Monthly Archives: January 2013

701: Random Thoughts on Modern Medicine & Research.

The Beginning It all started near the beginning of December 2012. I began to have random bouts of itching over ninety percent of my body. The itching would come and go with a thirty minute break here or there. As the days passed, the itching became more intense. I assumed that it was something new …

January 30, 2013 – 8:56 PM | By Wade Kimble | Posted in 701 | Tagged | Comments (0)

701: Unit 4, Blog Entry 1: Design-Thinking Methods

Stanford’s d.school has assembled a wonderful group of design thinking methods in a collection called Bootcamp Bootleg. The complete collection is 47 pages of insight on how to effectively tackle design thinking. Some of the methods are based on traditional qualitative research methods such as What? How? Why? and Interview Preparation. Others methods such as Stoke …

January 29, 2013 – 8:04 PM | By Wade Kimble | Posted in 701, d.school, design thinking, Stanford | Tagged | Comments (0)

702: Unit 3 Blog, Thinking Wrong

Thinking wrong seems to mean thinking outside of the norm. Using a well known tool for an alternative purpose might fit also.For this class, I strayed away from reading ahead and trying to be extra prepared for the assignments. I waited for each step and performed the task as given. I did not do more …

January 28, 2013 – 4:25 PM | By Wade Kimble | Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged | Comments (0)

502: Public Thank You

Since the beginning of this quarter the GRDS 502 class has been tackling the issue of genocide undrneath the Ottoman Empire. Hannibal Travis of the Florida International University of Law and writer of Genocide in the Middle East: The Ottoman Empire, Iraq, and Sudan took time out of his schedule to do a q&a session …

January 23, 2013 – 10:23 PM | By Wade Kimble | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments (0)

701: Whole E-CRAAP

This quarter is the my first time being introduced to the CRAAP standards & form. If you are not taking the class, you were half asleep during this unit, or you are some random nonSCADian, CRAAP stands for Currency, Relevance, Authority, Accuracy, and Purpose. Leave it to California State University to find quick and easy …

January 23, 2013 – 10:11 PM | By Wade Kimble | Posted in 701, Uncategorized | Tagged | Comments (0)

701: My Head Almost Blew Up

Wow! I can only say that this is the most intense research I have ever done for any art related project. In the past, I might grab a old art book, get inspiration from a run down building on the way to lunch, google for a few minutes, or pick a random topic. Then, I …

January 23, 2013 – 9:41 PM | By Wade Kimble | Posted in 701, Uncategorized | Tagged | Comments (0)

702: Unit 2 Blog

To this date the explorations have been slightly fun but I am mostly curious. It reminds me of some 1 week projects we did in undergrad. I have intentionally not looked forward to the next steps because I desire a surprise. I was nice being to talk to my partners to realize that they are …

January 18, 2013 – 7:13 PM | By Wade Kimble | Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged | Comments (0)

701:Unit 2, Blog Entry 2: Time Management

Man! I think I can definitely tell the difference between undergrad classes and grad level courses… or not. I don’t know if it is being at a different institution, the graduate level courses, or the online environment that is causing my time to fly. It took me a few weeks to get it together last …

January 16, 2013 – 10:51 PM | By Wade Kimble | Posted in 701, Uncategorized | Tagged | Comments (1)

701: Unit 2, Blog Entry 1: Leadership

After reading Reshonda Perryman topic for literature review (Stressors of Design) during this unit’s discussion, I began to think about my own design process and how I feel during it. Reshonda stated the following: I am a bit of a stress-prone individual myself so I found it to be a very interesting topic to explore. …

January 16, 2013 – 10:26 PM | By Wade Kimble | Posted in 701, Uncategorized | Tagged | Comments (0)

702: Word Bank 1 & 2

Words:Bolshevik & Arrest

January 10, 2013 – 9:49 AM | By Wade Kimble | Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged | Comments (0)