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GSoC 2018 Cadence Holmes
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I'm a music major. Well, I'm a PhD candidate in Experimental Music and Digital Media, but my degree will technically come from the School of Music. I've never taken a formal comp sci or coding class. I got into programming when learning Csound to compose electronic music, and it's been an up-and-down ride since then. Now I primarily do web and mobile development, most often for art and/or social justice/awareness/growth, and I'm always looking for new opportunities to learn.
I fancy myself a multi-media artist. My portfolio includes music, visual art, installations, as well as mobile and web apps. I'm really interested in subversive processes where common tools and techniques are used in uncommon ways to produce new kinds of art.
As a researcher, I tend towards user experience and interaction design, especially concerning technology for STEAM education and informal learning.
Out-of-Character Contextual Information for PowerUp!
- I've met and chatted with several people!
- I've taken this time to also become more familiar with the PowerUp iOS codebase and database.
- In order to move forward with my proposal, it was necessary to map out the current Q&A database. It turned out to be a bit of a pain to do manually, so I created a web app that automatically parses the tables and lays out the records in a connected tree. It's been a huge help to me in planning my time tables, but I think it's also going to be a big help as we try to clean up and improve on the current scenario writing. https://github.com/justKD/Sqlite-GoJS-DB-Map
- When forming my original proposal, I knew the writing in the current app could be improved on, but I wasn't aware of how fragmented the database was going to be. A big part of what I want to contribute is not just code, but also resources to use in order to improve the outcomes we could expect from the app. I'm having to rethink what that contribution might look like!
- Not yet. But I've started looking into helping with the scenario writing in general.
- I'm mulling over how to best help with the scenario writing. It's a little overwhelming for a number of reasons, but I started another web app that might be able to help with designing scenarios more efficiently.
- I'm also finalizing my design plans for the classes I need to implement. I want to ensure the new functionality I implement leaves a minimal footprint on existing code.
- I think things are on track. Coding officially starts Monday!