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End of April Update
As this school year is coming to an end and I am finishing up high school, my teammates and I are in the process of planning out how we...
Manasa Bala
Apr 28, 20231 min read
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April Update: NYCWiC Conference & Deployment Timeline
On 4/14, I gave a talk at NYCWiC (New York Celebration of Women in Computing) with my teammates Karissa and Angel. We presented Notice...
Manasa Bala
Apr 19, 20231 min read
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End of March Update
This month, Notice Volunteer was submitted to Google Play for review. If all goes well the app should be available to Android users soon....
Manasa Bala
Apr 6, 20231 min read
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Interview with Troy Music Hall
On Thursday, February 17th, I conducted a client interview and demonstration of Notice Volunteer to a group of volunteer coordinators at...
Manasa Bala
Feb 22, 20231 min read
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February Update
This month, Notice gained two new partner organizations: Troy Music Hall and the Junior League of Schenectady and Saratoga. We decided to...
Manasa Bala
Feb 22, 20231 min read
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January Update
This month has felt laggy. Everything is going too slowly. The NPR interview release was postponed to the middle of February. Our pilot...
Manasa Bala
Jan 31, 20231 min read
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December Update
My team and I are continuing our work with Notice Volunteer. We have secured 13 partnerships with nonprofit organizations spanning...
Manasa Bala
Dec 31, 20221 min read
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Thoughts on Notice Volunteer Launch Party
Our launch party was fun, but didn't go as planned. We didn't have any of our nonprofit partners attend. However, we were joined by some...
Manasa Bala
Nov 28, 20221 min read
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Notice Volunteer Launch Party!
Join us as we celebrate the official launch of Notice Volunteer, a mobile app that matches volunteers with service organizations....
Manasa Bala
Oct 30, 20221 min read
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October Progress
Our team has been working away on our pilot. This month we've secured three new nonprofit partnerships: RISSE, The Moon Catcher Project,...
Manasa Bala
Oct 30, 20221 min read
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Notice Volunteer 2022-23 ~ Timeline
September - Deployment and Soft Launch on App Store October - Deployment and Soft Launch on Google Play - Public Launch Party November -...
Manasa Bala
Sep 28, 20221 min read
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Manasa Bala
Sep 28, 20220 min read
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2021-2022 Reflection
My team and I are working hard to push Notice into production in early June. I am proud of how far we have come this past year. However,...
Manasa Bala
May 28, 20222 min read
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Another win for Notice @ LeafHacks 2022!
This month, Notice Volunteer won another hackathon award at LeafHacks! We won Best User Interface/App, which shows how wonderful...
Manasa Bala
Apr 29, 20221 min read
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Notice won an Award!
This month, our demo of Notice won Best use of Google Cloud at SWE Hack 22' (hosted by University of Washington)! I am incredibly proud...
Manasa Bala
Apr 8, 20221 min read
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March Progress (Post #2)
This month has been full of coding and partner meetings. The team and I are working on our pitch slideshow, official website, and...
Manasa Bala
Mar 25, 20221 min read
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What does success look like for your project?
Success for my project would be getting customers to adopt my app into their lives. Before the end of this school year, I would like to...
Manasa Bala
Mar 1, 20221 min read
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Interview with Chiara Shah ~ Computer Science teacher @ Emma Willard School
After a sit-down conversation with Ms. Shah, Emma Willard's Computer Science Teacher, she and I debunked how and why computer science...
Manasa Bala
Feb 27, 20222 min read
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February Progress (Post #1)
February is meant to be our 50% mark. I think we will achieve that by the end of the month. I want to finish up a working demo with...
Manasa Bala
Feb 26, 20221 min read
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January Progress (Post #2)
We are moving along in our production process. We plan to have a deployable demo ready by mid-February. Karissa and I are starting to put...
Manasa Bala
Feb 26, 20221 min read
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