Vision 2030 Singapore

Been busy lately with current projects, but at last the submission is over.
I guess I’d need to rush on my PD items a.s.a.p.

Before that, I’d like to discuss something out of the school life, something more to the future.
On 6th February, together with my Captain, James Tan, and on behalf of RP, we attended a Youth Dialogue session @ SMU.
9 others joined us too.

The Youth Dialogue was titled: Vision 2030
The session kick start with a slide presentation by Mr. Lim Teck Yin.
Issues raised includes how can we make use of sports for our future living?
How can sports guide us into our future ahead?
A graph from the presentation showed the ‘bathtub’ effect, which shows a decrement in sports enthusiast when we, the society, reaches the workforce.
A question to ponder, so what is the main reason for this decrease?
Is it because of the standard of living, or the influences we gain?

The Youth Dialogues Opening remarks continue with Mr. Chan Chun Sing.
Mr Lim & Mr Chan were both panelists.
Here, students from various school starts to raise and address issues which they feel should be corrected.
Indeed it is amazing to see how each and every sports or non-sports students looked into the future.

Personally I feel that it may not be easy to adress the rising issues faced.
But I’d have a question I want to ask:
What if sports is not the issue? What if technology is?

It is true that everyone tend to lose their interest to sports because of the busy life we had in Singapore, but if we were to influence others to continue sports in the future, how do technology play a part in the future?
Will technology once again influence the influenced to stop sports?

Imagine in the future, technology have dominate the ‘sports-cells’, there isn’t enough ‘heartware’, like what Mr Chan had mention, to continue this sports spirit.
Moreover, it is true that students in the tertiary took up sports, but maybe not in the long run.
For me, I took up Canoe because I want to try new sports, but then again I ought to think about what it can bring me in the future.

The society is very realistic, it doesn’t mean that you’re good in sports means you’re good in anything.
The qualification of academic still counts, no matter what.
Or maybe to an extent, I’d balance out between Sports & Academic.

Talking about the issues, I did some research and found out that Vision 2030 was also conducted in 2011 and similar problem was raised.
Well, for me I’d think about
“What if we make use of technology to advance our sporting activity?”

Afterall, the world is globalising, and the future is for us to make.
Indeed, time will tell us soon enough.

iPlotz.com!

Today mark the last day of school before we head on for Chinese New Year break.
In class, the day’s problem is to create a digital wireframing, out of the wireframe sketches that i’ve done last week.
I came across a ‘Fashion Blog’ – Create Your Own Fashion.

I realise that the layout of the blog need some changes because it’s very messy.
Scrolling down the website may bore the ‘blog shopper’.
In my opinion, I wish to have a new revamp to the website to make it nice.

So what have I explored today?
Using Adobe Muse or even Catalyst might be confusing for me, but I’d believe I have to master them int he future.
I decided to explore other tools for making digital wireframing.
In the midst, I came across iPlotz.com~
This is what I did out of it

Wireframings (Design):
Erwin ORDER FORM K fashion
Erwin HOMEPAGE K fashion

After which, I did a small Usability Test, and indeed there are more rooms for improvement.
This test allows me to understand and feel how my user think and use my prototype.

Result:
K-Fashion (Reflection)
Link: http://iplotz.com/app/viewer.phpk=0446194ec96185c9e6effca20f89bf8a&pr=87082&pg=87082_1_38&a=68258

ExtraOrdinary Weddings

Currently, I am doing up the Content Inventory of the website.
It’s amazing how the contents shows similarities when you slowly identify them.
Moreover, as Content Inveontory is something new to me, I am glad that I’ve touch on them.
It sifts out the overall contents in a website.
And slowly, I’m able to identify them and ask questions.

A New Lift System? (:

In a few months back, I’ve visited the Police Headquarters and was amazed by this lift system.

Like any other lifts, with buttons and door, but these are no ordinary buttons!
They have a ‘Number Pad’ button instead of the normal “Press-and-Wait-for-the-lift” button.
They even had a ‘Handicap’ button!

Even though I did not explore the ‘Handicap’ button due to time constraint, I’ve decided to try on the “Number pad” buttons.
Okay, so this is how it works:

Firstly, when you have decided which floor to go to, press the floor number.
E.G: When you’re going to the 17th floor, you key in ’1 & 7′ on the “Number button”.

Notice that on top of the “Number button” displays alphabets ranging from A – F?
Well, these alphabets indicate which lift you will be taking.
So when you key 17th floor, the screen will show C.
Then you will wait for the lift at C section!
What happens when other user are going to the different level but is on the same lift as you?

Well fret not, the lift memorize which level it will be going
*In the lift, there is only ‘Open’ & ‘Close’ button.

Upon reaching the destined floor, the lift left me with a good impression.
It’s amazing how design can change how a system works, and how people interact with it.
May be next time I can explore how the ‘Handicap’ button works.

Wireframing

When we look into a website, we either comment it as aesthetically appealing, or there are simply too much details in it.
I’ve also learn about the understanding of the term ‘wireframing’ before a particular site is made.
It’s amazing because wireframing is like the backbone for a particular site (:

Then comes the prototype, which I make use of Adobe Flash Catalyst.
The website comes ‘partially’ alive
I was amaze by how these steps makes my ideas breathe.

 

Day 7

Day 7 was tedious, but fun.

Okay, so what happened today was that the targets were quite unreachable during the start. I reached Orchard around 4.30p.m., and within 2 hours, I only manage to surveyed 5 people.

However, during the night, luck was rather on my side, and I’d manage to grab 25 people to be interviewed by me. Kudos!

A few points to take note is that star sticker as a vote, but not a voting system to determine best proposal. Contradiction? Maybe we can work a lil’ on that~

Anyway, people who doesn’t like to be interviewed doesn’t like to make eye contact with you. To me it’s kindda rude, but oh well~  People behave differently and I can’t judge them (:

 

Day 6

18th November was not that amazing, though its Friday.
The number of interviewees were little.
I only managed to have 16 then.

A few trend I realise for that half day was some locals actually stay outside the booth.
But when approach to welcome them in, they don’t like the idea.
Hmmm, am I that fierce? Or the approach could possibly be wrong?
10pm was the ‘end-of-work’ time, but I’d wait for bus 190 for 1hr30min.
Dinner was Supper to me then.
10pm of work end, 12.15am I’ve reached home – Amazing.

Alright, hope that today will be better.