Blog #3

Most of what went well throughout JPL was everything outside of the performance of our device. It was a lot of fun creating a device with my team and brainstorming ideas for it. The process of coming up with an idea and reworking it each day was fun, as tedious as it sounds. Then, making the commercial was a lot of fun because it allowed for me to be more creative and slightly funny with my group members. I loved walking into the workshop every 15 minutes during the last week and forcing people to pose for silly pictures. I think the amount of fun I had making the commercial will be seen in my grade and the video itself.

I would've loved for our project to actually work. It was infuriating to see Oakwood come out with the same three machines and win first, second, and third when it was clear they hadn't created what they were using. So if anything could have gone better, it would have been the actual function of our device. So in the future, I will be sure to make something that actually works, but clearly, that is easier said than done.

If I could give myself advice for future projects, it will be to make the process as much fun as possible because it is fun to make something when I actually enjoy the experience. I also want to assure that whatever I make works so my efforts aren't fruitless. The process means so much more when what you make results in the way you want it to.