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10 Places to Rest Your Head

24 Nov 2012
In: Imlil, Today's Office
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It’s been quite the ~year for travel, with as many days on the road/skies/mountain trails as off. The two things that have the biggest impact …
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vivacell

14 Jul 2012
In: Cultural Norms, Kajo Keji
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Appropriate Accommodation

21 Feb 2012
In: Addis Ababa, Cultural Norms
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Rent-by-the-hour, or rent-by-the-day guest-house, includes the now standard soft-core artwork. Usual setup is clean rooms, hardish beds, condoms in the drawer.
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Service Pollination Opportunities

05 Mar 2008
In: Chitose, Cultural Norms
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Shoe formation from a classroom’s worth of pupils taking off their slippers at the entrance to the room. The importance, or otherwise of wearing the …
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Time, Reflection, Time

25 May 2007
In: Beijing, Today's Office
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Today’s office is that moment in time waiting for friends to wake. Our guesthouse lies half way between the bustle of Tokyo and our final destination …
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Where To Stay When You’re in the Field

10 May 2007
In: Research Methods
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Where we stay on exploratory field studies has a big impact on what we learn, the effectiveness of the team working together and being able …
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Office Hours, Sounds and Daily Rhythm

13 May 2006
In: Gulangyu, Today's Office
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This week’s office is a weathered 1930’s guesthouse on a Gulangyu Island situated off the coast of the South China. Sail a junk south west …
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When Everyone Finds Their Rhythm

20 Apr 2006
In: Delhi, Today's Office
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Reviewing photos taken in the last month came across one that evokes many postive feelings. It shows two of our team sitting in garden in our …
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Decompression

09 Apr 2006
In: Tikli, Today's Office
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Two days in a rural location to analyse and debate 8 days of field data before the team disperses. A big part of coping with …
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Momentum, Underground

29 Sep 2005
In: Seoul, Today's Office
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Study is picking up pace – all the prep work is paying off. Finally spending some time on the streets and underground – Seoul is …
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