If you want to make a difference, you have to understand a lot about what you are trying to do. And even if you had a large surplus of cash lying around, you still can't just throw it at a situation as complicated as, say, West Africa and think it w...More

This week made me realize that people love ignoring pressing issues. "Ignorance is bliss" is and probably always will be a main characteristic of the general public. Like The New Yorker article said, problems with tangible, immediate, outcomes are m...More

I thought the lecture for this week was great. More specifically, the TED talk video that was included in the lecture really opened my eyes to the benefits of rapid development and iteration in human centered design. In essense, what I got from the...More

This week, we went back and once again looked at Human Centered Design. We learned about the study of humans, ethnography. Taking a critical scientific perspective at humans, while at the same time maintaining an empathic connection with the people...More

I found the content of this weeks lecture to be very interesting. Setting up the framework for good design is essential in developing practical solutions to the problems the world faces

I felt that Hear, Create, Deliver (HCD) was the most importan...More

This week made me kinda feel bad

Living in a developed, well-off country, you take for granted all the diseases you hear about as mythical things that in no way can affect you. I mean, no one really DIES from diseases anymore, right?

It was so in...More