Reflection:

This project proved very rewarding as a framework for considering object-human relationships and how memory functions inside of those relationships. It took me a little while to hone in on what the real focus of the investigation was; I wish that I had been able to get more focused a little sooner in the process so that I perhaps could have gotten farther with the exploration by the time we presented in class. At the same time, I do feel that my openness in the process was valuable; by leading with my relationship with the object, learning from that experience, and directing my subsequent research/activities accordingly, I ended up taking the investigation in a direction that I might not have gotten to if I had made firmer decisions early on.

If we were to continue with this project, I would want to have some sort of physical prototype of how the pot might remember, whether that be the GPS trace or the heat-triggered audio. I am looking forward to getting more hands-on experience with the physical computing side of things as this course progresses, so that I will have more tools to develop even a very rough sketch of these kinds of ideas for future projects.