Tool: TurboTax software makes getting your tax refund easier.

Turbotax.com

Reference: Hopstop is a transit reference/ direction site/ app which calculates live train delays and alternate routes into its directions. It also houses up-to-date transit maps offline on the app, so that you can still find your way without a cell/ wifi signal.

Hopstop.com

Project: Scott Snibbe’s Boundary Functions uses pressure pads on the floor to designate boundaries for those walking on it.

Snibbe.com/projects/interactive/boundaryfunctions

Maker: Theo Jansen makes interactive, kinetic sculptures powered by wind, designed to roam the earth long after human extinction.

Youtube.com/watch?v=WcR7Ut2uNoY

Forum: MacRumors offers forums on Apple-specific functions, programs, and iOS.

Macrumors.com

Inspiration: Malachi Ward’s detailed science-fiction comic books.

Malachiward.tumblr.com 

Here is my PDE: Brettweek1

Tool: http://www.shazam.com/ This is an application for the iPhone, Windows 8, Android, Blackberry, and other smart devices. This program allows the user to have a song play and the software will determine the name of the song and provide the person with options to listen to it or buy it digitally.

Reference: http://www.vogue.com/voguepedia/ This is a site provided by Vogue.com. It is a searchable reference site where people can look up or discover people in the creative industry who have been a part of Vogue over its tenure.

Project: http://whatthefuckshouldimakefordinner.com/index.php This is a simple application online where once opened will provided the user with a random option for dinner and how to make it. Once on the site there are only two options to change this random offering: that you don’t like it or you don’t eat meat (in both cases you will be provided with a new options).

Maker: http://www.potiondesign.com/ “Founded by graduates of the MIT Media Laboratory, Potion is a design and technology firm specializing in interactive experiences. Potion’s strength lies in the creation of aesthetic solutions that utilize the most recent technologies available”.

Forum: http://www.reddit.com/ Reddit is an interactive community where users can share content with other users. Based on determined popularity of what the person shares the post will be raised to the top of the newsfeed. There are many, many sub-reddits where more specific posts and questions can be raised.

Inspiration: http://www.moma.org/

Vincent Van Gogh holding his painting, “Cypresses.”

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