Some Thoughts 2

A combination of thoughts or learned things.

1

Design research is not asking questions decided by generalisability. It is often qualitative. It is going out and asking people what does this mean to you and how you feel about it. It means asking about feelings, thoughts and opinions. It does not have to be validate things and when we are having numbers, we are missing some important parts.

2

Always navigate through big and small. For example, when we are focusing on personal sleep, we can think about whether the relationship, and the environment will influence his sleep and how, and this is so-called macro. Then we can still look further into the more bigger aspect, like the society and culture: how would different culture influence personal sleep, and even history. Then we go back to the personal sleep again.

It is more about thinking from one to another, and looking at questions in a more free way. Pay attention to the reasons behind it and ask why.

3

While reading something, try to understand the context first. Think about the magazine article, the written date, why you read it and what you want to get from it.

Pay attention to the author and think about why he wrote this. Is the article manipulating us?

Check the people in the article and also try to find the reference to read. Check the idea.

4

Think about the edge case for design. For example, when the context is home, think about homeless people. When the topic is sleep, think about sleep inside a car or a tent. When you feel stuck in design, think about these edge cases to open your mind.

5

When you feel stuck and cannot continue, maybe take one step back (to sleep data). Think again from last step which you still feel good about and continue. Or maybe stay there is enough (data vis).