Author: katieecoen
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How to Sight a Bad Site
Let’s say you are doing some research or looking to buy something online. You search Google and come up with hundreds of options at the blink of an eye. You start browsing, coming across new and old, cluttered and clean, colorful and simple sites. But what makes you pick the one you like? The way…
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BizWiz: Case Study
BizWiz is a mobile app created to teach teenagers financial responsibilities including budgeting, saving, and smart spending in a fun and interactive way. Team Members: Katie Coen, Olivia Kettell, Melanie Careri, Neha Pasnoori June 2023 – July 2023 To create this app, the team used a Design Sprint process that encouraged us to brainstorm, research,…
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Time to See if it Really Works
You have a prototype made and you’re ready to go. Only one thing stands between working on a final product and getting it out on the market. That one thing could be the most important part of the sprint process. User testing allows you to see what works and what doesn’t when it comes to…
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Prototyping: Putting the Pieces Together
In any project, you can organize and plan for how you want it to be, but the most important part of the process is putting everything together. In a Design Sprint, this happens on Day 4 during prototyping. This is when the storyboards come to life through wireframes, and eventually, in a low or high…
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Saving Time for Better Ideas
No matter what task you are trying to complete, timeliness is always key. It allows you to get every aspect of a project or task done in a certain amount of time, but it’s a hard skill to learn. Distractions and habits seem to sneak in at every step of the way, making the task…
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Putting the Pen to the Paper, Literally
Throughout my decades of sitting in a classroom in grade school all the way to college, I have always been a hand-writer. There’s something so satisfying about taking aesthetically pleasing notes that are organized on a page. I think it’s incomparable to anything a computer document could do. My bubbly handwriting with a handful of…
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The Art of Taking Breaks
During a long morning at work, I look forward to taking myself to the cafeteria and releasing my stress at lunch time. Only sometimes, this does not happen. The busyness of the workday often gets in the way and breaks seem like a luxury. This is not true just for me. A study done in…
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Working Together by Working Alone
Some of the best experiences I have had working with a team aren’t all that conventional. Sitting around in a circle and calling out ideas to write on a whiteboard can be efficient for some, but the best ideas come from individuals working alone together. As descried by Jake Knapp in “Sprint: How to Solve…
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Marketing On Social Media Platforms
When writing an article or piece of work you want someone to read, marketing is extremely important. The most popular way to do this is through social media. Each platform has their own unique qualities that people use to market their ideas. I created some sample posts to tease my latest article entitled “Traveling the…
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Finding Your Voice When Writing
Everyone’s writing reads a little differently. It depends on the way they explain key ideas and the flow of the words used. In On Writing Well Chapter 20, Zinsser explains that voice in writing is a matter of taste. Everyone has a different perspective on the best way to write well, but Zinsser gives advice…
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