Assignment 2A - Bug List
Bug List
1. Parking on campus
Why It Exists: To provide parking for staff, students, and visitors. While there is an abundant amount of people on campus, UF does not have enough parking for everyone.
2. Traffic on Archer
Why It Exists: Since a lot of people travel by driving to their destination, this creates more traffic on Archer, which is the main road in Gainesville
3. Plastic Bottles
Why It Exists: To allow for the easy disposal after you finish your drink. Although, it has caused a lot of damage to our environment
4. Plastic Computer Cases
Why It Exists: To protect your computer from drops and falls, but the plastic can easily break
5. Lines for the Bars at Midtown and Downtown
Why It Exists: So the bars don’t get overcrowded and allows for safety measures to be in place to protect the people at the bars
6. Potholes in Gainesville
Why It Exists: It’s an easy fix to the erosion on the roads without having to repave the road every time, but it creates issues for scooters and cars as it could ruin them
7. Doing Laundry
Why It Exists: So you have clean clothes all the time, but it’s a hassle to wash and dry the clothes and have to fold them afterwards
8. Having to wait for electronics to charge
Why It Exists: To allow the batteries in the devices to fully recharge so that we can use the device again, but it takes a long time for devices to recharge
9. Inner Road
Why It Exists: it allows for car parking and scooter parking, but it’s a one-way street, which forces you to access it from Newell Drive
10. Turlington
Why It Exists: allows for student clubs and organizations to interact with the student body and spread awareness about their ideals, but someone always comes up to you asking if you want a flyer while walking through Turlington
11. Having to purchase Adobe Applications as a college student
Why It Exists: Some classes require you to have Adobe Applications for certain assignments, which forces you to either use their 7-day trial, go to a computer lab on campus, or purchase the software outright, making it very inconvenient and expensive
12. Being forced to use Apple products for iMessage
Why It Exists: Apple created a way to allow all iPhones to connect with each other, but constricts you to only using Apple products, which gets expensive over time
13. The line at Southwest Recreation Center
Why It Exists: To allow for safety and occupancy precautions so there is no overcrowding
14. The Standard Parking Garage
Why It Exists: it allows for residents who live at The Standard to park their vehicles and scooters, but it is very dangerous as people like to speed around the tight corners
15. Street Parking in Gainesville
Why It Exists: to allow parking for people who live in houses that don’t have driveways or parking of their own, but there is no general street parking in Gainesville where you don’t have to pay or where you won’t get towed and/or ticketed
16. Winter in Gainesville
Why It Exists: Since Gainesville is considered Central Florida, it is further away from the equator then South Florida and experiences cold weather during the winter months
17. Advertisements
Why It Exists: so companies can make money and attract customers to their field of business, but it is annoying when you are watching TV and browsing the Internet
18. Chronic Pain
Why It Exists: your body ages over time, especially if you have previously played sports or were involved with something that requires a lot of physical activity
19. Eating Healthy
Why It Exists: to benefit your overall health and well-being, but some aspects of healthy foods do not taste good
20. Shipping
Why It Exists: so you can receive packages from across the globe, but sometimes shipping takes a lot of time, which requires you to wait for the item that you purchased
Reflection:
I personally found this assignment to be very challenging. Since I don’t normally think about why things exist, it allowed me to view certain topics and subjects in a different matter. I think this assignment will allow me to look at things from a different perspective in the future, and will hopefully build my entrepreneurship skills as I progress through life. When I initially looked at the assignment, I thought it would be easy because it is about things that “bug” you. Once I started the assignment, I realized how difficult this would be. It felt like I had to train my brain to think differently, which I personally enjoyed.
1. Parking on campus
Why It Exists: To provide parking for staff, students, and visitors. While there is an abundant amount of people on campus, UF does not have enough parking for everyone.
2. Traffic on Archer
Why It Exists: Since a lot of people travel by driving to their destination, this creates more traffic on Archer, which is the main road in Gainesville
3. Plastic Bottles
Why It Exists: To allow for the easy disposal after you finish your drink. Although, it has caused a lot of damage to our environment
4. Plastic Computer Cases
Why It Exists: To protect your computer from drops and falls, but the plastic can easily break
5. Lines for the Bars at Midtown and Downtown
Why It Exists: So the bars don’t get overcrowded and allows for safety measures to be in place to protect the people at the bars
6. Potholes in Gainesville
Why It Exists: It’s an easy fix to the erosion on the roads without having to repave the road every time, but it creates issues for scooters and cars as it could ruin them
7. Doing Laundry
Why It Exists: So you have clean clothes all the time, but it’s a hassle to wash and dry the clothes and have to fold them afterwards
8. Having to wait for electronics to charge
Why It Exists: To allow the batteries in the devices to fully recharge so that we can use the device again, but it takes a long time for devices to recharge
9. Inner Road
Why It Exists: it allows for car parking and scooter parking, but it’s a one-way street, which forces you to access it from Newell Drive
10. Turlington
Why It Exists: allows for student clubs and organizations to interact with the student body and spread awareness about their ideals, but someone always comes up to you asking if you want a flyer while walking through Turlington
11. Having to purchase Adobe Applications as a college student
Why It Exists: Some classes require you to have Adobe Applications for certain assignments, which forces you to either use their 7-day trial, go to a computer lab on campus, or purchase the software outright, making it very inconvenient and expensive
12. Being forced to use Apple products for iMessage
Why It Exists: Apple created a way to allow all iPhones to connect with each other, but constricts you to only using Apple products, which gets expensive over time
13. The line at Southwest Recreation Center
Why It Exists: To allow for safety and occupancy precautions so there is no overcrowding
14. The Standard Parking Garage
Why It Exists: it allows for residents who live at The Standard to park their vehicles and scooters, but it is very dangerous as people like to speed around the tight corners
15. Street Parking in Gainesville
Why It Exists: to allow parking for people who live in houses that don’t have driveways or parking of their own, but there is no general street parking in Gainesville where you don’t have to pay or where you won’t get towed and/or ticketed
16. Winter in Gainesville
Why It Exists: Since Gainesville is considered Central Florida, it is further away from the equator then South Florida and experiences cold weather during the winter months
17. Advertisements
Why It Exists: so companies can make money and attract customers to their field of business, but it is annoying when you are watching TV and browsing the Internet
18. Chronic Pain
Why It Exists: your body ages over time, especially if you have previously played sports or were involved with something that requires a lot of physical activity
19. Eating Healthy
Why It Exists: to benefit your overall health and well-being, but some aspects of healthy foods do not taste good
20. Shipping
Why It Exists: so you can receive packages from across the globe, but sometimes shipping takes a lot of time, which requires you to wait for the item that you purchased
Reflection:
I personally found this assignment to be very challenging. Since I don’t normally think about why things exist, it allowed me to view certain topics and subjects in a different matter. I think this assignment will allow me to look at things from a different perspective in the future, and will hopefully build my entrepreneurship skills as I progress through life. When I initially looked at the assignment, I thought it would be easy because it is about things that “bug” you. Once I started the assignment, I realized how difficult this would be. It felt like I had to train my brain to think differently, which I personally enjoyed.
Hi Alexandra,
ReplyDeleteI thought many of your "bugs" were valid and were made up of thoughtful observations. The bug of Turlington Plaza made me laugh as I feel like every UF student could relate to that. Another bug I could agree on was waiting for electronics to charge. I feel like that is such a 21st century problem as every year people value quickness more. In the future, you definitely can improve on elaborating more on your points and putting more words to your thoughts.
Hi Alexandra,
ReplyDeleteI think you did a good job of creating your bug list. I related to the bug of eating healthy because that is something that bugs me as well. I also agree with you when you said you had a challenging time creating the list. It is not everyday people think about why what bugs them even exists. I believe this assignment will help you build your entrepreneurial skills because now you will be used to finding the "why" behind different problems so you can find the solutions.
Hey Alexandra,
ReplyDeleteGreat post overall! The general design of your blog is really cool as well, something I have to work on. Eating healthy was a great one! I can totally relate because eating healthy is not always the best tasting and you always have to remind yourself. I also liked the standard parking lot as a bug, if anyone has been in there I am sure they would agree to! Great job!