Ends lecture 2/12

Blake Godkin came back again to finish his lecture and we got to get together and practice his techniques in groups again, Yaaa!  What I took away from this class was to first use what he called "divergent guidelines" and just throw ideas out with speed and without thinking about them in depth.  Then to use "convergent thinking", slow down and take the time to understand and evaluate ideas.  This is where I can trash the ideas that are not novel and examine what's left.  Then I can play with those ideas combining them, using them in different settings, etc.  It was fun using a real problem about transportation around campus.  It is funny what weird stuff we came up with when we weren't "judging" ideas.  By the way, today is my birthday 2/12 all the way!!!