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When and how do people seek to expand their opinions and ideas? (Alex’s Thesis Blog)
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Competitive Matrix
Competitive Matrix
One of our assignments this week was to put together a competitive matrix to help us identify gaps that would end up being differentiators…
Alex Frankel
Feb 19, 2018
Prototype vNext — Complete Proof of Concept
We have our next major milestone at the end of February. It’s should be a “complete proof of concept”
Alex Frankel
Feb 7, 2018
More concept statements
As a class exercise, we posted a concept statement so that it could be critiqued.
Alex Frankel
Feb 7, 2018
version 0.1
version 0.1
For this first prototype of the second semester, I wanted to start a really rough Proof-of-Concept implementation. I want to get a version…
Alex Frankel
Feb 7, 2018
Latest “Concept Statement”
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Alex Frankel
Jan 29, 2018
1x3
This post is part of a series of blog posts that should have been published all throughout last semester, but I’m only getting to know…
Alex Frankel
Jan 7, 2018
A brief history of news
This post is part of a series of blog posts that should have been published all throughout last semester, but I’m only getting to know…
Alex Frankel
Jan 7, 2018
Help pilot “What Are They Thinking” — A crowdsourced tool to help understand political perspectives
Do you like to write? Do you have opinions about politics? I need your help piloting an experimental website called What Are They Thinking…
Alex Frankel
Dec 7, 2017
How do you learn to empathize with politics you don’t understand? (A prototype)
How do you learn to empathize with politics you don’t understand? (A prototype)
We just had our second major thesis milestone — create a prototype of a solution in order to test a hypothesis. I want to share my thinking…
Alex Frankel
Nov 14, 2017
Elephants and Asteroids
Elephants and Asteroids
I’m a month into hearty thesis-ing and my focus has shifted, so I wanted to provide an update.
Alex Frankel
Oct 14, 2017
Three insights from a week of research
Three insights from a week of research
Insight 1: Morality Binds and Blinds
Alex Frankel
Oct 11, 2017
Preliminary Research on promoting discourse
Preliminary Research on promoting discourse
Summary
Alex Frankel
Oct 8, 2017
Observing 1999 (AD)
Observing 1999 (AD)
This week we all watched this 1999 (AD) video produced by Philco-Ford in the 1960s. They got a remarkable amount right and some things…
Alex Frankel
Sep 19, 2017
Talking with Strangers about Politics
Talking with Strangers about Politics
It sounds like a dangerous proposition, but it was a great experience.
Alex Frankel
Sep 19, 2017
Hanging around News Corp
Hanging around News Corp
One of our assignments this week was to simply sit and observe how our thesis topic manifests itself in the real world. I chose to go the…
Alex Frankel
Sep 19, 2017
Image Cluster Critique
Image Cluster Critique
Last week, I posted an Image cluster to the blog. This week, we traded feedback on our image clusters with our classmates. I traded notes…
Alex Frankel
Sep 19, 2017
Doing discourse differently
Doing discourse differently
We were asked to put together images clusters to stir up ideas for our thesis. I’m probably abusing that term by mostly including videos…
Alex Frankel
Sep 12, 2017
The Modern Media Landscape
The Modern Media Landscape
Just about a month before the election, I remember talking to one of my instructors after class. I said something to the effect of “Well…
Alex Frankel
Sep 12, 2017
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