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Week Seven ☑️ - Final project cooperated with the client

This week we will finish our last project in Ironhack. Time passes so fast. This project is about designing an AR, VR video platform for the users. To get the users' best experience, I and my teammate Carina also did a lot of research, and I even got my pet Berry 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿❤️!!

It is fun to know the AR, VR market is not only a "game thing" anymore; there is also a lot of investment from many big companies to connect it with real-world and the market, such as metaverse. From those examples I saw, this technology will mature very soon. I expect to see this process in human history and I am very happy to be part of it. 🌟

I learned a lot from all the projects and met many friendly people. Sometimes it is a challenge to your mind and energy. However, I believe this experience will become one part of my improvement.

#my dragon

Week Seven ☑️ B2B SaaS Web App - Personal Assistant Emily

This week I finished the last personal project. As I mentioned in the previous blog, I chose a complex problem to solve this project. I was satisfied during the research process. I did not give up on finding the solution, and actually, I found this process quite enjoyable. I'm pleased about this idea after struggling to find the answer.

I got good feedback from my jury Anfisa. She said, "she is happy with my out-of-the-box thinking and the approach of how to complement tools." Of course, there is still some part that can improve continually. However, it helps me understand and know more about my strength and weakness.

I'm looking forward to the last team project.

#Everyone needs a super assistant

Week Six ☑️ B2B SaaS Web App

We got more time spent on the research in the final, personal project. I enjoyed digging deeper into the problem that I could find out and exploring a possible solution for it.

During the research process, I found the problem is a bit complicated and not easy to explain the situation in presentation. Finally, I still chose this topic because that is the trouble for users from my interview result. It turns out to the true. It is not easy to let people understand the presentation. Even though I'll find a way to solve it and think I will be ok, I know that I will learn something from that, whatever the result.

#keeping looking don't settle

How to fly by your style - My thoughts after reading

"How the formulaic approach to UX case studies is numbing our critical thinking as designers, and how to bring a unique point of view to our work."

This article points out our worry as pre-UX designers. We learn, copy the instruction and follow the teaching to do our work to catch the train going to the new career world. We try to learn fast, work fast, trucking in the carousel and no stop, just run. Sometimes, I feel lost in this intense process.

I don't doubt we learn from mimicking the case studies. That's how we learn everything from our childhood. But, the most important thing is putting our points of view/personality more and more. And I believe this "lost" is just a part of the process when we find a new way to a new road. Then, finally, we will be able to find a comfortable way to fly in our style.

*Reference: Case Study Factory, https://essays.uxdesign.cc/case-study-factory/

#case study in real world

Week five ☑️ Small Business Website - SAMSAYA

This week back to the teamwork project. I'm pleased to collaborate with a teammate who is a very effective worker. That's exactly what I want to learn from her: catching the point fast and working fast, so you don't need to struggle at the last minute. During this week, I saw how she managed her time well and learned coding in a short time.

At the weekend, I start my work on the important thing instead of the easy thing, which helps me reduce some stress that I worry I can't finish. I hope I will be able to do it in the same way. 💪🏻🙂

#work smarter not harder

My plan of Remote Contextual Inquiry

For B2B SaaS Web App Project

For this final personal project, I'll use remote interviews and testing to complect my tasks.

1. Identify the users:

I'll focus on the employees who work for the middle side company to see their pain points and how they think about the office software experience. I'll not limit the topic first, since I would like to discover the problem. However, due to information sensitivity, I'll not do any voice and video recording, but I'll make a note of the essential points.

2. Scheduling and conducting visits

I plan to finish these interviews in two days, then I'll have time to figure out the information I get.

3. Analyzing the data

I plan to use the card sorting methodology to tidy up the information. Then I'll be able to go to the next step.

#Remote Contextual Inquiry

Fourth week ☑️e-learning app - Love OnLive Learning

Our project for this week is about creating an e-learning app for people who like to learn online. On Thursday, I stayed up late for completing my prototype and presentation. I recall my memory that when I was around ten years old, I moved from the countryside my grandmother's house to the city and changed my school. So I need to stay up late to complete my homework in the new school. It's funny, this memory comes out of my mind.

Almost half of the way. Next.

#🦾💇🏻‍♀️haircut need

"Android and iOS" or "Android vs iOS"

In next week's project, I will design a new mobile e-learning platform to be launched on both Android and iOS. My primary personas are Alicia. She is International Buyer at Mango. She wants to learn digital marketing and growth hacking to move to the marketing team at her company.

Focused on Android and iOS differences platform, there will have five points of the different designs. I'll show it in the presentation this Friday, which is: 1. Typography 2. Button 3. Moving between states/screens 4. In-app Navigation patterns 5. Floating action button.

1. Typography

2. Button

3. Moving between states/screens

4. In-app Navigation patterns

5. Floating action button

However, there is one thing I would like to share over here as well. In the beginning, I felt confused that I needed to separate one app into two different styles for Android and iOS. However, after I read the article in the reading lists, "You don't always need to follow native Android or iOS patterns when designing an app", I agree with its idea. As a learner, I know it is good to practice all the tasks we will meet in the future.

Here are the quotes which I would like to share:

"This thinking ultimately leads us to create a separation between iOS and Android users, rather than simply seeing them all as human beings."

"It limits our design, our approach, and our understanding by assuming that we should and must solve the problems we encounter in a certain way; that is, by following platform conventions."

* Reference:

https://medium.muz.li/differences-between-designing-native-ios-apps-and-native-android-apps-e71256dfa1ca

https://medium.com/@vedantha/interaction-design-patterns-ios-vs-android-111055f8a9b7

https://uxplanet.org/you-dont-always-need-to-follow-native-android-or-ios-ui-patterns-when-designing-an-app-2a361a21c342

Third week ☑️ Add a feature - Spotify, Karaoke mode

It almost passes 1/3 process of this campus. This week back to team project again. The best part of teamwork is your teammate share the work with you, and you can see the different people’s talent and learn something from your teammates. Also, compared with a single project, we have time to practice before our presentation.

The exciting part of this project is we need to add a new feature to an existing app. Therefore, we need to remind ourselves to balance user needs and branding. This process makes me think a lot about how the process will work when the users' needs contradict the branding. Who will be the winner?

#users' needs and branding

Less is more - My thoughts after reading

"The influence of past experience on perception can be demonstrated in the following puzzling experience"

The interesting part is our reading way to the one thing we see, which is very related to our background. What we were seeing and experiencing connects the message together. That is why research and testing are very important for UX work, we cannot see all we can see so that we need to "learn to see" more.

" [Design] is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works. —Steve Jobs

The article, also mentions one idea about a good design is useableness. I agree with this idea in some kinds of design. And also for simple design is more difficult than complicated, because it gets rid of the part not necessary and focuses on the main point. Easy use and every detail are essential. That would be the most design way which I would like to do.

#less is more

Second-week check ☑️ Habits Tracking App - Goal House!

The first campus project, which I did on my own. Compared with the team project, you need to do everything by yourself, and also no one could discuss it together. In my case, it was a bit difficult to make a decision while I was stuck in the research process. Due to the hesitated to let the movement slower. It causes the processing delay and needs to suffer at the end of the deadline. That is what I learned from the second week, people's suggestions and feedback help you clear the idea and easier complete the task.

#Feedback lets you grow.

Crits – A reflection

Today we were presented our project ideas and Crits. I find out with this present way, I got a lot of feedback from my classmates and teacher. I can think about the problem I didn't discover before and review my user flow again. I feel it is difficult to ask a neutral question more than you just directly say out loud your opinion. For me, it's good to practice that how to propose a proper question at present. Also, I got a quote from my classmate Carina which I like a lot: " Don't worry to fall, we are here to learn"!

#neutral question

First-week check ☑️ That's an app for that - Outdoor today!

I can't believe we made it the first week and the time passes so fast in this way. And it was so nice to experience to start it from research (interviews) then we find out the interviewees' pain points. Furthermore to come out with the many solutions, then recheck the interviewee's pain point to confirm our design decision is the correct direction. Review the presentation and thinking how we can do it better next time.

The whole process is very helpful and I'm growing from this process.

Happy Tuesday!

I slept very well last night. Today our team members sit together to prepare the single-function “utility” project. We practiced the interview skills that we learned in this class. I feel the benefit to having teammates is "Together is power". Each of us has different competencies, like an alliance, we cover each other weaknesses and also share our knowledge which makes this team stronger. For me, the part I especially like is that after I finished an interviewer they give me feedback. I learned a lot from that, it helps me to review the way I was doing and I can improve it next time. That's the thing I'll not be able to have alone.

At the same time, we practiced swapping the role as well, we separate the work, someone did the interview, some made a note and someone made feedback. We check our work together, your teammate can always pass positive energy to you, to encourage you to work harder. That's a wonderful part of teamwork. I think I'll sleep well tonight too.

#teampower

Morning, Ironhackers!

I just finished my first-day class and doing the homework. It's really a great day, very nice to start it by knowing everyone's name first (How come everyone's memory is so good, it really impressed me! )

In the afternoon, we learned the design thinking methodology - Double Diamond and why it's important for UX research to do it in a diverging and converging way. We also use 10 usability Heuristics for User Interface Design to evaluate a website and make a quick presentation.

The first project will be coming soon and end by this Friday, see you tomorrow, everyone!

*Teamwork practice with my classmate Ainara. : )

My first post

Hello, everyone: I come from Taiwan, based in Barcelona. My educational background is related to brand management and commercial design.

I enjoy exploring the difference between diverse cultures and people, I love to transmit positive energy within nature. I am skilled in interpreting complicated stories and transforming them into simple visual images and words.

Currently, I would like to change my career and I'm excited to learn about UX in the Ironhack campus !!

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