M5 Bus Route Assignment
Class: Intro to Applications Design
Professor: Red Burns
The assignment:
"Take the M5 bus on a weekend at Houston and La Guardia Place to the last stop - George Washington Bridge - and return. Make notes of what you find surprising - e.g. changing people, changing architecture, or none of these - and write your own personal experience of the trip - observing, imagining, and reacting to New York, or you can choose to imagine a story about the people you see. Write a 5 page doc on your impressions and reactions."
How it was done / more details
I decided to add some media to the assignment instead of simply writing a 5 page story. I took some pictures and video while on the bus... wrote down my comments and thoughts throughout the trip... tried to keep track of the bus location to have a sense of speed...
THEN did the same route on my bike... well... ended up not doing the exact same route but close enough... but placed the camera on my bike (yes - with duck tape and a plastic bag under it to act as a cushion) and filmed the whole thing.
I wanted to trace the route with a GPS but it would not pick up the signals from the satellites within the city... the idea was to present the video + map + heart rate data at the same time but it was a no go.