broken.... :(

So my mac book is once again, broken. the track pad has given out. this is the second time its happend, and apple is starting to get on my nerves, how ever i still love my ipod. good job on that one apple. so I have been neglecting doing this blog, not ever been one to keep up with a journal. so it is going to be a challenge doing this. So we havent done very much toward our most recent project, way finding. Personally i think it has been a waste of my time. I know this sounds like a closed minded opinion, however i can back this up. First off, Richard, the quest prof "teaching" us how to way find is first and foremost trying to get us to not look through the eyes of the user, but rely only on the user. WE have done this! from the beginning we were taught how to interview the "users" on their opinions of an object or situation. for example when we did the project, design for 5 we were told first to talk to people about their opinions of our chosen object, what is good about it, what is bad about it, and what they would change. we went on to work to create designs that were helpful to the users. second he is wanting us to not focus on the solution, but on the problem. we have been taught the whole first semester the complete opposite. We watcha video in one of the first classes from IDEO about how the ideal design process is to come up with as many creative solutions as possible and from that begin to narrow the ideas into usable products. Frankly i feel that this simple task of creating a process of getting from point a to point b is to mediocre. It is bland and impedes my ability to think out of the box. there thats my two cents about it. done with blog 1 for the week.