Rants about ID and Foundation and Intro to Design

12Sep06

I must be just the worst blogger ever or something.. I think I need to find some routine time where I just spend writing. I thought I was busy when I was working full time.. but I realize I filled a lot of my free time then by reading blogs. Now I’m going to grad school, and I thought I’d have tons of free time.. but it inevitably goes towards homework. Blah. My whole intent of going back to grad school was to have more free time to incubate business ideas… and blog. I’m coming to the realization that I’m going to have to sleep less (for the umpteenth time).. Anyway, a quick update on me for those who care: I’m in Foundation at ID. Its a graduate level introduction to the world of design– Next year we’ll be taking the more interesting classes that specifically correspond to our tracks. Right now, I’m taking a Photography workshop, Communication Design, Product Design, and general Intro to Design class. So far I like the Intro to design class the best (naturally, I guess, because its most closely related to design planning). My topic of research for Intro to Design is air travel/commuting. Being a consultant for the last year, I’ve encountered numerous hassles and annoying problems on my short trips.   I couldn’t imagine doing it every week, but luckily I didn’t have to.   It must be extraordinarliy tough to travel without liquids with the new policies enforced after the bomb scare on August 10.  

I’m trying to explore now different ways to solve problems associated with travel (like luggage shipping). Let’s see how long they’ll let me sit in the airport taking pictures of people carrying bags until I get in trouble with the TSA… :)

My intro to design class starts in 7 minutes, so I have to get going, but I will post some of my research shortly if its at all pertinent or interesting.

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