Bug List

THINGS THAT BUG ME

1. When looking at weekly ads and specials, there's often no way to create a comprehensive grocery list that allows you to track how much money you will be spending when you reach the store.
- Grocery sites may be more focused on showing deals, catering, or advertisements rather than programming for a grocery list.

2. A lack of easy mobility on campus/around Gainesville that does not require a costly Uber/Lyft ride.
- Gainesville residents may have found personal usage of a bike/skateboard to be more efficient and less costly than pay-to-use mobility within a small zone.

3. A lack of ride-sharing mobility options to reach areas in Gainesville that other people may want to enjoy as well.
- Gainesville residents may not want to share their vehicles/means of transportation without significant reward.

4. A lack of insulation and heating solutions for cold weather within the apartments in Gainesville.
- Gainesville apartments offer cheaper housing rates in exchange for cheaper construction (hence continued renovations on apartments).

5. WiFi connectivity being spotty and uneven within certain areas of my apartment, even when there is not a high usage of the router.
- Routers may not be made efficiently to target larger households/apartment buildings.

6. Lack of participation/response when posting information in a group communication application.
- Members may be not given proper stimulus regarding to the importance/relevance of the information provided.

7. A lack of public information regarding rush hour and certain congested areas, regarding traffic, in Gainesville.
- An inconsistent amount of support delegated to specifically keeping live-traffic updates in check for the mass consumer.

8. The auto-correction feature on iPhone that will consistently turn your own lingo into a "proper" word that does not convey the meaning you want.
- A lack of proper A.I. to recognize slang and acronyms.

9. An increase in bugs and pests within Gainesville apartments.
- A decrease in quality of housing or proper pest control standards.

10. A lack of maintenance response, in regards to time, for Gainesville apartments.
- A lack of work schedule or priority that may ultimately be the management's fault.

11. A lack of shows to watch on television, in regards to having to sift through endless channels to find something interesting.
- A lack of programming to allow for consumers to be given recommended titles/shows based off of past viewings.

12. Continuous "pop-up" advertisements on heavily-visited sites, despite the use of Ad-block.
- A lack of programming regarding control of ad-heavy areas.

13. Filling up your car on gas that is more expensive than the gas station that you JUST passed by on the side of the road that you did not know about.
- Not knowing whether or not it is worth the gas to drive to a different area of town for cheaper gas (mathematically).

14. On-sale items that are sold-out, without warning, at the beginning of a sale!
- Lack of notifications/proper updates due to programming that are overseen and unavailable.

15. Worthless sponges that can not remove grease from used cooking equipment.
- Improper specialization and utility of sponges that may have not been offered to the market yet.

16. Writing with a mechanical pencil that has lead that seems to break every single time if you're not writing from a specified angle.
- Flimsy material for writing that has not been modified to fit consumer preferences.

17. Grocery bags that rip halfway on the walk back to the car.
- A split between cost/relative productivity in regards to the material and quality of the bag.

18. Pet hair that clings to all kinds of furniture and your clothes that you can't get off of yourself.
- Pets are attracted to certain places that could possibly be prevented.

19. Spam phone calls that never seem to let up despite any kind of screening service provided by your iPhone.
- A lack of programming/reporting system that allows calls/numbers to be screened as overused (may breach privacy laws).

20. Not being able to turn vibrate off of your phone, because if you lose it and it is on silent, IT'S GONE.
- A lack of foresight in regards to location of phone applications.



CHALLENGES

This list was tough to make in regards of originality. I have a laid-back personality that doesn't get bothered by too many small things that cause me inconveniences, so it was hard to think of small "ticks" that made me itch. Additionally, I have never really analyzed my own "ticks" the way I have others, so it was interesting to have a more personal basis on what I would see as a problem to fix for the future. The explanations of why these bugs occur was the hardest part as I wanted to think of the core problems of why they existed; however, it is hard to do this without proper knowledge of the subject matter at hand. Next time, if I perform an exercise similar to this, I may want to research more on the topics that I list out, rather than just use my own common knowledge.