thisoldhouse:

Creating a Secret Garden (Photo: Dale Horchner)

My little garden. #urbangardening

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herbs

joonseo-pcomp:

Audio Script 1

Hello. Welcome to SVA, Interaction Design program. I am an old rotary phone, created to connect people who visit here by sharing photos and messages online. So, at the count of 3, I will take a photo. Ready? 3,2,1, (shutter)

Audio Script 2

Now I am going to ask a question. 

“How would you describe your feeling right now?” 

Here are the options. Please dial the number after you hear all the options.

1 happy

2 sad

3 awesome

4 stressed

5 tired

6 hopeless

7 geeky

8 flirty

9 Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. 

None of above, dial 0.

Audio Script 3

Thank you for sharing your photo and feeling. Now you are connected to many others who have visited here and shared their feelings. Follow us @svaixd to see your connection. Now you may hang up. 

Joonseo's Physical computing: Final Project: Curious Rotary Documentation →

joonseo-pcomp:

Arduino Code

// AUTHORS Joonseo Bae & Myn Kang

// CREDITS

/* Interface a rotary phone dial to an Arduino: http://www.instructables.com/id/Interface-a-rotary-phone-dial-to-an-Arduino/ */

/*Michael Yap, Carrie Stiens, Katy Newton*/

int needToPrint = 0;

int count;

int…

“And that’s what I think the magic ingredient is, the secret sauce, is can you invoke wonder. Wonder is honest, it’s completely innocent. It can’t be artificially evoked. For me, there’s no greater ability than the gift of another human being giving you that feeling — to hold them still just for a brief moment in their day and have them surrender to wonder. When it’s tapped, the affirmation of being alive, it reaches you almost to a cellular level. And when an artist does that to another artist, it’s like you’re compelled to pass it on. It’s like a dormant command that suddenly is activated in you, like a call to Devil’s Tower. Do unto others what’s been done to you. The best stories infuse wonder.”  -Andrew Stanton”

Shake & Fold

small interventions = great impact

I love this project by my classmates!

garychou:

This is so awesome.

Curious Rotary. (SVA IxD welcome project)

Final project video for Physical Computing. 

Documentation is coming soon ;)

a little note to my entrepreneur self

Things I’ve learned and gone through by being an Entrepreneur.

1. Learning to HUSTLE! 
This word got stuck in my mind after Tina Roth Eisenberg(Swiss-Miss) talked at our Entrepreneurial Design class and has continued to echo throughout the whole process. This “work ethic” got Metro Fitter to be connected to Thrillist, got my blog post to be reblogged over 1000 times, got me to find right people to start a company and got many other great things to happen. It’s a magic word. Thanks Tina.

2. Empowerment
I’ve never thought that I am an entrepreneur material, but I got excited about an idea, then it became a project, and then it became a business. Without really knowing, I was an entrepreneur, and I was really enjoying it. At one point, I couldn’t believe that I made something and got it out there not just as a student, but as a entrepreneur. It felt empowering. It felt awesome. 

3. Forget perfection. Fuck it Ship it
There were times I spent a lot of time on trying to make things perfect. But the perfection never came and ended up wasting a lot of time. Then I heard a phrase Fuck it Ship it which came from Beta Works. MVP is the way to go. Get things out there as fast as possible. 

4. Networking
 Cold email, twitter, facebook, linkedIn, tumblr. you tell me. There are so many networking tools out there, and to be honest, I did not take advantage of it much. But I saw how powerful those tools can be, so I will keep pushing myself to use these tools to create online persona, share my thoughts and create more meaningful relationships through both online and offline networking.

5. Ah, those brave moments of putting my product and part of me out there
this probably was the hardest part for me. I am an inherent introvert, and when I decided to push my idea further so that it could become a product or service, I also had to decide that I will push myself further out from my comfort zone. oh those stressful and anxious nights… but at the end, I gained more than lost.

 I have definitely not gone through so many more things that other startup founders went through, but I did get a taste of it. I already am facing a huge mountain to climb after our beta launch and it’s big one. Talking to MTA and all the legal stuff…. sigh. It looks like there will be some pivoting and more stressful and anxious nights are waiting for me, but I am more excited than scared. There are so many more things I’ve learned by being an entrepreneur, and this is a brief list that I wanted to record and share so I could remind myself in the future of these lessons.

Lastly, Thanks to Gary Chou and Christina Cacioppo, Entrepreneurial Design professors and the two rare venture capitalists who care for other people and willing to help, for an amazing and life-changing experience.