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The Spring Cleaning Issue: Organizing with Kelsey Elder, cloud storage for =tudents, and other ways to organize your day!
👋 Announcements — Thanks for coming to XHacks
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🍎 Campus Compass — 05-499 A HCI Special Topics; Celebrating Accessibility
Written & edited by: 🕺 Arin Pantja
Are you interested in designing through the lens of accessibility and inclusitivity? Or perhaps creating accessible and inclusive computing systems for people with disabilities? If so, read one to learn more about HCI Special Topics: Celebrating Accessibility (05-499 A).
🤔 What is 05-499 A HCI Special Topics; Celebrating Accessibility?
A disability is any condition of the body or mind that might make it more difficult (or even prevent) for a person to do certain activities and interact with the world around them. Students will develop critical perspectives on issues of representation, identity, visibility, and inclusion, and examine various approaches to creating accessible and inclusive computing systems for people with both visible and invisible disabilities.
🧐 What do you do in 05-499 A HCI Special Topics; Celebrating Accessibility?
Through the practice-oriented course, students will be introduced to theory, history, policy, and practice of accessibility and inclusion in computing. Students will also be put in multidisciplinary teams to brainstorm, develop, and evaluate some kind of tool or system with people with disabilities.
🤔 Who should take 05-499 A HCI Special Topics; Celebrating Accessibility?
The intended audience includes graduate and advanced undergraduate students in HCI, CS, ETC, Design, and students interested in accessibility, human-computer interaction, and design methods. Students must have successfully completed one of the following — 05-410 UCRE, 05-430 PUI, 05-391 DHCS, 67-272 Application Design and Development, 67-240 Mobile Web Design and Development.
Check out the full description of the course.
🧑💻 Interview — Organizing Your Cluttered Files with Kelsey Elder, a Design Professor at CMU
Write🍳 Evelyn Lui
Kelsey Elder is a typographer, brand/experience designer, and assistant design professor at CMU. Due to the complexity of his work, Kelsey advocates for systematic back-end design practice and organization as a core part of any designer’s practice. Join us as we delve into why file organization is so important for designers.
💓 Editor’s Pick — Cloud Storage for Students
Written & edited by: 🚐 Sherry Chen
Does your desktop look like this? 👀👀👀👀
Are you struggling to find your files? 👀👀👀👀
Here’s a step-by-step guide on how to declutter your desktop.
Install a cloud file storage system directly to your computer
Don’t just use Google Drive, Dropbox, or Box on the web, go further by installing it directly to your desktop
Download here: Google Drive, Dropbox, Box
Make a folder for each semester
Within the semester folder, create a sub-folder for each course or extracurricular
This allows you to have a destination for each file you end up downloading or saving from the internet.
Finally, sync with your devices!
Have access to all your files and coursework at all times!
Bonus: 👀👀👀👀👀👀
Dash.ai from Dropbox 🫳📦
Search all your cloud files in one search bar: 🔎
Even if you don’t use Dropbox as your main file storage system, Dash syncs with many softwares like Drive, Notion, Asana, Gmail, Microsoft OneDrive, Salesforce and more!
Now that it’s officially Spring, let’s do some Spring Cleaning!
Get 500 MB when you sign up for Dropbox using this Referral 👀
🎭 Resource — Stay on Top of Your Day: Apps for Ultimate Schedule Control
Written & edited by: 🧸 Ahana Banerjee
💡 Looking for ways to better manage your schedule? Explore these friendly planning apps designed to simplify your daily routine, increase productivity, and bring structure to your everyday life! Find the perfect tool to help you stay organized and on track.
🌳 Forest
Put down your phone and get ready to dive into productivity with Forest! "Plant a seed" and witness it grow into a tree over 30 minutes. But remember, if you stray away, your tree will sadly wither! By the end of the day, enjoy the virtual trees you have create a forest, a testament to your hard work. Let Forest help you sprout productivity this spring! 🌱
📚 My Study Life
Say hello to My Study Life - your paper planner in digital form! Input your class schedule, assignments, and even details about your professors like their email and office hours. Receive reminders for incomplete tasks, upcoming classes, and exams. Plus, track your progress on tasks with convenient percentages. Get organized and stay on top of your studies with My Study Life 🎓
🐮 Remember the Milk
Meet your ultimate to-do list companion - Remember the Milk! Create lists for your daily tasks and organize them by different aspects of your life like school, work, or personal matters. Easily manage your tasks by day or week, and set handy reminders and recurring tasks. Perfect for keeping track of everything a busy student needs to accomplish. 📝
💡 Whether it's staying focused with Forest, planning for the week with My Study Life, or tracking tasks with Remember the Milk, these apps offer invaluable support in navigating the complexities of daily life.
Download them now and experience the difference in how you manage your time and tasks. With these tools at your fingertips, you're well-equipped to conquer your schedule and achieve your goals! 🎯🥂
🌐 Fun — Arc: A New Way to Use the Internet!
Written & edited by: 🥸 Kaitlyn Ng
Looking to switch up your internet browser this spring 🌸? Take a look at “Arc” by The Browser Company! Arc builds upon the familiar Chrome browser by adding in completely customizable colors 🎨, same-window profile switching 👥, automatic tab cleaning 🧹, and so much more!
Learn more about and try out Arc here!
🤔 Who’s behind the scenes?
The editors behind this week’s issue are 🥸 Kaitlyn Ng, 🧸 Ahana Banerjee, 🕺 Arin Pantja, 🍳 Evelyn Lui, 🚐 Sherry Chen, and 🦝 Caleb Sun.
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