To begin, I’d like to illustrate msu.seum by the numbers… 6 CHI fieldschool students 2 programmers 2 UX designers 2 content curators 10 days 60 hours… officially – some have kept working off the clock! over 1000 commits to our file repository 42 folders and subfolders 300+ files, all manually generated and coded msu.seum is […]
This week, we presented our final project, msu.seum, to our fieldschool counterparts in the Campus Archaeology Program and I have to say that it was the high point of the week for me. Though we have been hard at work this week developing the user interface, coding, and compiling content, this was the first opportunity […]
“You study… culture? What are you gonna do with that?” Throughout my pursuit of higher education, my answer to the question, “So, Rachael, what are you studying?” is always countered with, “And what is that? What do you do?” My studies in the humanities – Cultural Studies as an undergrad, now Digital Rhetoric and Professional […]
This week’s project, wherein we collaborated with the MSU Campus Archaeology Fieldschool, was to create a user experience that facilitates an interaction with the heritage of the University’s campus. We were given the choice to work with Foursquare or Gowalla, both mobile check-in services. This project was an interesting experience itself that highlighted how we can […]
Concept: City as museum Name: Tourist Trap **A better name would highlight the temporal & “local flavor” aspects of this tour app while also being super catchy. Project Description Tourist Trap prevents travellers from being trapped in chains. This is a tool for busy travellers who do not want to get trapped wasting their limited […]
My name is Rachael and I am student in the Digital Rhetoric and Professional Writing MA program at MSU. In my MA studies thus far, I’ve focused on building technical skills in web development, technical communication, and moviemaking. I place a high value on the ability to produce work that is accessible and useful to its […]
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