#backtouni

I woke up tired but when my father drove me to uni all around turned happiness, I tried to act like a normal adult and not to cry on my peaceful feelings. It wasn’t for classes, was just to see a new engine there but was just perfect and made my heart feel warm.

I saw a teacher who I feel entire admiration and care about, took mesures from the engine and there we start a new scientific project.

I also saw my gril crush and shit, she was amazing, always beautiful and intelligent and I got no words to describe that girl... I think it’s not a really crush but an admiration thing about her.

I’m feeling so happy and grateful.

Well these past 5 weeks or so of lockdown have been something. The uncertainty it brought has been kind of dispelled by the return of uni, but that also means there’s work to do! Since most of our coursework has moved online, I thought of blogging again so that I can have a digital record of everything I’ve done, as well as being able to easily go back to my notes! 

So... What are we doing now?

As a bit of a catchup, my group (Milo, Kent, Thomas and I) were working on the idea of creating a wearable that would help people control their anger. Sadly, that is no longer feasible due to the fact that we don’t have access to the studios and that collaborating together on a physical object will be a bit more than difficult with the current situation. 

So instead we’ve decided to change gears a little bit, while (hopefully) keeping the previous research work we’ve done relevant. Now we’re planning on making what is essentially a reminders app to help deal with the lockdown and isolation. This is still in line with our original goal of creating an aid to help deal with mental issues and stress, but reimagined in a way that we are able to achieve and to be more relevant to the current situation. 

Our temporary name for the app is Unight, a pun with the function of the app. With it we’re hoping to help people by reminding them to keep in touch with their contacts by accessing phonebooks, facebook, etc. As well as addressing a problem a lot of people complained about when uni started back up again; sleep. 

For now, each member’s assigned role is this:

Patrick: UX/UI

Kent: Graphics/Audio Design

Thomas: Xcode

Milo: Additional Research (on the effects of sleep for example) and looking at web design

During our first meeting back we discussed a couple of things and I hammered out a few quick mock ups of how the app might be laid out. 

Back to school - what’s in my bag

Made my first flatlay for this occasion, so don’t jugde me..! I’m a student to become a primary school teacher in the Netherlands, have already been back to school for a week, but will start my first day of my second year internship tomorrow.