Design Festa!

I really liked how our projects turned out. I wish I could have had more time to really make mine wonderful and actually include all of the other people I have met in Tokyo. I liked that the little phone messages from my neighbor's friends worked as a path, but there are a few other people I had talked to and collected pictures/audio to include in my project. With one friend I took pictures in Yoyogi park and with anther I recorded part of a conversation we had one day. I really wish I could have included all of that in time, but overall I think mine looked ok.

I didn't think I was going to like using Google Earth because I thought it was going to much more difficult that it actually was. The most difficult thing about finishing the project was trying to capture the screen without making any mistakes! There were so many times when I had to restart my screen capture because I had clicked on the wrong spot or the wrong track. Other than that I'm glad that my project was finished in time for the exhibition and I probably will try to make my project better for the exhibition in September!! :D

Revision to my Final Project Idea

Instead of exploring my neighborhood, I'm going to plot the places I've met people and link the bubbles on MyMap to stories and pictures about how I've met these people and what I've learned about them.

My arist statement might not be as easy to write because I dont' have a specific purpose for this project, but after hearing from our speaker on Tuesday I might have a purpose. It's not impossible to meet new people in big cities. After living in a big city for too long people might begin to think that it's difficult to make friends on trains or in bars or even just on the street. So far, I've found that it isn't. I've met people in other big cities accross the world and if I had more time I would be able to include little biographices about them. But for now I'll plot these people and show that you can find a friend anywhere and especially in Tokyo. :D