Derek Frisicchio – IXD@Pratt

Encouraging People To Take Action Towards Climate Change

By Derek Frisicchio / May 2, 2023 / Projects

Project Overview This website redesign effort for ClimateScience.org was the final project for the “Projects in IXD” course at Pratt Institute’s School of Information. The team members were Yang Cheng (’23), Samika Rastogi (’23), and Derek Frisicchio (’23). The redesign effort was advised by Professor Hasan Hachem. The team at ClimateScience.org was observed having issues …

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Funding & Planning Accessibility for the MTA

By Derek Frisicchio / December 12, 2022 / Projects

By @derek-frisicchio, @shan-chang, @sfairoos, & @cathyjhu The MTA’s Current Status with Accessibility In the United States, there are over 70 light rail, rapid rail, commuter rail, monorail, and inclined-plane systems. According to the Federal Transit Authority’s (FTA) National Transit Database, 72% of all systems have accessible stations and the entire nation’s fleet is 88% accessible …

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Assistive Technology: The Pooper Scooper

By Derek Frisicchio / September 11, 2022 / News

A Brief History For those of us who live with a dog, or dogs, we make sacrifices to ensure our canine companions have the best life. We buy their food, purchase the best beds, and forgive them when they rip apart our favorite throw pillows. Most of all, we sacrifice our dignity and swallow our …

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Design Critique: Microsoft Teams (Message Reactions & Search)

By Derek Frisicchio / February 6, 2021 / Design Critiques

Just how well are the tools we use to communicate with our fellow colleagues? In this critique, I explore the Microsoft Teams text-chat system that most businesses rely on to replace the face-to-face communication.

In this critique, I will evaluate 2 functions that Microsoft Teams affords – message reaction, and searching the message archive.

Author name: Derek Frisicchio