Time Spent

5 hours

Outcomes & Reflections

• Delivered an interactive Climate Week talk that left students energized to craft their own 7-Word Why Stories.
• Balanced grief over mentor Michael’s terminal diagnosis with leading Liminal Space’s Fallen Pollen installation at Burning Man.
• Created my own 7-Word Why Story: Playground proves capability, showcases spirit, invites collaboration.
• Defined personas and mapped a prioritized feature list before writing any code.

Prioritized Feature List

| Priority | Feature | Description | Personas | Objective | | -------- | ------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------- | ---------------- | | P0 | POC Projects Page | Cards with images & titles, sortable by tag, plus a “More on the way!” card | Both | Prove + Showcase | | P0 | Hero “Playground” Landing Block | Full-bleed banner with 7-Word Story, concise value prop, single Book-a-Call CTA | Hiring Manager & Business Leader | Prove + Invite | | P0 | Instant-Book Calendly Embed | Sticky footer CTA to remove friction | Hiring Manager & Business Leader | Invite | | P0 | Featured Case Study × 3 | One-pagers (climate-tech SaaS, Liminal art install, local-biz digital revamp) with outcomes & numbers | Hiring Manager & Business Leader | Prove | | P0 | 10-Second Tech-Stack Snapshot | Badges + one-liner on AI pair-programming, modern FE stack, PM tools | Hiring Manager | Prove | | P1 | About / “Spirit Manifesto” | Photo + narrative linking climate action, art, and software craft, ending in personal values list | Both | Showcase | | P1 | Collaboration Menu | Service-cards grid (Full-time, Fractional PM, Community apps, Immersive installs, Speaking) → contact forms | Both | Invite | | P1 | Testimonial Carousel | Quotes from climate-tech CTO, café owner, artist covering both personas | Both | Invite |

Field Journal

Climate Week Reflection

• The UCSC talk on “7-Word Why Stories” went incredibly well—students brainstormed better futures and found personal guiding lights.

Personal Loss

• Minutes after meeting a Westside makerspace owner, I learned my mentor Michael has only months to live. Michael taught me guitar since age nine and shaped my life. Plans to surprise-visit him in Phoenix were overtaken by fate.

Fallen Pollen at Burning Man

• Led a 4-month build with a 12-person team through flawless logistics, solarpunk programming, and nightly 8-hour sleep—proof that immersive art and high performance coexist.

7-Word Why Story Breakdown

• Topic: My Weston Mossman Portfolio
• Ideal World: A public playground for writing, sharing, learning, experimenting, and connecting—reflecting creativity, speed, and impact.
• 7-Word Story: Playground proves capability, showcases spirit, invites collaboration.

Implementation Sprint

• With Copilot’s help, scaffolded a Projects grid & detail page in Next.js, wrote tests, and iterated to green in hours.

AI Pitfalls & Next Steps

• Noticed Copilot over-uses as any; prioritizing stronger TypeScript typings as the top P1 task.