Official Transitioner

I realized I hadn’t given a good run down of what I’ll be working on this semester.

1. SCOPE! I’m still working on my beloved SCOPE project- designing for transitioners.  We’ve just narrowed down to one idea, and we’ll be making a front end fully functional prototype
2. Entrepreneurship Capstone- I’ll be working on a project for a small company, ThinkEco, based out of New York. They have an electrical outlet technology that allows you to monitor and schedule power consumption. I’ll be looking into their software interfaces and business development.
3. Founder’s Journey at MIT- I’m also taking a similar course at MIT, known as Founder’s Journey. For this class, we’ll be studying interactive menu devices to see how they may be adopted by restaurants.
4. Mobile Application Development- For this I’m getting more experience with Android from a business, design, and implementation standpoint. I’m not sure what the project will be for this yet- the first part will be a competition related to the EchoNest API, and the second a self-chosen project.
5. Design in Context- An Art History/Design class, this exposes me to many of the movements and ideas that go behind present day design. It’s providing me with a good grounding in the historical roots of what I work on. A few cultural projects will be the highlights- I just finished an essay on the form and function of Bic Cristal pens.
6. Leadership and Ethics- A course shared between the presidents of Olin, Babson, and Wellesley.  So far, we’ve read two books (Good to Great and How Good People Make Tough Choices) and had a bunch of discussions about the nature of leadership and ethics.  We have a huge emphasis on the difference between simple and easy.
7. ProbStat- I just need to get this over with. There will be a project coming up, and I’m curious to see what I end up doing. It’s not bad, but also not thrilling.
8. Gate Hopper- Finally, I’m working on an independent project that’s going to be debuting in the next couple of weeks. I’ll give you the name as a teaser, and more coming soon!

Feel free to ask about any of these projects in more detail, I’ll try to give updates as they go along.