If there’s one thing that Kazakhstan’s second city does well it’s lounging around in cafes taking in the summer’s afternoon – with the cool breezes …
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Been thinking about this announcement by HP to add email addresses to a range of printers. You might think of this as a small thing, …
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If there’s one thing that is likely to raise the stress levels of the think-you’ve-seen-it-all-before business traveler it’s the taxi from the airport to the …
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China is now the fifth country I’ll feel comfortable calling home – after the UK, Germany, America and Japan, each time the process of relocating …
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Been thinking a lot about social aspects of security systems recently, and cultures and contexts where its common to have a nightwatchman. Your neighbourhood has …
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The replacement cycle of sex-trade advertising in a public phone box in London. Compare to the Yellow Arrow sticker to what extent can we be …
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An almost poetic level of advertising – next to each and every door in this housing estate. Mostly for sewage removal services. How long before …
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The Institute for Money, Tecnhology and Financial Inclusion has generated a list of 11 Design Principles for Financial Services for the Poor, drawn from a …
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Someone has written a date on the gauge’s backplate: for any given physical measuring device, the motivations behind the annotation? As new forms of digital augmentation …
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Given the extensive use of emergency phone numbers in un/popular culture – the extent that it’s easier to remember the emergency number from another country? A …
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