Timothy Roche's Blog

1) I believe that my apartment complex should install an electronic device at the pool/hot tub for residents to check in with a card to swipe and password. 2)  Describe your belief.  The unmet need is people living in Central Florida not being able to use the hot tub because it is too hot during the day and the complex started enforcing a strict rule of no one being in the pool/hot tub area past sunset. This is a need of the residents in this specific apartment complex. The strict enforcement has not always been in place. This is a recent thing that they are being strict about. People are not meeting this need because we are no longer allowed in the pool or hot tub after sunset and it is too hot during the day. 3)  Identify the prototypical customer.  The prototypical customer for this would be the residents within my apartment complex.  4) Customer 1: The 29-year-old woman I interviewed says that she moved in recently so did not know about previous ru...

What started as a a playful joke due to a breakup, turned into 400+ people getting together on Valentine's Day for a party. The girl I had been involved with for months and I ended things in January and I joked with a couple single friends that we should spend Valentine's Day together since we did not have significant others. When I realized that I have a lot of single friends, an idea blossomed. I was not sure it would turn into anything or if anyone would really be willing to spend their day at a bar. I spent a couple days brainstorming and came up with a theme and idea for this party. I then contacted a friend who is the owner of a bar in my hometown which is frequented by my friends to see if he was okay with me promoting a party at his establishment. Once he gave me the go-ahead, I started spreading the word and made a Facebook event for this date. It exploded. It started as five or six of my close friends getting together for some drinks and then, all of a sudden, we had ...

Bug List 1. When advertisements come up while playing games on my phone. Reason: This is a way for games to make money. 2. When packages come in the mail in extremely too large of a box. Reason: Companies use whatever box is present that holds the specific item. 3. When the “storage full” notification pops up continuously on my iPhone. Reason: The memory on my phone is not large enough to hold all of my files. 4. When people honk their horn the second the traffic light turns green. Reason: Impatient drivers 5. When the ice machine takes a long time to produce crushed ice. Reason: The process of crushing up the ice takes awhile 6. When you attempt to call customer service but have to go through many automated messages first. Reason: Companies attempt to downsize their employees so they use technology to assist with work. 7. When I have to stay at work with nothing to do even though it is a salary position. Reason: The boss believes we need to provide a ...

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