Sarah Doody
I can’t believe it’s already September. At this time every year I feel like it’s a good time to hit reset. I think it’s because in childhood, September was always associated with a fresh start thanks to so many years of schooling. There was always an influx of new friends, new grade, new places, new goals.
Recently I spent the day at an amusement park. After our group had gone on one of the coasters, we immediately headed for the place where you can see photos of yourselves on the rides. The photos were displayed on small little screens so you could decide if you wanted to buy it or not.
A few days ago I was in a design review meeting for a project that I’m working on with some collaborators. The project is well into the visual design phase right now – but in the middle of the meeting, the visual designer brought up a few problems that she’d encountered while designing out the steps I’d created wireframes for.
I’m in the middle of a few huge projects right now. We’re in the wire-frame phase right now, which means I’m making a ton of screens and honestly my brain is totally overwhelmed. So much effort and thought goes into good design.
A few days ago I was visiting a friend of mine in Canada. She has her own business refinishing furniture and has become really successful at it. But it’s funny because growing up she was never into doing that type of stuff. She taught herself all about refinishing furniture by watching YouTube videos and simply doing it over and over.
Last weekend I was out at the beach two hours from NYC. To get to the beach I take a bus. You can pay for your ticket in advance or on the bus. There’s a person on the bus that goes down the aisle and collects payment from each of the passengers. As I watched her try to balance in the aisle, I realized it’s a pretty time-consuming process. While I was sitting on the bus watching her, I had an idea.
This week’s photo is from the America’s Cup World Series, which was in NYC on May 7-8th. I honestly didn’t know anything about this sport, but it’s quite impressive from both an athletic and technology perspective.Continue reading
Everyone is talking about virtual reality (VR) right now. Recently I had the chance to take part in a VR workshop and it was really eye-opening. Prior to this, I hadn’t used any VR devices, not even Google Cardboard. I get motion sickness, so I was concerned that viewing any VR stuff would make me sick. But turns out, I was fine.
When I travel to a new place, I hate wasting time at the beginning of each day asking: “What should we do today?”. So now before I go on a trip I always try to search travel sites and blogs to find ideas before hand (shocking, I know). Then I make two lists, the “musts” and “maybes”. This ensures I always have a short list of ideas to rely on.
I’m a runner and my first big race this year was going to be a marathon in May. But, I recently got an injury and have spent the last few weeks trying to figure out what’s wrong. So disappointing! And if you’re a runner, you know how torturous it is to not be able to run.