I am currently in India teaching design at Indian School of Business. One of the reasons that I keep coming back here is the students. They are smart, driven, often technological sophisticated and passionate about their work. Each day, I have several students visiting my office pitching their ideas, seeking advice. Today, I met one … Read more
I started reading “The Artisan Soul” by Erwin McManus. It is a great book and I would recommend to anyone who is interested in creativity and design, whether you are a Christian or not. McManus sees us as “inherently creative beings” who live with “the fear that if we aspire to be more we will … Read more
From July 1, 119 Philadelphia area youth (13 – 19 year old, 69 of them are girls!) are learning various digital literacy skills through projects, lectures, field trips and workshops. They spend six weeks on Temple campus, working in different groups throughout the campus to work on various projects: designing small business app, exploring culture and … Read more
I started using bricks in my design workshop program. This means that I need actual bricks of different kinds as a part of my program. Since I deliver this program in different places, I often need to ask local hosts to buy these bricks for the session. This is a picture sent by an individual … Read more
Here are the books that we will be reading this semester. “Engaged Scholarship: A Guide for Organizational and Social Research” (Andrew H. Van de Ven) “What Is This Thing Called Science?” (A. F. Chalmers, Alan F. Chalmers, Alan F. Chalmers) “Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Designs for Generalized Causal Inference” (William R. Shadish, Thomas … Read more
Yesterday, my class discussed Sony case. The case covers how the traditional organization structure that Sony had with product silos led to its failure to respond to digital challenges. Instead of discussing the case, I ask the students to build 3D representations of Sony to explore the problems deeper. Then, we discussed how Frank Gehry … Read more
This is a short video clip that I put together for my class last night. It shows many different adaptations of Charlie Bit me video, which was originally posted in March 2007. Since then, this 55-second video has been watched almost 130 million times. A quick search on You Tube with “Charlie Bit Me” produces … Read more
Web 2.0 – This shows how web 2.0 is working. This shows how 2D bar code work to bring digital and physical reality together. This shows an implementation of augmented reality using iPhone.
These are the books that we will be using as main textbooks for this semester. The followings are the books that we read partially.
1. Form a group of 5 or 6. 2. Everyone should put his or her key chain on the table. 3. Each person should explain what he or she has on the key chain and why. 4. Other group member should write down words on given Post-It notes (one word per note). The words can … Read more