Week 8 - Capstone

What Wows? - D4G Methodology

Description

This week I finished wire framing the website according to the website structure I did last week. I did these on my iPad's procreate.

(on the Miro it says it's on week 7, ignore that. It's just because I started it in week 7 and I din't want to shift or duplicate it to this week, when I finished it.)

[Figure 1: Wire frame of website layout. My Miro]

I then had a talk with Diana and she gave me a revelation, the design of my website service wasn't introvert friendly. Not everyone wanted their first experience with religion to be in such a public setting as the open-mic panels. I did think of the introvert demographic by providing the anonymous blogs and forums on my website but I needed to think of a way to introduce the sensitive topic to the introverted demographic.

And so I included a podcast series into the operation and updated my website design. So instead of the panel being the call to action/signature of the website, it was now the podcast. Users open my website to see the podcast and whether alone or in a group, you can control the pace in which you learn about religious diversity.

The podcast series will have a host (which is me) and a guest who has a positive experience with religious diversity in the workplace.

[Figure 2: Updated operations and website design checklist. My Miro]

I forgot to say this in the LAST BLOG but last week I was also researching for my brand identity (ideating some logos, exploring colour schemes, finding the right fonts and graphics). And this week I finalised it.

[Figure 3: My Brand; Logo, colour palette, graphics and fonts. My Miro, Coolors.co]

Feelings

I had mixed feelings this week. On one hand I hated how I had this revelation as I was starting on my website, but on the other i'm glad I hadn't seriously started prototyping otherwise changing would've been too late and hard, since I was just wire framing it wasn't that hard to go back and redo my website design/structure. I was however a bit peeved that Diana didn't tell me this revelation on Tuesday but told me on Thursday because I had just finished the wire frame prototypes on the Wednesday. I guess I could've made the revelation myself and that I shouldn't be so dependant on her so I can't be too peeved, but it's hard to admit to my wrongs so just let me be peeved.

Evaluations and Analysis I've realised that there is a pattern with Diana's feedback. She checks in on Tuesday class and she sort of just listens to us and gives us agreeing feedback, or just not too life changing feedback. But then come Thursday class and in the check-in she hits you with life changing feedback that changes your project on it's heels, and though I don't like it because this pattern of hers causes me stress and makes me want to avoid her so she doesn't give me life changing feedback, her feedback (though life changing) is actually very insightful. So it works but doesn't at the same time. In terms of me what's working right now, in this week (and last), is that I prepared a website design checklist and structure before prototyping my website to make it easier on myself (I think I said this in the last blog but I want to reiterate it cause I'm quite proud that I did this step). Even though I had finished my wire framing before she gave me that insight about the Introverted demographic, which led to the creation of the podcast series, I'm glad that I had at least something already and not just waited for her life changing feedback before I did anything.

Conclusion and Action plan

To be honest I don't think there's anything I can do about Diana's pattern but I'm glad I learned about it (though it's a bit late), that way going forward I can try to cover all the bases of why I thought of the things I did in the project so she has no reason to give me life/project changing feedback (I should probably stop calling it life changing, capstone is not life [Yes it is]). I also won't be waiting for her project (hehe) changing feedback before I start on a task either (even if I want to because she might tell me so changing that what I did was useless or something) because process documentation.