faa8caf7e0abb4aeffaee8/1476053816903/compet_analysis.jpg War Drone Once I knew key aspects of what I wanted to include in my project, I formed a low fidelity prototype, with limited interactions and a basic user interface. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57e6f783c534a54769932189/57f72834b3db2bbcce93130f/57fac8ecff7c5085cbe2a926/1476054105903/first+iteration.JPG War Drone After receiving feedback from peers, I needed to better organize the interaction pattern, so I created a storyboard that laid out the screen by screen flow of the simulation. The storyboard helped to take advantage of the affordances of a simulation, in addition to revealing that my early version had a lack of user agency. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57e6f783c534a54769932189/57f72834b3db2bbcce93130f/57faa8c9d482e9a19e581f51/1476055113666/storyboard.jpg War Drone After additional user testing, my final iteration of the simulation incorporated real world data tied into choices the user made, including targets, casualties, and locations. The UI was also updated to have more transparent and responsive interactions for the user, including removing the large green attack zone, and having casualty numbers better reflect user decisons. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57e6f783c534a54769932189/57f72834b3db2bbcce93130f/57faa8c9f7e0abb4aeffaee3/1476055355081/walkthrough.jpg War Drone Future goals of the design include incorporating education of how drone strikes are conducted and casualties tallied, and adding narrative elements to increase immersion for the interactor. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57e6f783c534a54769932189/57f72834b3db2bbcce93130f/57faa8c3d482e9a19e581f1f/1476044996023/breakdown3.JPG War Drone http://www.ryanpmcdonnell.com/in-the-rain daily 0.75 2016-10-09 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57e6f783c534a54769932189/t/57f7280eb3db2bbcce9312cc/1475815439475/banksy.jpg in the rain https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57e6f783c534a54769932189/57f7205120099ee9d2eb04e0/57f7220a15d5db2cf00f496d/1476057329375/home.JPG in the rain - photo cred - Banksy I drew inspiration from the above Banksy image, as well as my research on the history of representation of race through technology. The video below shows a short series of interactions as the user enters the frame. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57e6f783c534a54769932189/57f7205120099ee9d2eb04e0/57f720c49de4bb9c979a77be/1476057301728/ in the rain - in the rain video While technology is often seen as impartial, there have been many examples of darker skin tones being poorly represented by digital technologies, including image analytics and facial recognition. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57e6f783c534a54769932189/57f7205120099ee9d2eb04e0/57f720c4376ceb8fd6170699/1475813572193/ in the rain https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57e6f783c534a54769932189/57f7205120099ee9d2eb04e0/57f7220ae3df28e37ff897f6/1476057277480/bad.png in the rain I also drew inspiration from artist Hye Yeon Nam, in her work entitled Self Portrait. I wanted to incorporate the idea of not fitting in with representations of technology. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57e6f783c534a54769932189/57f7205120099ee9d2eb04e0/57fad587440243944e054246/1476057256128/hyeYeonNam.png in the rain For implementation, I used a Kinect as well as OpenNI and Particle physics libraries and examples, coded within Processing. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57e6f783c534a54769932189/57f7205120099ee9d2eb04e0/57f7220af5e23175d8f015dd/1476056845097/kinect.png in the rain As soon as the interactor is picked up by the Kinect, their silhouette is shown on the screen as rain begins to fall. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57e6f783c534a54769932189/57f7205120099ee9d2eb04e0/57f723c046c3c4ab73462c6e/1476057227728/rain.JPG in the rain When the interactor puts their hands together, an umbrella appears, shielding them from the rain. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57e6f783c534a54769932189/57f7205120099ee9d2eb04e0/57f723a1b3db2bbcce930887/1476057219190/umbrella.JPG in the rain When the interactor picks up an umbrella handle connected to the Makey Makey, their silhouette turns black, and as wind starts to blow rain begins to fill up the screen, until the user is completely gone. However if the user releases the handle, their silhouette turns white again and the rain returns to normal. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57e6f783c534a54769932189/57f7205120099ee9d2eb04e0/57f723a129687fbc11c03784/1476057184105/full+rain.JPG in the rain Future design goals include having multiple interactors on the screen together, with their silhouettes being affected differently based on what objects they are holding. http://www.ryanpmcdonnell.com/portfolio daily 0.75 2016-03-03 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57e6f783c534a54769932189/t/57faf74abe6594fd88c57ff1/1457039379057/ portfolio - Caravan In hac habitasse platea dictumst. Fusce eu erat tincidunt, dapibus sem scelerisque, dapibus nibh. 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