One conclusion from a 10 road trip user study in US last year was that almost everything we learned, or ended up using in a …
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Tour Bus Ethnography
14 Jan 2006
Looking at my travel schedule for the next few months I’m left wondering what can I expect to learn from the relatively short amounts of …
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Cultural Time Capsules
09 Jan 2006
Seasonal activities such as skiing and snowboarding often lead to a non-trivial investment in equipment – a new deck, gloves, goggles, jackets, boots, trousers, hats, …
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In Japan stamps are a common way of providing proof of having been somewhere. Train stations, mountain huts, sea ports, and airports often have a …
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Acceptable Boundaries of Use
05 Jan 2006
Today’s office is a guest house half way up a mountain in Japan’s northern island of Hokkaido. I’m here with a research colleague to catch …
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