Respect the Tech

Usability: Apple’s iMessage is a popular messaging app that is exclusively available on Apple devices, including iPhones, iPads, and Mac computers. One of the things Messages is known for is its usability. Since its inception, the messages app has had a very simple and user-friendly interface that most people will find easy to navigate. The app also allows users to send text messages, photos, videos, and audio messages easily. If someone is highly invested in the Apple ecosystem (tablets, Macs, wearables) messages can be accessed seamlessly across devices. Apple's minimalistic approach to the app makes it less intimidating for people who are not very technologically savvy. Design: iMessage's design is minimalistic and has gotten sleeker over the years, but has not deviated too far from its initial look on the first iPhone. The text bubbles from senders and recipients of other Apple users are blue and grey, while messages sent to an Android device are green, which can be slightl...

My Scratch Project   When I began building a program on Scratch, I initially had trouble coming up with an idea. After some brainstorming, I came up with a general idea, and then I began putting the various code blocks together to try to execute my vision. The order of code blocks threw me off at first, and I couldn’t make the sprites do what I wanted at specific times. After watching a few tutorials, I struggled more until I decided to hang it up for the night and try to approach it the next day. The following day, I thought about Scratch and why I had trouble with it. After returning home, IU decided to give it another shot after watching more tutorials. For some reason, it clicked better for me, and I could assemble the blocks to make a sequence I was satisfied with. I often overthink and unnecessarily complicate things, so taking a break to regroup usually helps me to solve a problem. I learned from this exercise that the order of the programming blocks is very important in ach...