Blog One

  Bringing our idea to life: At this point in time, I would have to say that our app has come a long way. It is still far from being finished, but the edges are starting to round out. Our very first prototype was very basic with hardly any features. Before our prototype, we had a well-thought-out plan with well-thought-out features, but our first prototype was lacking everything except the main functionality. The main functionality was not even fully there. Our paper mock-up was simple and just showed what it would look like to interact with the app. The user would open a map and pick a driveway to choose from and a time. That is basically it. It is one-sided because this feature only allows for people searching for parking spots and not for the users who wish to loan out their driveways. Based on all of the features that we had thought of, we had settled on this basic user feature because we felt like it was the most important feature. We imagined what it would be like for someone...

  From ideas to solution: The problem that my team and I are solving is the lack of parking near work, school, sporting events, and any highly populated area in general. Not only is parking limited, but the price to park somewhere is shocking. This is true even if the length of time doesn't run over a few hours. This problem applies to anyone in the workforce, students who commute to school, and people driving in to watch a major sporting event or concert. Our concept addresses this problem by allowing users to "rent" other people's driveway space. This would increase the number of available parking spaces in any area, and the price would be one that would be less than the options that currently exist. We brainstormed and refined ideas in groups, utilizing Figma. During these figjams, we practiced taking an empathetic approach by creating a person and imagining what might better help them. We also discussed features that we could implement to further enhance our app d...