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In order to run a reflective design discussion, we need to approach each problem as a unique case. The wrong problem is often identified by the students and we need to discover the features of the problematic situation. The problem is almost always a framing problem and not a solution problem. teacher gives an “artistic” performance of the complex knowledge and inventory and reframing. The process goes as follows listen to the student ideas, help reframe the problem, discuss a new frame for the problem, allow the student to make discoveries, and then allow the student present their ideas again and repeat this loop as necessary.

In this tutorial, we’ll export Publii data and put it into basic Markdown for use in Jeckyll.

About a year ago, I stopped [using my home grown blog engine]({% post_url 2021-10-14-the-archive%}) and switched to using Publii. I’ve been relatively happy with that tool but found limitations that blocked me:

• local install made it difficult using it on multiple machines
• lack of hooks to create my own writing tools, for example, on the go
• no support for mobile
• SFTP just didn’t work when I switched servers and required a ssh key.

I tried Grav but my server’s file permissions didn’t want to work with it. I considered going back to my own software but decided to try Jeckyll. Jeckyll is a flat CMS that uses markdown and renders it to a simple HTML site.

Here’s a thing I recently wrote about design thinking.

“Design Thinking” has become the word of the moment in academic, government, and business communities. Before we can address how we’ll utilize Design Thinking in our program, we must define Design. When we introduce these topics, we are very clear with our students that Design is not Art. Often “Art” is confused with “Craft”. While similar in most people’s minds, our working definition, directly attributed to A.O. Scott in the book *Better Living Through Criticism*, is that art is criticism while craft is skill in making something. In this way, a craftsperson may be highly skilled but may not be making a statement while an artist may make a statement with limited technical skills.

@StarrySeaWitch I really like http://mastodon.social and wished we all moved there.

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RT @GioVincenti: We had a blast this summer leading #SpaceTechCamp with @gxwalsh! Thanks again to @NASASTEM and @NASAGRC_Edu for the opport…

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Please take this survey on apparel purchasing for one of my students: https://kw78ldcaqkm.typeform.com/to/QUDm9gSd

#fashion #research #ubux

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Today, I watched DPW lift all the recycling bins into the trucks with lids facing down and letting them fall onto the edges of the truck. This is why the lids keep breaking.The bins weren’t designed for this and I’m guessing that no one asked the team how they should be designed.

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OMG, EPCOT is 40 yrs old tomorrow.

That place inspired me.

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He just ran out of money to turn the “u” into a “g”. He is perpetually telling the world: I will make yoghurt (PA dutch spelling) https://twitter.com/newtgingrich/status/1574494476596396064

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This made my day. https://twitter.com/FromPhDtoLife/status/1573026931192250371

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