2013 archives

When the Dust Is Still in the Air

23 Apr 2013
In: Abu Dhabi, Today's Office
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There’s a point in most journey’s when you finally feel you’re underway, where the motion and dust of travel finally settle into a jet lagged …
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Rewired

23 Apr 2013
In: Boston, Design Inspiration
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A few upsides from taking the train between Boston and NYC: legroom; one less flight; and having an opportunity to browse and advance copy of …
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Dirty City

18 Apr 2013
In: Abu Dhabi, Today's Office
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In Abu Dhabi for the week – a mixture of new-new and sandstorm-building-site-dust-covered buildings, the textures of fast, expensive cars, marble, kerbs, migrant labour uniforms, …
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Reflections on Glass, References

15 Apr 2013
In: Design Inspiration
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A few references for the You Lookin’ at Me? Reflections on Google Glass article from last week. Changing consumer expectations with shared-services such as ZipCar; The …
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50 Questions for Little Sister

15 Apr 2013
Last week I posted an essay about the adoption and impact on Google Glass that raised more questions that it answered. Hundreds more questions in …
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A Fear of Blurb, Unleashed.

09 Apr 2013
In: San Francisco, Today's Office
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One of the unexpected benefits of writing a book has been the opportunity to think and learn about the publishing process. In the past month …
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And Describe Them

31 Mar 2013
In: Design Inspiration, Mission District
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The kind of thread that links people and objects.
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In the Balance

23 Mar 2013
In: Cultural Norms, Tokyo
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New Forms of Consumer Guilt

Like a number of you I purchased a Twine – the thing that provides new ways to sense and measure and understand the …
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Road Crew

18 Mar 2013
In: Cultural Norms, Shanghai
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