Reporting for duty!
It has been an interesting semester thus far with my pseudo product the “FireLight.” At first I thought it would be whiz-bang its done… but it turns out things take a long time when you are letting yourself be picky. I mean, I took two weeks to finally decide on a light source, that is unlike me; I usually just grab what is most cheap and available. This time, however, I wanted to be more professional and patient with my design process, and I have to say, I like it. Now don’t get me wrong, I still really like to throw things together and get that immediate satisfaction, but there is something to having things be just right. Next time I do this, I will probably try to first make really quick prototypes that work somewhat by throwing things together, then go for the real thing. I did that some on this project, but the prototype what not really functioning.
BUT, I am not done yet! I still have quite a bit to do, but I am confident I will finish with the lamp with a couple weeks to spare for testing. See the timeline above for a better idea.