I'm Jon; this is a journal of my experiences pursuing a PhD in Informatics at the University of California, Irvine.
Paper summary - Thematic Networks: An Analytic Tool For Qualitative Research, by Jennifer Attride-Stirling
Paper summary - Creativity As Action: Findings From Five Creative Domains, by Vlad Petre Glăveanu, et al
Paper summary - Rewriting the Language of Creativity: The Five A’s Framework, by Vlad Petre Glăveanu
Paper summary - Design Thinking: An Educational Model towards Creative Confidence, by Ingo Rauth, Eva Koppen, Birgit Jobst and Christoph Meinel
Paper summary - Dialogue In The Making: Emotional Engagement With Materials, by Ingar Brinck and Vasudevi Reddy
Paper summary - An In Vivo Analysis of Crafts Practices And Creativity - Why Affordances Provide a Productive Lens, by Michael Kimmel and Camilla Groth
Book chapter summary - Synectics: The Development of Creative Capacity, Chapter 5: Play and Irrelevance, by William J. J. Gordon
Book chapter summary - Synectics: The Development of Creative Capacity, Chapter 2: The Operational Mechanisms, by William J. J. Gordon
Book chapter summary - Synectics: The Development of Creative Capacity, Chapter 1: History of Synectics Researches Into Creative Activity, by William J. J. Gordon
Book chapter summary - Stimulating Creativity, Chapter IX: Stimulating Hypothesis Formation, by Morris I. Stein
Paper summary - Creativity and Culture, by Morris I. Stein
Paper summary - The Standard Definition of Creativity, by Mark A. Runco and Garrett J. Jaeger
Paper summary - The Philosophy of Creativity, by Berys Gaut
A housing update: Aliso Viejo
Awful apartments, and a loose plan with Paul and Katie
Course work and equivalencies
Looking for a place to stay in Irvine
