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Comment on Street Dynamics by Future Perfect » Risk, Security & Working Styles

Future Perfect » Risk, Security & Working Styles — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 16:34:55 +0000

[...] One area where we’ve deviated from the journalist norm is in our use of transport: motorbikes have helped us beat the traffic and frankly are a more interesting way to traverse the city. Hiring a driver with a trial-bike can open up a whole world that is otherwise logistically off-limits, although most bikes are of the on-road variety. We’ve tried three-on-a-bike, but its a bit unwieldy. A motorbike + driver can be yours in Afghanistan for anywhere between 1,400 to 3,000 Afghanis ( 25 – 50 Euros) a day. See also this post on conducting street research here. [...]

Comment on Crowdsourcing Design Research? by Justin Powell

Justin Powell — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 18:32:56 +0000

Thanks for sharing Jan; a well done assessment of the strengths and limitations of a crowdsourced / rapid research model. a) It can potentially be an unfiltered 'dump' of entries. b) there is bias and c) because its virtual, the concept spans time and geography. We launched a very similar project at the beginning of the year. We've titled it the Ethnographic Sampling Project. It's an unfiltered look through the lens of the 'citizen anthropologist' providing behavioral and cultural insight. And overall giving us opportunity to see things differently, quickly.

Comment on Crowdsourcing Design Research? by observv :: design + society

observv :: design + society — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 16:34:16 +0000

[...] Design is trying to build a platform for crowd-sourcing research called FrogMob. The idea is to get people to pool photographs on a topic of interest to designers. Interesting cases are [...]

Comment on Design Mind Shanghai by Tweets that mention Future Perfect » Design Mind Shanghai -- Topsy.com

Tweets that mention Future Perfect » Design Mind Shanghai -- Topsy.com — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 04:06:29 +0000

[...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Marian Tobias Wirth, Jenny Gao. Jenny Gao said: I'm in one of @janchip's photos, life is complete. http://bit.ly/dyYw5x [...]

Comment on Climbing { Experience } Retail by Tweets that mention Future Perfect » Climbing { Experience } Retail -- Topsy.com

Tweets that mention Future Perfect » Climbing { Experience } Retail -- Topsy.com — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 18:57:12 +0000

[...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Jan Chipchase, Paul del Rosario. Paul del Rosario said: http://janchipchase.com/2010/08/climbing-experience-retail/ [...]

Comment on Crowdsourcing Design Research? by Tart2000

Tart2000 — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 10:45:04 +0000

very interesting. Thank you.

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Tweets that mention Future Perfect » Crowdsourcing Design Research? -- Topsy.com — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 21:14:39 +0000

[...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by frog design, Graham Hill, brendanbaker, Tim Leberecht, Daniel Edmundson and others. Daniel Edmundson said: good stuff here, as expected from @janchip. RT @frogdesign: Jan Chipchase on crowdsourced design research http://bit.ly/aCa2cM #frogmob [...]

Comment on Design Mind Shanghai by Design Mind at Alper.nl

Design Mind at Alper.nl — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 15:18:58 +0000

[...] From slide 47 on is the core of this presentation by Jan Chipchase: [...]

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Tweets that mention Future Perfect » Crowdsourcing Design Research? -- Topsy.com — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 09:59:54 +0000

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Comment on Mobile Money Afghanistan by Tweets that mention Future Perfect » Mobile Money Afghanistan -- Topsy.com

Tweets that mention Future Perfect » Mobile Money Afghanistan -- Topsy.com — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 17:05:33 +0000

[...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Jan Chipchase, frog design, ianfitzpatrick, Sam Martin, noopur and others. noopur said: RT @janchip: Sometimes you just have to follow the money: what & why I'm researching in Afghanistan: http://bit.ly/fp_fate [...]

Comment on Mobile Money Afghanistan by Tweets that mention Future Perfect » Mobile Money Afghanistan -- Topsy.com

Tweets that mention Future Perfect » Mobile Money Afghanistan -- Topsy.com — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 08:34:39 +0000

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Tweets that mention Future Perfect » Mobile Money Afghanistan -- Topsy.com — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 05:26:24 +0000

[...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by thatreeder, Future Perfect. Future Perfect said: New on FP: Mobile Money Afghanistan: Afghanistan is a country with extremely low levels of access to banking infr… http://bit.ly/bZi3VE [...]

Comment on The State of Tech by Tweets that mention Future Perfect » The State of Tech -- Topsy.com

Tweets that mention Future Perfect » The State of Tech -- Topsy.com — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 17:37:01 +0000

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Comment on Things That Make You Go Ssiiiihht by Prashant

Prashant — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 11:00:25 +0000

Or in the far future – a self-charging battery/power-source, which uses all the possible existing sources around — magnetic fields, solar, light, motion(piezo-electricity), touch (e.g. human-contact generating tiny charges), nano-generators using the heat generated inside the laptop/mobile,etc…

Comment on Things That Make You Go Ssiiiihht by wongton

wongton — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 08:55:28 +0000

Ahhhh, “Ssiiiihht”! I read wrong, I thought it was “Thhhhh!” as per this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuFe5lqBAYE

Comment on China Classics: The Mousetrap by How do you make a Mouse Trap Catapult? | Mouse Deterrent Reviews and Tips

How do you make a Mouse Trap Catapult? | Mouse Deterrent Reviews and Tips — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 04:38:35 +0000

[...] Future Perfect » China Classics: Thе Mousetrap [...]

Comment on Accidental by Tweets that mention http://janchipchase.com/2010/07/accidental/ -- Topsy.com

Tweets that mention http://janchipchase.com/2010/07/accidental/ -- Topsy.com — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 03:50:22 +0000

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Comment on Things That Make You Go Ssiiiihht by janchip

janchip — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 01:14:03 +0000

Vasco: yes, and a few examples have been documented here over the years. But what is different than what has gone before is that the plug/device itself comes with the ability to pay-as-you-go, and reward the electricity provider. The examples you use are provided by companies – the change will support micro-entrepreneurs the convenience store, the kiosk and so on.

Monique: the regulations are interesting, one of the hidden benefits that will filter through the ecosystem is that the same cable will be used for data transfers – essentially it is also a standardisation on the way to get data on and off the device. Not a big issue in smartphoneland today, but for the majority using feature/featureless phones it a real internet-extender.

Comment on Things That Make You Go Ssiiiihht by Tweets that mention Future Perfect » Things That Make You Go Ssiiiihht -- Topsy.com

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:50:42 +0000

[...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Sani Elfishawy, UX Feeder. UX Feeder said: Future Perfect: Things That Make You Go Ssiiiihht: Ssiiiihht: that’s the sound that a consumer makes when she buys… http://bit.ly/dt2p4o [...]

Comment on Things That Make You Go Ssiiiihht by Monique van D

Monique van D — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:04:00 +0000

Good to know that as of January 2011, following new (self) regulation in the mobile phone industry initiated by the EU, all mobile phones sold in the EU will fit the same, one-size-fits-all charger.
Not to save money but for environmental reasons!

http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/news/337270,2011-eu-commission-says.html

Comment on Things That Make You Go Ssiiiihht by Vasco Duarte

Vasco Duarte — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 06:13:44 +0000

A variant of this biz model is already happening in some places. In some shopping centers in Portugal you have coin activated power/charging stations for cell phones. you go up to it, pay and you get electricity.

In another other variant you can charge up your phone in some restaurants IF you buy food…

Comment on Having the Intelligence to Outsmart the Network by Cell(s’) Structure(d) for Counting (on) Change, through sufficient looseness « Thoughts on Everything under the Sun or I am a guilty Secularist

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 02:05:35 +0000

[...] Or more provocatively if the consumption based planning leads to a hierarchy of service wherein whole neighborhoods are left neglected (in this case with poor service, coverage/speeds) like holes “in swiss cheese“, can one imagine positive intervening typologies which harness this dead zone. As zones of contemplation, informal anarchy or minimally digital quiet. With growing fears about the longevity of digital memory and privacy could such holes in the cellular network/fabric serve as an anti-body, the next Iceland or Wild West where pasts are forgotten. Perhaps, this would be one way of as Jan Chipcase writes outsmarting the network. [...]

Comment on Global Insights from Design Research by Tweets that mention Future Perfect » x4 Series: Beijing Manual Worker -- Topsy.com

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:03:02 +0000

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Comment on Neon Blue by Matthew Talbot

Matthew Talbot — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 06:54:14 +0000

There’s also the strange phenomenon of under-car neon glow http://www.urban-neon-car-lights.com/ I first noticed it in New Zealand in the late 90s particularly amongst young rich asian students with pimped Japanese cars. Apparently there were some in the movie Fast and Furious.

Comment on 6 Rules for Night-riding in Shanghai by Tweets that mention Future Perfect » 6 Rules for Night-riding in Shanghai -- Topsy.com

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 00:01:01 +0000

[...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Jan Chipchase, Cindy Gallop and chilko, Bruno Raymond. Bruno Raymond said: RT @janchip: 6 Rules for night-riding in Shanghai: http://bit.ly/fp_x6 [...]

Comment on 6 Rules for Night-riding in Shanghai by Tweets that mention Future Perfect » 6 Rules for Night-riding in Shanghai -- Topsy.com

Sun, 25 Jul 2010 07:08:48 +0000

[...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Future Perfect, Eike Wenzel. Eike Wenzel said: RT @fp_bot: New on FP: 6 Rules for Night-riding in Shanghai: From Tokyo to Los Angeles to London – there’s nothing like a lat… http://bit.ly/bsjqfP [...]

Comment on Hose Loop by Tweets that mention Future Perfect » Hose Loop -- Topsy.com

Tweets that mention Future Perfect » Hose Loop -- Topsy.com — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 06:11:10 +0000

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Comment on Neon Blue by Tweets that mention Future Perfect » Neon Blue -- Topsy.com

Tweets that mention Future Perfect » Neon Blue -- Topsy.com — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 04:41:48 +0000

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Comment on Neon Blue by Christopher Tin

Christopher Tin — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 03:50:04 +0000

Great blog post, Jan. Fascinating thoughts about the modern cultural connotations of a color that probably didn’t exist before the 80s.

Christopher Tin

Comment on Rank, Order by Tweets that mention Future Perfect » Rank, Order -- Topsy.com

Tweets that mention Future Perfect » Rank, Order -- Topsy.com — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 03:03:21 +0000

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