Wednesday February 1st:

• Group met in ”Lima-lab ” to discuss preliminary sketches
• Spoke about psychology of donating and how to take advantage of it for our project
• Selected 5 proposed designs for “The Giving Tree” to be presented the following Friday
  1. The Giving Earth
  2. Empty Canvas of Opportunity
  3. Invisible Garden
  4. AVATAR TREE!!
  5. Tree of Music and Soul
• Minor ancillary elements of design were suggested, to be added to any of the 5 finalists

Wednesday February 8th:

• Group met in ”Lima-lab ” with Eric Leong
• Discussed pros and cons of the current possibilities
• Brainstormed on expanding the various ideas, while being restrained practically
  1. Invisible Garden
     • With limited flowerpots, different groups of donors can be scrolled through. Classification either based on charity or affiliation of donor.
     • Possible physical representation on flowerpot as well, e.g., name label.
     • Flowers that are “most recently tended to” are displayed in front, as an incentive to continual donation.
  2. The Giving Earth
     • No connection to the “fantasy-world” which hooks possible donor into participation.

Wednesday February 15th:

• Group met in ”Lima-lab ” with Eric Leong
• Decided temporarily on design. Outlined in Mosaic+Tokens.
• Wrote problem statement.
• Discussed timeline and focuses
• Post Meeting-Agreed to, each person individually, come up with an overarching theme by Tuesday and present it.

Wednesday February 22nd:

• Group met in ”Lima-lab”
• Discussed plot of video.
• Discussed possible themes for project, and what our next action should be.
• Post Meeting-Group video-chatted about video, and each person's responsibilities towards it.

Friday February 24th:

• Met with Professor Lima after class.
• Were advised to focus on individual fulfillment of charity, as opposed to networking and collective experience. At least for now.

Wednesday February 29th:

• Group met in ”Lima-lab”!
• Decided to proceed with a variation of the flower pots idea, to be explained in a new video.
• Post Meeting- Resolved to outline aspects needed to be covered in programming, including information contained in the databases, begin learning android programming, and make more mockups of visual interfaces.

Wednesday March 7th:

• Group met in ”Lima-lab”
• Discussed Midterm Presentation
• Discussed possible plant variations and back-end requirements, including User Info and plant parameters.

Monday March 19th:

• Met with Professor Lima in his office
• Showed revised version of midterm presentation and got feedback
• Discussed how to limit scope temporarily in order to get some programming done ASAP

Wednesday March 21st:

• Met in ”Lima-lab” with Eric Leong
• Figured out exactly what needed to be done in the preliminary app-building
• Split jobs into Website/Payment related things to App Interface/AR related things.

Thursday March 22nd:

• Met in room 106 and finished filling out house of quality analysis for the Giving Dream bed-lifter together.

Wednesday March 28th:

• Met in ”Lima-lab” with Eric Leong
• Got mentorial help while learning the code necessary for the tasks at hand.

Wednesday April 4th:

• Met in ”Lima-lab”
• Fixed up code for newest prototype of app, and prepared to present it.
• Decided what features were most urgent to be dealt with, and split them up.

Wednesday April 11th:

• Met in ”Lima-lab”

Wednesday April 18th:

• Met in ”Lima-lab”

Wednesday April 25th:

• Met in ”Lima-lab”

Wednesday May 2nd:

• Met in ”Lima-lab”

Sunday May 6th:

• Met in ”Lima-lab”

Monday May 7th:

• Met in ”Lima-lab”

Tuesday May 8th:

• Met in ”Lima-lab”