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Mobile, Money, Chai, Delivery

Ahmedabad: chai delivery
Spent an hour this morning in the basement of my hard drive looking through the archives for photos related to mobile money service use for …



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27 Jul 2010

In: Cultural Norms
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Emotional Advertising

17 May 2010

In: Cultural Norms
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On the last night of a field study in Ahmedabad time spent taking in the city – ventured into this traditional movie theatre to catch …
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Toothbrush Norms

16 Apr 2010

In: Cultural Norms
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Mobile Banking? Personal Banking

08 Apr 2010

In: Design Inspiration
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For those of you exploring the intersection of design and micro-finance I’ve started guest-blogging at the World Bank/CGAP – the first short post on the …
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Highly Qualified Small Print

From the Ahmedabad press.
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Location-Shifting / Field Hacks

05 Mar 2010

In: Street Hacks
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How many remote controls are in your home? In my sparse Tokyo rabbit hutch I count 6: one for the air-conditioner; the fan; home music …
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The Betweens

01 Dec 2009

In: India, Locations
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Waylaid by roadside sculptures, meetings running to Indian Standard Time, Ahmedabad some while back.
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Tagging People and Objects for Profit

04 Jul 2008

In: Future Perfect
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Last day in Ahmedabad – our rickshaw driver shouting over the drone of the 2-stroke, and she stops to pull in the scarf. We collectively …
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Auto-Rickshaw Mud Flap Customisation

27 Jun 2008

In: Cultural Norms
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One of the sweeter aspects of whizzing between meetings in Ahmedabad has been seeing occasional glimpses of of artistic inspiration fly by – in the …
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Rewards and Learning Curves

05 Jun 2008

In: Today's Office
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Passengers of the Ahmedabad to Mumbai train getting to grips with the the highly intuitive and instantly gratifying photo browse on the iPod Touch/iPhone. For …
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