Capstone Reflection

I learned a few things from the couple of the capstones that I looked at. I learned a lot from Even Roberts, who did the concept of the iFridge. I thought the idea was so cool, but it wasn't just that. It was also how he presented it, especially the new knowledge that Apple had come out with an app that helped you make an ebook. I thought it was so cool what you could do in it, not just words but also pictures and animations as well. It's $5.00 if I found the right thing at the App Store so maybe I can play around with that a bit for my own capstone, though I'm not totally sure for what or why. He also taught me some things the iPad can do, I had just recently gotten one and was still pretty new to its features and uses.

I also learned from Samantha Tarkington, the presenter that did a comic. She was the only one that asked me what exactly I was doing for my own capstone when I asked her the last question about advice. Like I'm planning to do she worked on a story that was old, and dear to her heart. Because of that it made things harder, especially getting things up to the expectations that you have for something so dear to you. I might not have as much of a problem that she had since I'm using words to describe things, which is open to interpretation, while her drawings are not, they simply are what they are.

I also went to see Zachary Paquette’s, he was in my capstone group and had an idea somewhat similar to my own. Seeing how he presented his gave me an idea how I could present mine without having to worry constantly about someone coming up and taking my stuff, because I would need to at least include my or a computer for display as well as my iPad, since I have every intention on making my website interactive so it switches well between at least computer and tablet.

Capstone Interviews

Interview Questions

1.      Why did you choose this for your capstone project?

2.      What are some of the changes that you had to make between your original  idea and what you are presenting today?

3.      What is your opinion of the timeline for your capstone? Was it helpful or a waste of time? Why?

4.      If you could change anything about your capstone, what would that be?

5.      What advice would you give me in planning for my capstone?

Even Roberts (iFridge concept book)

1.       Health is a big thing in his life, and he believed that the kitchen centered around the fridge, so making a fridge that would've made it easier for someone to eat healthy was the way to go.

2.       The original idea was centered around the new ability to make ebooks for the iPad, messing with the new technology to see how it could be used in real life and his job.

3.       He thought the timelines were a good idea, they can keep you on track or show how far behind you are.

4.       He would've actually liked to have built a prototype of the iFridge instead of just a concept book.

5.       Find something you like and enjoy doing, so it doesn't feel like work and you don't get tired of it.

Samantha Tarkington (comic The Gem Caller)

1.       At first she wanted to do an animation but she didn't feel confident in her abilities to make it great so instead decided to go with a comic.

2.       She had to cut down the size of her comic down to one chapter, as well as just doing a comic instead of doing the comic with a short animation at the end.

3.       A timeline is a good idea, if you follow it. She had a timeline but had a bad habit of not following it.

4.       She would've liked to go back over a few of her comic panels and work on making them better quality than she believed them to be.

5.       Be careful with working on stories near and close to your heart, it's really hard to make your work meet the expectations of it that you have in your head.

Saviss Mahmoudi (A Tutorial on an Optical Finer - Cylinder Machine)

1.       He worked for LensCraft and believed that something was missing when it came to learning how lenses were made.

2.       He wanted to originally do a lab with a lot of models.

3.       Believed that the timeline was a good thing even though he didn’t follow it 100%, but they were mostly just a couple missed deadlines and stuck mostly to it.

4.       He believed that the lighting in the animation was too light or too dark at certain points and would like to go back and fix those parts.

5.       Start as early as possible, don’t wait to start until after you’ve taken classes, stick to the timeline.