A project we created in my usability class (CIS 368 – Usability Design & Evaluation) was super interesting. Every group decided on a project, an application they would like to design. Then we went through several process such as Contextual Inquiry (understand current solutions) Contextual Analysis (analyze results, find out possible improvements) Ideation (creative process…
So I have already been two football games at Grand Valley. Here are some impressions Football Game #1 – September 7 Football Game #2 – September 14
Grand Valley State University’s Library is really photogenic (And their busses..)
Another trip to Chicago resulted in more pictures
Here some pictures of the demolition derby at Grant County Fairgrounds in Moses Lake:
Last night a lightning kept us all awake. It was pretty amazing. All around us we saw it happening. Lucky us we did not get hit by it.
Washington state has a pretty important and big history in the area of electrical power generation. During World War II it had a great impact. Not only did the Grand Coulee Dam deliver energy for the citizens of Washington. It delivered energy for building Boing aircrafts, nuclear research and not to underestimate the Columbia Basin…
Now I am at the farm where my brother and his wife live. My brother’s working on a silo to get it up and running for wheat-harvest. Since the silos have not been used for a while there is quite some work to put them back together. Silo The transportation system of the wheat, which…
Android During the first week of Summer School we looked at Android and developed some very basic applications. Learning the fundamental concepts and for example using an Rest-API such as the one of Foursquare. iOS In this week we are looking into iOS and try to get some foothold there. Today we simply started…
The Sleeping Bear Dunes On sunday we decided to go to the Sleeping Bear Dunes. These dunes are located at Lake Michigan and it provides a nice view. Energy-loaded kids, people, dogs may climb down the dunes and up again, however most of them underestimate the effort to climb the dunes again. A dog for…
Saturday we have been to Grand Haven. It is a very interesting beach, since it is located at a lake – more precisely Lake Michigan. This means, that compared to other beaches, there is no salt water.
Since I should not use my swiss cell phone-number in the US (quite expensive roaming) I decided to get an AT&T Sim-Card called ‘GoPhone®‘ for my iPhone 4. As soon as I started using the number I received a call that was not intended for me. A little bit later I received following text message…
The only possibility to sustain the heat is to dive down into colder areas 😉 Actually… it was almost warmer in the pool than outside – however it was a lot of fun. I could try out scuba diving ^^ Hosted by Paul Leidig and his son John. Thank you very much! It was a…
Even though I am abroad I still have the same needs as if I was in Switzerland. One of those needs is eating and therefore you have go to a breakfast-restaurant or eat Froot Loops® By the way: Buying food is not always an easy task. We usually go to the local store Meijer and…
Here are some pictures of the Allendale Campus.
