DALI Staff
| Lorie Loeb |
| Theo Obbard |
| Tim Tregubov |
| Executive Director |
| Lab Administrator |
| Technical Director |
16S DALI Leads
| Amy, Corinne |
| Cat, Kathy |
| Jason, Liane, Pat |
| Design |
| Creative |
| Dev |
Hacktivity Rules
• IN TEAMS OF 3 or 4 • BRAINSTORM IDEAS •
•CREATE A PITCH • PRESENT •
10 MIN • Brainstorm!
15 MIN • Create!
2 MIN / TEAM • Pitch!
Who is the DALI Lab?
How does DALI work?
Our Projects
Our Partners
Team Structure
Lab Structure
Mentors!
Each one of you will have an experienced lab member assigned to be your guide!
They will be your point person for all questions you might have about DALI, your project, your life.
Coffee/Bubble tea/Gelato!
DALI Leads!
Each group is assigned a DALI Lead. They will check in with you at least once a week. They are also often available during
Monday Open Lab Hours 6-9pm.
They will help you with the DALI process and are SUPERSTARS and masters of the force!
Some Past Projects
Arsenic
Early Warning Project
Word Blastoff
Mobile Apps and Sensing
Digital Fashion
Milton Reading Room
Discover
What is the problem statement?
Your whole team:
- Meet with Partner: Discover
- Reframe the problem before solving
- Create a project proposal
Dev & Design inform the Discovery process
Define
What are you planning on building?
Your whole team:
- What are the project specifications?
- Feature Spec
- How could that look?
- Wireframes
- Mockup iterations
Design
How does your proposed solution become a reality?
- Wireframes (Sketches or Digital)
- tip: create complete user flows as wireframes so you can focus on usability without worrying about aesthetics yet!
- Prototype
- Visual Design
Design
Junior Designer vs Senior Designer
Develop
feature spec
toolchain
architecture design
codes
Deliver
Things to remember when finishing a project:
- final design and code review
- commit your code
- hosting / publishing
- attributions (DALI lab, sponsors, partner)
DALI Tools
Slack
Slack is the main communication platform for the lab. We use it in place email/chat/texts. Each project will have a channel.
Useful channels:
#dev - resources for developers
#design - resources for designers
#feedback - get quick feedback from the lab
#opportunities - jobs, internships, etc.
Integrates with github, google drive, ifttt, lab lights...
Drive
Keep everyone in your team on the same page
- Upload all non-code materials e.g. mockups, logos, etc. to Google Drive.
- Project managers should keep it organized and up to date.
Find resources on the Drive:
-
Official branding
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DALI New Member Guide
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Design and Development Resources
Github
- Code revisions
- Collaborate on code
- Use github issues
- Maintain readme.md file with documentation, overall code structure, how to set up dev environment
Managing your Project
Use your team Slack channel
Meet each week
Communicate with Partners
Use the Drive
Github
Mentors and Staff!
