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‘I am not an artist, scientist, designer or engineer... I am a creative technologist’.

Why did I decide to become a creative technologist? This pondering question is the topic for a 3-minute vlog style video. 

First thought :  How perfect I can express my creative individuality. Yay!!

Second thought: Why did I actually decide this course? 

After spending all of last night writing down and deleting ideas to which encompass creative technology and what inspires a creative technologist. I decided to focus less on the question and more on my experiences in life. 

Everyone is a character in their own story and this chapter is ready to be told.

Analytical thinking is my primary approach to creative problem-solving. As an engineer, I was seldom exposed to creative conceptualising/thinking. I may be facing the wrong way at the moment and possibly be in the wrong race but I doubt I’m alone.

Personally, being told “X is just how it is”, sits poorly with me. I want to find the reasons behind why X is, what X is and then be complete with that logic that defines X. With this new path, I hope to develop new types of understanding, break away from defining X and do it because it can be done.

So, what’s happened?

After starting my vlog, only to realise that is is too generic, restarted it. I finished it today and chose to submit it before I regret it and start a third iteration. I put all my all into it and surely I pass. (High hopes)

Meanwhile, the studio mini projects have been quite stressful to make as some members put more time and effort/work into it than others. But that is inevitable with group work, so I let it slide. 

I’ve reflected on how tough it may be to create the work, but the outcome is always worth it!

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Other than that, just posted before this, I shared some images of the group projects we have made.

We made: A hacked UNO game for the hearing impaired (where you switch the corresponding lights to the deck)

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A shoebox full of textured items that make a noise per item. e.g a marshmallow is a campfire, pineapple is an ambience noise, sponge is water/rain, etc.

Today’s the first day of studying BCT ! Maybe I’ll introduce myself; maybe I won’t-

The first class of 2020 has started with an Introduction of Creative Technologies, wow ! At first, I had no clue what I was signing up for but I’m sure the future version of me does. 

Since we let our imagination astray as to what we would create, after numerous sketches of device options, and prototyping the feeling, the material and how big it should be. We decided upon a circle, after days of sketching and prototyping. 

The circle came about by randomly holding up a saucer, a little circular dish that was about the size of a human palm, 10 cm in diameter. We looked at the specifics of it and noticed how the speakers would be at the side of the device,  like any other. how the charging would be at the bottom. 

Interestingly enough, The speakers were in that specific spot for the reason being when holding a device and putting it back into your pocket, the side that would be closest to the opening of your pocket would be where the speaker is placed, giving the device ability to be louder. It was also inspired by the logo that we created via photoshop.