Friday, August 30, 2019
Bug List
1. I hate having to soak beans before I cook them
Why- Because it helps the beans cook better and makes them cleaner.
2. My extremely short phone charger is hard to charge my phone with.
Why- Because most chargers are only a foot or two long.
3. Waiting for my bus to school
Why- Because I don't know what time to get to the bus stop or how long it will take. Uncertainty.
4. Having to physically turn on and connect to my speaker every time I use it.
Why- I feel it would be simple to be able to turn it on from my phone since its a bluetooth speaker. This isn't built in though, and the speaker doesnt recognize my phone automatically.
5. Having to sleep with multiple fans because its too hot in my apartment.
Why-Have to save money from the air conditioner.
6. Waiting for water to boil when cooking.
Why- It takes a long time for the water to heat up.
7. Cleaning dishes after I cook.
Why- Because the dishes have to be cleaned.
8. Having to fill up my brita after just a couple glasses of water.
Why- Because the filtration is small and can't fill very much water.
9. Having to evacuate for hurricanes.
Why- Hurricanes are dangerous and you never know how bad they may end up being.
10. Having to drive to the gym every time I want to workout.
Why- Because theres no gym in my apartment complex.
11. Having to remember to take out my contacts every night before bed.
Why- It's unhealthy to sleep with contact lenses.
12. Having to log in to canvas manually every time I use it.
Why- For some reason canvas refuses to save my username and password.
13. Washing mushrooms and fruits before I use them to cook.
Why- They're often unclean and must be washed in order to be fresh.
14. The extremely low pressure in my shower makes it difficult to use.
Why- The shower head isn't the greatest product, or perhaps it's an issue with the water in my apartment.
15. Dropping my iphone, which could very easily shatter the screen
why- I don't have an extremely protective case, just a screen protector.
16. Waiting for the shower to warm up before I can use it.
Why- Water takes a duration of time to heat up.
17. Waiting for someone to finish using a machine at the gym
Why- There aren't enough machines for everybody to use.
18. Having to do multiple loads of laundry every time.
Why- The machine isn't big enough for all of my clothes.
19. Getting bitten by so many mosquitos everytime I go outside.
Why- Theres a lot of bugs in Florida and I never use bug spray.
20. When they sell out of popeyes chicken sandwiches before I could try one.
Why- They didn't have enough sandwiches nationwide so they sold out.
Reflection
This list wasn't extremely difficult to come up with. As I went through more things I feel like it gradually became easier and I realized just how many things annoy me on a day to day basis. Maybe I just get annoyed at a lot of things. While most of these are very difficult to practically fixed, I feel that most of them could potentially be the basis for an invention or company, which I found very interesting.
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Hi Nick,
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed reading your submission. I thought you did a great job following this assignment's requirements, as you clearly listed 20 things that bug you, why they exist, and a final reflection on the overall assignment. There were numerous things on your list that also bug me, including points 14 and 17. I think if you keep up this quality of work going forward, you'll do very well.
Hi Nick! I loved starting off by reading about how it is a bug to soak beans before cooking them. Made me reflect on it, and is something that bugs me that I didn't include in my list. And likewise, your bug list continues adding bugs I didn't really reflect on before. You completed the requirements to a great standard, and I like your reflection on how you think these bugs could be a basis for innovation.
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