Interview Speed Critique
Today we’re going to do a speed critique. The main goal of this is to see what everyone in the class is working on and the different techniques people are utilizing to design their content. You will receive additional, more detailed commentary from me at a later date. If you had technical issues loading your work to github  – show what you have and we’ll check in next week.

In our critique structure, there are three active roles: the presenter, the first responder (1r), and the notetaker (N). To keep things moving – we’ll hear from the 1r, from me and then move on. Students are welcome to participate in the chatroom, and if we have extra time, audience members are invited to chime in! We will time the critique at about 5 minutes per person including comments so please try to go quickly!

We will take two breaks.

If you’re the presenter, you’ll share your screen and walk us through your project. You’ll talk about your intentions, process, troubles, and design decisions. Once the presenter is done, the first responder will jump in and kick off our discussion. The notetaker will closely listen to the comments and take notes on this dropbox paper. The notetaker will l summarize key findings so that we have an archival records, and so that the presenter can review the notes after they present, so they can focus on the discussion during their critique.

If you are marked as the “1r” you are the first responder. If you are marked “N” you are the notetaker and will take notes on this page.

Critique Order

  1. Michelle (1r: Lindsay, N: Oluschi)
  1. Lindsay (1r: Oluschi, N: Annie)
  1. Oluschi (1r: Annie, N: Val)
  1. Annie (1r: Val, N: Hugo)
  1. Val (1r: Hugo, N: Serena)
  1. Hugo (1r: Serena, N: Raquel)
  1. Raquel (1r: Jas, N: Rachel)
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  1. Serena (1r: Raquel, N: Jas)
  1. Jas (1r: Rachel, N: Jillian)
  1. Rachel (1r: Jillian, N: Annabelle)
  1. Jillian (1r: Annabelle, N: Josh)
  1. Annabelle (1r: Josh, N: Rachel P)
  1. Josh (1r: Rachel P, N: Marika)
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  1. Rachel P (1r: Marika, N: Agathe)
  1. Marika (1r: Agathe, N: Dhriti)
  1. Agathe (1r: Dhriti, N: Natalie)
  1. Dhriti (1r: Natalie, N: Michelle)
  1. Natalie (1r: Michelle, N: Lindsay)

Michelle

notes: bold and colorful font chooses with added gifs to add a playful feel between the interview topic on aliens and the layout of the site. The interviewer makes good use of spacing and provides clear dissection between the questions that are being asked and the answers by highlighting them in a neon green text bubble.

Lindsay

notes: The fonts were chosen to represent a sense of building blocks which parallels the content in the interview. The color themes break up the interview and distinguish the change between more personal questions, questions related to academics, etc. There is an overall digital feel which is emphasized in a bold font. The interview takes up a lot of space and creates an interesting digital environment. 

Oluschi

notes: Annie: Flip-card interaction is pretty cool, nice consistence in serif font, like three colors between the background, the boxes bring attention to something thats more important, oranized nicely and clearly. Nika: hierarchy of speakers, caps on speakers name, orientation makes pretty clear, maybe on the right it’s a little hard to read when there’s so many words(suggestion: setting max-width to 60 or something to improve the legibility) Maybe the formality of the title could be considered too.

Annie

notes: Consistent Color, tried to make everything clean, simple, and consistent. Used sans-serif font. Very legible in colored blocks.