My courses this quarter have introduced me to 2 beautiful ways of thinking about problems. The first, called design thinking bootcamp is all about applying “design thinking” to problem solving. Design thinking, or user centered design, is a process created and perfected by the design community at Stanford and IDEO, a legendary design consulting firm [...]
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Classes
Posted in College stuff, Stanford on November 18, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The “purpose” of Stanford
Posted in Stanford, tagged GSB, Stanford on April 10, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Surfing around the web, or the blogosphere in particular, one is likely to find mixed opinion about Stanford University. For one year, I’ve been obsessed with the idea of living and studying there, so I’m more on the side of Stanford’s admirers than the cynics.
My Google Alert for Stanford threw up the [...]
Californication
Posted in Life and jazz, Stanford, tagged life on March 29, 2008 | 2 Comments »
If all goes as planned, then come September 2008, I will begin studies at Stanford University towards pursuing an MS Degree in Management Science & Engineering. Studying at Stanford and living in California and the Silicon Valley have been on my list of “Things to do before I die” for a few years. Naturally, [...]