...while scratching my metaphorical itch

encased in a house of concrete: an introduction, and only an introduction

From a bird's-eye view, our brick-lazy, boggish blogger lay atop the tallest through-street in his unincorporated township. With so little atmosphere to weigh him down - administrative OR meteorologic - one would think that he would soar to lilting literary elevations (or simply alliterative luxuries... indolent indulgences if you will). But the languid lavish of the howling wind or blank slate of the bare walls did not pique his imaginative invention as he once hoped.

Yet late last week, as our subject stare into the guttering lamplight, a veritable Einstein-ian revelation thrust itself into the room. Instead of Herculean efforts of dissertative digression into researched meanderings... why not save himself from expectative epiphanies and blog on a single subject that interweaves itself throughout his integrated inquests?


while i lay procrastinating: a translation

From a high level, doing a referenced blog seems easy. But as I sat trying to complete new posts on three entirely separate occasions, I realized that these theses-sized posts are at-best monthly in nature. Concurrently, it occured to me that there was a good opportunity to blog about my blended studies. This semester, I have tailored every academic effort (save one) to focus on the nexus of design and innovation in a business context. Here's my syllabus:

• Design as Competitive Advantage
• Managing Innovation and Change
• Business and Technology for Sustainable Development
• Independent Study: Focusing on the New Product Development process

Realizing that I wanted to save my ramblings in a single place (instead of always emailing different classes), I decided the blog format would help me further integrate my studies and hopefully create a repository for others' comments. While the dialogue repository has yet to flower, I have received a few personal emails upon starting my blogging curriculum-enhancer.

So before you worry that I have left another effort by the wayside, please check out my new blog: Design Digressions. Just please bear with me until I settle into a consistent bloggin voice. But there will be a mixture of academic rumination, design observations, and quick-hit resource posts.

Please let me know what you think!
-Stan (a.k.a. Ryan)

P.S. I will continue to post here on rare occasion. Future posts include philosophical musings on the nature of creativity, the social and cultural impact of blogs, and the life of elephants...