PROJECT MANAGEMENT

Open-Source Sex Toys

The idea is to create a vibrator and a dildo which will then act as a foundation for others to keep building on. The longterm goal would be to build a web space for the community to share their developements, 3d shapes, programmed vibration patterns etc etc with each other on and in general get in touch with other people of female/non-binary gender who could act as mentors withing the technology focused makers community.

Mind Mapping

This has been key for me. To stay on top of all my ideas and the potential width of this project I've used mindmapping to the extreme. The full mindmap is this big and is constantly being expanded upon. I think I've reached the point though where expanding the mindmap would be adding to the mess, It's time to clean up.

A potential part of the final project was making a documentary. At first the plan was to do it myself with vlogs but I ended up getting a documentary crew together who wanted to do it, we were five people. A director, a sound guy, an editor, me and a cameraman. In the end we ran into bureaucracy issues and it put the team off to an extent which rendered the project futile. Since it became clear that the documentary won't happen I've started doing small vlogs again and hope to keep doing them even though a full documentary would've been the dream. I spent a big chunk thinking about how to make this and it ended up taking over a big chunk of the mindmap

Planning out the project

I'll have to admit, this hasn't proved to be my strongest side. I've been excellent at getting siderailed and losing track of the final goal. What I have used fully is my calendar. I've sectioned out different parts of the final during the "free" periods of FabAcademy much like we were told to do in a GANT chart except in my calendar. This allowed me to get notifications and reminders in real time without having to look up the assignments.

During the second week of FabAcademy I wrote the following:

My final project is still in a scetch stage with fundamental pillars through which it stabalizes. Because of this, and certain other reasons, I plan to keep my main focus out of the spotlight for as long as possible.

And so I have. I've waited a long time to post about my intentions for my Final Project and clearly state my goal for the world outside the safety bubble of FabLab Wgtn. There's been a lot of nervousness about how it would be recieved and the way it might stereotype me in peoples minds.