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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If there isn’t a law about advertising to captive audiences there should be – one hour waiting to clear customs watching an endless loop of Samsung Mobile …
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The person who takes you the last leg of the journey often turns into the first local subject of the day. Sit in the front of …
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Some industries are more cut-throat than others. To my mind the male and female escort service industries in Kabukichou, Tokyo must be somewhere at the top of …
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Spent yesterday with a colleague refining the goals of our next user study and discussing where we should focus our research energies next year. Talking …
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10 days before the next in-depth user study starts, 240 hours of relative calm before the storm. Sometimes its possible to plan a year in advance. …
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The walls around Parco Shibuya are updated every two weeks or so with a newly painted mural. You often see the mural crew working late …
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What draws you to get out of bed to go and do whatever it is that you do? Money? Fear? Apathy? Passion? Somewhere along the line you …
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Life is messy, pleasantly imperfect. Milk goes sour. Shoe laces come undone. Objects are forgotten. Luggage is lost (thanks FinnAir). Packages don’t turn up (thanks DHL, …
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To convince buyers that wrist watches are waterproof this market seller in Kathmandu places them in water – salt water. Punters think they are buying …
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