256 Design Portfolio For Spencer Oberstadt

MPDX - Mobile

Ministy Partner Development Connexion

In June 2012, I traveled to Orlando, FL and worked with a team on to build a mobile access portal for MPDX.org. MPDX is being designed as the new web application solution for missionaries who raise their own financial support. My role was leading the mobile apps team where I worked with another member to train him in javascript development and project management. We built the apps using Phonegap and are currently targeting Android and iOS devices with offline applications and is also accessible via the web. We chose PhoneGap because we wanted a fast start-up time and the oppertunity to target any smart phone.

To start off the first week of the project, we worked to explore dynamic view (HTML page) creation techniques and other tools we would need to develop for a PhoneGap application. After becoming aquated with our new tool set, we made wireframes to lay out some of the basic features we wanted on the different views. After about a week of development, to help streamline development and expansion, we looked into Javascript MVC (more info) frameworks and decided on using Backbone.js. After getting the hang of Backbone.js, we were cooking with gas and had a published app on the Play Store after about 2.5 months, with the last month me working solo.

During the first 2 months, we used a white board in the department to make an extensive to-do list with each section of the app. As we transitioned out of pair-programming, the remaining tasks were transfered to the Github issues page as the project approached it's beta releases. Now you can track the current code base on the Github repo.

The app is currently available on the Android Play Store and the Apple App Store!

Project Transparency

Accountability Utility

Project Transparency was built with the vision of sharing daily updates how you are doing to your accountability partners. I built the application with Java for Android and have hopes of supporting other platforms as well. For a back end, php was the weapon of choice connected to a MySQL server.

All of the code for Project Transparency is availalbe on GitHub. Check out the Android Code and the Server Side.

Available on the Google Play Store

Mobile Enviornment Detection

As many medical conditions can inhibit cognitive abilities, the Mobile Environment Detection project was designed to help people who struggle in new environments turn that space into a learning atmosphere. In different locations, facilitators could "capture" items or locations in the space and provide descriptions on whenever was relevant. My role on the project was to do the interface design and begin the groundwork for implementing an Augmented Reality engine.

Smart Data Entry App for Autism Therapy

Extensive records are common in home therapy for a child with autism. Line therapists are given a list of assigned program items (things for the child to work on learning) and begins the process of continually practicing that item until success regularity increases. This process while providing good structure, was slow to adapt and did not allow for use of the testing data after 2 weeks. Out of these problems rose the Smart Data Entry App for Autism Therapy, where instead of having to write each time you complete a trail with the child, you can enter that into a tablet, where that data can be accessed in real time by a senior therapist and can be utilized later in therapy to show things like changes in acquisition speed.

This app was built as a suite of tools (Mobile Enhanced Autism Therapy) built to further different areas in the autism therapy field.

MPDX - Mobile