Timeleft is a digital platform where users can book dinners with strangers matched through a personality algorithm. The premise is fascinating: every Wednesday, in cities around the world, curated groups gather over dinner, transforming the awkwardness of first meetings into something potentially meaningful. As someone who moved to New York City from India, I know […]
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In a world where social media can be overwhelming and impersonal, Letterloop offers a refreshing and authentic way for people to stay connected. As someone who values meaningful human connection with the people around me, I was eager to explore how well this platform fosters engagement. Letterloop is a private group newsletter service that connects
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DICE is an event discovery and ticketing app that helps users find and attend the best shows, festivals, and club nights near them. With personalized recommendations, upfront pricing, quick ticket purchases, and easy sharing with friends, DICE offers a seamless experience for discovering and enjoying live events.
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Voidpet Garden is a mental health journal app that helps guide users through their emotions, where they exist as magical creatures in an ever-evolving garden. The app’s journal prompts are inspired by Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), and personalized recommendations from practicing therapists. This critique will be examining both positive and negative
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The NY Waterway app is a platform that allows users to purchase ferry tickets and access transportation information for traveling across the New York Harbor. It is mainly used by commuters, tourists, and residents who need a convenient way to buy tickets, check schedules, and find route information. For this critique, I will take the
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The NYC MTA App serves as a critical tool for people located in New York, providing commuters with information to seamlessly commute in one of the largest transit systems in the world. However, the MTA app, while trying to help the user, can sometimes fall into a slight flaw of overwhelming the user. After reading
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The Zoom application is a common platform used for hosting or joining virtual meetings on the go. The app offers video and voice call functions that are highly discoverable and affords great usability for users. However, areas for improvement still exists around currently used terms and new features that may be unfamiliar to users. Meeting
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The Discovery of the Google Home The Google Home is a smart speaker that doubles as an home automation hub developed by Google. It allows users to control various smart devices, access information, and perform a range of tasks through Google Assistant. Despite being just a speaker, it serves as a central command system that
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Refreshable Braille displays are electronic devices that convert digital text into tactile Braille characters, enabling people who are blind or have low vision to read digital content. These devices exemplify both the Social Model and Medical Model of disability, as they both accommodate individual needs while helping remove barriers to digital information access. The development
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From Archive to Experience: Building an Educational Streaming Platform Electronic Arts Intermix had a problem: Despite offering 5000+ historically significant videos to 50+ institutions, students weren’t engaging with their educational streaming service. For an institution that had partnered with seminal artists since the creation of the camcorder, this disconnect threatened not just their educational mission,
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