Thinking About Thinking
On the bus home from work today I stared out the window as I crossed the Granville bridge and smiled to myself as I reflected on the beauty of our city. It’s moments like this that I feel like my thinking is clear and I am able to calm my mind, even if only for […]
Reflection 1: Thinking about Thinking
It is quite an odd question to ask oneself: how do I think? This is not something I usually think about. However, when I took the time and started reading about design thinking, I started to find it interesting and eye opening to think about how I think. For the most part my thinking depends […]
Reflection 1: Thinking About Thinking
My thinking process when it comes to working on a project tends to be quite messy. It often involves me over thinking, under doing, and just generally shooting myself in the foot for at least 50% of the time allotted for completion. This isn’t necessarily the case when I work on smaller problems though. I […]
How Do I Think?!
I remember when I was in grade 8 in my English enriched classes with Mr. Gellard and at the beginning of class he always required us to free-write for 15 minutes. Free-write?!!! I was confused and intimated by this concept that had the vague connotation of being able to write freely and in school (without […]
Reflection 1: Thinking about Thinking
I think on my way to school. I think in the shower. I think before I go to bed. I am currently thinking as I jot down these realizations that have come to me after having given some thought to my thinking process. I have never given much thought to the way I think before. […]
Reflection 1 – Every Day I’m…Designing! (Ref: LMFAO Party Rock Anthem)
Upon reading the excerpts of Lockwood, Pink & Martin, I confirmed that much of my thinking process is design based. I initially chose Commerce, specifically marketing, as my degree because I believed that my creative mind/alternative thinking process could generate new and innovative ideas in a typically structured industry. I am continually observing and am […]