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		<title>One Line of Service Design, part 2</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just a short update&#8230; I asked my mentor from this summer, Susan Spraragen (who is currently in Paris presenting our work on service blueprinting) what her service design one-liner would be. Here&#8217;s what she contributed:
Service design is about creating and taking decisive and deliberate actions that will promote, support, and sustain positive service experiences in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Doing research isn&#8217;t all about what you have planned; a lot of times it&#8217;s about what you don&#8217;t have planned</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2008 23:16:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I think one of the best parts about doing research as a designer is our ability to adapt. Adaptation is such a crucial skill for a designer, not only longterm adaptations as project progress changes, but also on-the-fly, spontaneous changes while talking research participants.
I spent most of my afternoon at Pittsburgh Children&#8217;s Hospital today, as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>School update (or rather, wrap-up)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Dec 2007 16:55:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Kristin Hughes]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I only had two days of classes this term, the entire term zipped by almost without me knowing. By the last day of the term, I somehow managed to finish my thesis paper (though you can be sure I will be using all next term to refine it), create the other two deliverables for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Change in Plans</title>
		<link>http://words.thinkcarrie.com/archives/a-change-in-plans</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2007 21:42:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m done a little bit more than a quarter of my final year in grad school. What&#8217;s the smartest move to make now? Changing both my thesis paper and project focuses, of course! Duh.
That&#8217;s what happens when you&#8217;re supposed to make decisions on your thesis topics at the end of your first year in grad [...]]]></description>
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