Reporting
We were the second group to present today, and I was actually pretty excited to share our discoveries with the panel within our 5-minute presentation. After telling them about what we have done and what we plan to do in Project Four, we received our feedback. We were told not to carry on with Korsakow, which, looking back, I agree with. They told us that by giving people the option to make their own decisions on this platform, we are also limiting interactivity, in the sense that we would not be able to get comments from other people who may have visited the café. By putting our travel video review in this closed space, we do not give people the opportunity to share their opinions.

Relating
The experience with the panel reminds me of another project I did back in college. Back then, my group and I were so enthusiastic about so many ideas that we forgot about the main focus. We came up with so much to do and were so excited – and drained out at the same time – that things begun to become a little messier than desired. Getting feedback from the panel today was a good reminder to stay on track and work with what we have, rather than jumping to different things and trying to achieve something else without noticing the potential a certain idea already possesses.

Reasoning
Because Jia Jia and I liked both the scrapbook and Korsakow ideas, we felt like it would be a good idea to combine the two. On the contrary, it restricted certain things and caused us to stray away from the fact that there we already have a good thing going on in the scrapbook idea. The panel’s comments were important to helping us realise that, and it is only through this sort of constructive criticism that we would be able to get better.

Reconstructing
With the comments received today, Jia Jia and I plan to scrap the Korsakow idea and fully concentrate on improvising and improving our scrapbook idea. Overall, today was a good experience and we look forward to starting on Project Four.