by Jinnie Templin | Oct 20, 2014 | MA Project, Research
Complexity and Emergence In Complexity: A Guided Tour, Melanie Mitchell defines a complex system as, “a system in which large networks of components with no central control and simple rules of operation give rise to complex collective behavior, sophisticated...
by Jinnie Templin | Oct 16, 2014 | Process
Ideas for project 2: I want to create an internet-of-things object (or suite of objects) that attempt to measure time spent working. Each of these items individually could shed some light on work habits of the user. Based on the input data collected from the...
by Jinnie Templin | Oct 13, 2014 | MA Project, Research
What is play? There are many lenses through which play scholars have examined play. In his book, The Ambiguity of Play, Brian Sutton-Smith details what he has identified as the seven rhetorics of play that most play activities and behaviors can be categorized. He...
by Jinnie Templin | Oct 7, 2014 | Process, Projects
Project 1 update: I decided to integrate some of the ideas I’ve been developing for my thesis project work into Project 1. Through Project 1, I’m attempting to make the sometimes tedious “work task” of searching for a job more playful. When a...
by Jinnie Templin | Oct 6, 2014 | MA Project, Research
Contemporary, “always-on,” US workforces have expressed frustrations with an increasingly disproportionate work-life balance. Building off of the concept of imaginative play, this project aims to address various “work tasks” in a more playful manner. Equipping the...
