Comments on: Thinking Design: A pencil, a ruler, and a cup of coffee (Part 2) http://www.redhatmagazine.com/2007/04/30/part-2-thinking-design-a-pencil-a-ruler-and-a-cup-of-coffee/ Red Hat Magazine Fri, 8 Aug 2008 20:46:11 +0000 http://lyceum.ibiblio.org/?v=1.0.2 by: Messay http://www.redhatmagazine.com/2007/04/30/part-2-thinking-design-a-pencil-a-ruler-and-a-cup-of-coffee/#comment-14547 Mon, 23 Jul 2007 00:59:00 +0000 http://www.redhatmagazine.com/2007/04/30/part-2-thinking-design-a-pencil-a-ruler-and-a-cup-of-coffee/#comment-14547 Great article , exactely what i want to say to a bunch of friends who are reluctant to work together to invent things. Lot of negative attitude from their part ; positive attitude = american attitude Keep in touch A+ Great article , exactely what i want to say to a bunch of friends who are reluctant to work together to invent things. Lot of negative attitude from their part ; positive attitude = american attitude
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]]> by: William Howell, Sr. http://www.redhatmagazine.com/2007/04/30/part-2-thinking-design-a-pencil-a-ruler-and-a-cup-of-coffee/#comment-10187 Thu, 07 Jun 2007 00:57:15 +0000 http://www.redhatmagazine.com/2007/04/30/part-2-thinking-design-a-pencil-a-ruler-and-a-cup-of-coffee/#comment-10187 Your article (“Thinking Design: A pencil, a ruler, and a cup of coffee) hits right on a point I have been trying to get accross to fellow friends and students I have taught over the last years. I originally started my worklife within the two-way radio field back in 1967, back then if you didn't have a degree or tech certification there would be no way you could be accepted as a "designer" of anything. In 1989, I had a desire to further the availabilty of "in-car computer terminals" so I sat down and learned computer programming on my own and then started building the RF Modems, writting the software and putting it all together and selling it as a complete operational and useful system. There wasn't a day that didn't go buy that I wasn't told that the "software design" was the selling point. A few years later I opportunitiy of teaching young students whom couldn't afford programming classes how to take thier ideas and put them to use with computers. I remember starting each class with "You have an idea, a desire to make it come to life, now let's learn and work together to make your ideas become real". In my classes I would reinforce to them daily that everyone is born with the ability to design - if you don't think so just look at a young child's imagination and how they make make-believe come true in their minds. The opportunities that computers, software and open source software have brought about over the last years has no doubt brought about the need for everyone, everywhere to reconsider what the true definition of what a "designer" is, not only with the computer industry but the world as a whole. I know in my mind and heart, that even though I don't have a picture frame on the wall with a degree or certificate, I am truly a certified "Design Professional". Give any person a pencil, paper, ruler and a softdrink (coffee)and tell them to imagine anything and then put it on paper, and they will everytime the oppertunity arrises. Keep up the great articles, such as this one, for these are truly the type of mind thinking and mind changing articles needed this day and time. William Your article (“Thinking Design: A pencil, a ruler, and a cup of coffee) hits right on a point I have been trying to get accross to fellow friends and students I have taught over the last years.

I originally started my worklife within the two-way radio field back in 1967, back then if you didn’t have a degree or tech certification there would be no way you could be accepted as a “designer” of anything. In 1989, I had a desire to further the availabilty of “in-car computer terminals” so I sat down and learned computer programming on my own and then started building the RF Modems, writting the software and putting it all together and selling it as a complete operational and useful system. There wasn’t a day that didn’t go buy that I wasn’t told that the “software design” was the selling point.

A few years later I opportunitiy of teaching young students whom couldn’t afford programming classes how to take thier ideas and put them to use with computers. I remember starting each class with “You have an idea, a desire to make it come to life, now let’s learn and work together to make your ideas become real”. In my classes I would reinforce to them daily that everyone is born with the ability to design - if you don’t think so just look at a young child’s imagination and how they make make-believe come true in their minds.

The opportunities that computers, software and open source software have brought about over the last years has no doubt brought about the need for everyone, everywhere to reconsider what the true definition of what a “designer” is, not only with the computer industry but the world as a whole.

I know in my mind and heart, that even though I don’t have a picture frame on the wall with a degree or certificate, I am truly a certified “Design Professional”.

Give any person a pencil, paper, ruler and a softdrink (coffee)and tell them to imagine anything and then put it on paper, and they will everytime the oppertunity arrises.

Keep up the great articles, such as this one, for these are truly the type of mind thinking and mind changing articles needed this day and time.

William

]]> by: kevin utsey http://www.redhatmagazine.com/2007/04/30/part-2-thinking-design-a-pencil-a-ruler-and-a-cup-of-coffee/#comment-10133 Wed, 06 Jun 2007 21:33:21 +0000 http://www.redhatmagazine.com/2007/04/30/part-2-thinking-design-a-pencil-a-ruler-and-a-cup-of-coffee/#comment-10133 Please forward this comment to David Burney: David, I hope this message gets to you - I enjoyed reading your piece on design and run into the same response all the time: "we need to pay you to draw?" Are you going to be in your office this Monday, the 11th? We are interviewing for the parking deck addition next to your building that day and I thought I'd drop by if you are free. Hope you are, it's been a long time. Kevin Please forward this comment to David Burney:

David,

I hope this message gets to you - I enjoyed reading your piece on design and run into the same response all the time: “we need to pay you to draw?”

Are you going to be in your office this Monday, the 11th? We are interviewing for the parking deck addition next to your building that day and I thought I’d drop by if you are free. Hope you are, it’s been a long time.

Kevin

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