This week's one was interesting. Many people came to present great ideas and some of them really have good intentions of benefiting society. Their success is defined by how much they can impact the world and make it a better place.
I really liked the preschool one because 1) I love kids, 2) Parents are so stressed and busy, 3) this app will benefit kids, parents and teachers! I can still remember my preschool days of colouring, using the computer, dancing and all that. It was always fun to tell my parents the adventures that I experienced at school everyday. I don't know my final project grouping, so I'm interested in this idea, but open to other ideas too.
I also noted that its becoming incredibly hard to come up with ideas that no one has thought of before. In a way, it makes me feel insecure that whatever "creative" ideas I have could be already be implemented by the person living down the road or across the globe. Yet, I recall from a previous lecture that went something like, "if no one has done a similar idea to yours, then its likely that there is some problem associated with that" Somehow, I feel a little confused. It's not ok that others have implemented it before and done a much better job, and its also not safe to work on a totally new idea?
Gnomerella: I made a simple short video to demonstrate gameplay, you can see it at this link:
I hope that others can appreciate the amount of effort that we put into this. Every piece of graphic is created from scratch by Gia, and the server response time is just _instant_. We have a really cute and awesome game idea, but due to time constraints, its not up to perfection.
Mobile cloud: I'm using trello for the first time! And we are developing a web app that I can see myself and friends using. I am still in a learning phase; reading up lots of articles and checking out some frameworks. Everything is organised into sprints, so we can work efficiently.
Keep calm and press on
~Pei Yi
I really liked the preschool one because 1) I love kids, 2) Parents are so stressed and busy, 3) this app will benefit kids, parents and teachers! I can still remember my preschool days of colouring, using the computer, dancing and all that. It was always fun to tell my parents the adventures that I experienced at school everyday. I don't know my final project grouping, so I'm interested in this idea, but open to other ideas too.
I also noted that its becoming incredibly hard to come up with ideas that no one has thought of before. In a way, it makes me feel insecure that whatever "creative" ideas I have could be already be implemented by the person living down the road or across the globe. Yet, I recall from a previous lecture that went something like, "if no one has done a similar idea to yours, then its likely that there is some problem associated with that" Somehow, I feel a little confused. It's not ok that others have implemented it before and done a much better job, and its also not safe to work on a totally new idea?
Gnomerella: I made a simple short video to demonstrate gameplay, you can see it at this link:
I hope that others can appreciate the amount of effort that we put into this. Every piece of graphic is created from scratch by Gia, and the server response time is just _instant_. We have a really cute and awesome game idea, but due to time constraints, its not up to perfection.
Mobile cloud: I'm using trello for the first time! And we are developing a web app that I can see myself and friends using. I am still in a learning phase; reading up lots of articles and checking out some frameworks. Everything is organised into sprints, so we can work efficiently.
Keep calm and press on
~Pei Yi
That's life right? Confusing. That's why talking to people is very important. If you have an idea that no one has thought about, talking to people will give you an idea why no one has thought of it, and whether or not it will be a viable idea.
ReplyDeleteSimilarly doing something that others have done is not necessarily a bad thing. The important thing is: Are you different, and are you different in a _good_ way?
Hey Pei Yi! If you find the preschool's idea good, go ahead and get in touch with them! No harm finding out more before deciding with your team if you want to take up the idea :)
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