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As the picture shows, I have begun to analyze the Massachusetts Dental Society database to obtain statistics regarding the population of members that accept the MassHealth insurance program. This is not the format which I plan to use for my infographic, however the executive director of MDS asked that I provide him with a spreadsheet that stratifies district and specialty for all MDS members and non members. He will be handing out this spreadsheet in his meetings with employees, as well as preliminary meetings with state legislators.

Unfortunately, this spreadsheet took me significantly longer than I expected it would, as the database that I am analyzing is highly unorganized. A large number of members did not have their correct licenses inputted, and there is no unique identification number to sort them by. I also needed to remove all of the retired dentists, as they are still in the MDS database when they do not actually represent the population of practicing dentists. Furthermore, there were a large number of duplicate and misspelled entries that I needed to fix. In a small sample size this is easy, but is very difficult when a database has upwards of 4,000 members. This spreadsheet alone took me upwards of five hours to create, when it would have taken me one to two if I did not need to cleanse the database before creating it. I am working on another spreadsheet that calculates statistics relative to license issue date and gender. The executive director does not want a handout of these, but would like them included in the final product of the infographic. Once again, this will involve cleansing a large and highly unorganized portion of the database.

In regards to the spreadsheet, each column is one of the 14 districts that Massachusetts is separated into. I highlighted alternating columns in blue to give it more contrast and make it more accessible for the part of my audience that has some form of visual impairment. For each district, I have then stratified the members by their specialty of dental work. The percentage shown in each specialty is the percentage of MDS members of that specialty and located that district that are currently accepting MassHealth insurance. The numbers below the percentages are the numbers that accept MassHealth and the numbers that don’t. After discussing with the director of dental practice, we felt that it was misleading to not show the numbers themselves in the spreadsheet breakdown because some of the percentages are misleading when the sample sizes are excessively small. However, the director of dental practice would not like me to go into this great of depth when I create the infographic itself.

When I now go ahead and create my infographic, I plan to use a graphic design program. At the request of the director of dental practice, I am going to the infographic to highlight the portions of the MDS member population to show that MDS members are accepting MassHealth as favorably as possible. The purpose of this infographic is to help show the state legislature that a law allowing dental hygienists to perform dental work is unnecessary. I plan to use a font type that is aesthetically pleasing, but powerful. I also plan to use images that help accomplish this goal.

I would also appreciate it if this chart, as well as the work I am doing be kept confidential. While there is no member specific sensitive information, this is not a public database that I am analyzing, and I am not yet sure if the Massachusetts Dental Society will be releasing this data to the public. I understand that Tumblr is a public forum, but I do not plan on giving out the address of my Tumblr account to any outside parties. I have no problem sharing this with my group members within the context of this project, however. Just want to be careful!

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The first infographic is the current floor plan of one floor of the building I am researching. The purpose of this is to define the parameters of each room and provide a basic idea of the layout of the apartments. It has some rough measurements. This particular drawing gave my vision some structure because I can see what I want to change and what things I don’t want to move at all. For example, the bathrooms already have sewer lines in place that I would not want to move so the current floor plan gives me a baseline that I can work around.

The second infographic is the new floor plan that I created. This is the way that I would like to change the apartments to look. I think the second floor plan makes more sense and it flows better. In this drawing I was able to show the new parameters so that my audience is able to conceptualize the ideas and vision that I have in mind. This is an informative visual as opposed to an instructional one. I think that I will also add some basic financial information that includes revenue and expenses in order to develop a feasibility analysis for the project.

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3/7 Infographic Rough Draft: Warehouse Map

For the Instructive, The Informative, & The Infographic assignment I will be creating a quick informative brochure/postcard for the Nancy Cantor Warehouse at Syracuse University. Currently there isn’t such item to inform the Syracuse University and surrounding community about the facility. Most people know little about the Warehouse and it's occupants and services offered, so For the Informative I will provide informative text explaining that we have rooms free to use for University and Syracuse Communities, two art galleries as well as maker spaces: including wood shop, plastics shop, plot lab for large format printing, digifab lab with 3-d printing. For the Instructions, my brochure will list the appropriate contact information for the occupants and instructions on building use as well as driving instructions. Because The Warehouse is located off main campus in downtown Syracuse, finding the building and parking is challenging so I will include a map to illustrate this and our proximity to the campus.

My postcard will be one third of an 8.5 x 11 sheet, making it 2.83” wide and 11” tall, two-sided on a heavy cardstock. I chose this size because it is similar to other brochures that are folded and easily kept in a pocket (if folded) or in a purse or backpack. One side will have the informative text and a picture of the Warehouse and the SU logo; the other side will have a map and all the contact info and details. My goal is to provide a quick guide that is uncluttered with only pertinent text displayed in a clean crisp manner, with black sans serif type and white/orange background, keeping accessibility in mind. There will be a photo of the Warehouse, so visitors can quickly identify the building when visiting.

On the other instructive side on this post card there will be phone numbers, contact names, driving instructions and a map. There will be a small photo as seen in my map rough draft and the SU logo again. The challenge again will be to keep the design uncluttered, yet detailed and large enough to communicate effectively. I wanted to design my map to have big numbers for the major routes and Syracuse University on there to anchor the map so there’s no confusion what you’re looking at and there’s little need for any further explanation. This map I created has the color grey for the streets which concerns me that it may not provide enough contrast, but I had a difficult time finding an alternative. Also this map is much larger than planned, I’m not sure that it will fit in my overall design, being more detailed than I envisioned. I am creating the whole design in Microsoft Publisher and hopefully can layout 3 to a page so they can be reproduced easily and cut on a standard paper cutter.

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The first post that I connected with was one that stated 3 simple statements; “Music today. Music tomorrow. Music forever.” I found the design to be effective, as the text was written in a somewhat digitally faded font. The message caught my attention because music is without a doubt a huge part of my everyday life. I honestly don’t even know when could have possibly been the last day I went without listening to some sort of music, and I feel that might be true for many others as well. Music is a great medium to release certain emotions. It’s amazing how whether you may be feeling angry, sad, happy, etc. chances are you have certain songs that can help you out in those situations. Music has the ability to get you through almost every situation imaginable, and not to mention it keeps you company whenever you step out of your house and are going somewhere. The second post I found interesting was one that read “Always look at what you have left. Never look at what you have lost.” It is a quote by Robert Schuller. I thought the design of this post was very intriguing because it had a series of steps laid out in front of you as if that is what’s left for you to reach whatever you are striving for. In the case of the picture that would be the bottom of the steps. I felt the design did a great job of capturing the quote. The post makes me think about how I should always keep my priorities in check when trying to achieve something. I cannot get caught up in things that I have gone through, rather I need to focus on the small steps I need to accomplish in order to reach the end goal. The third post that I enjoyed was a vine that briefly covered nickelodeon shows from the 1990s. I loved this post because it brought me back to my childhood. The vine had animations of shows like CatDog, Doug, the Rugrats, Jimmy Neutron, and Ren and Stimpy among others. These were the shows that I grew up on and it was cool to see this “tribute” to those shows. Although the post did make me realize how old I’ve become, those shows meant everything to me and were a joy to watch as a kid. Lastly, the final post that caught my attention was one that states “You never know how strong you are until being strong is the only choice you have.” This quote is one of the most famous by Bob Marley, and that immediately drew me in because I am a fan of his. The design did a great job of communicating this message because behind the words is a picture of a black wolf, covered in snow with a somewhat determined/serious look in his eyes. Wolves are strong animals themselves, and they must be strong in order to survive on an everyday basis. The use of the wolf really did a good job painting a picture for this quote. The words themselves made me think about how everyone, whether they know it or not, is a strong individual. Sometimes, it just takes some digging deep down and certain circumstances for us to discover our true strength.

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Reflection Week 5

This week, I decided to find more images and post that can relate to the three documents I will create.

The first image I have is of a new game called No Man’s Sky. This game has been rated in 2015 as the Most Highly Anticipated Game of 2016. The graphics and endless universe that will be implemented in it has never been done before. This is a perfect “extra” infographic comparison to use; exclusive. This game is only going to be available for the PS4 and Microsoft Windows, no XBox.

The second image is a comparison between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders. This is sort of like the format I will do with my comparison with the three main consoles. There will be pros and cons and as little bias as possible.

Next, we see an HDD for the PS4. This can fall under the instructive type of text because we can see how an HDD is installed into a PS4. This can also allow for users to purchase a bigger HDD storage and manually upgrade it themsevles if they know how to.

Last, we see an image of remote play, which is a function that the PS4 allows. This will go under informative because it is definitely one of the more underrated functions that the PS4 can be used for. It’s something I have spent a good amount of time doing because I usually leave the room my PS4 is in.

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