A weekend that starts Thursday night, ends Saturday night. Taking advantage of the lull in traffic from iftar. Taxi driver’s taking advantage of the lull …
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Last impressions of working in Cairo? A relatively easy place to research – all credit to the local team but given the pace, heat and …
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Today’s office is a series of poor design choices. I’m sitting in a hire car in the Jones Farm Campus car park despite the 31 degree …
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If there’s an upside to jetlag it that it’s a viable excuse to hop on a bike and take an early hour’s ride around Tokyo …
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Run a decent sized (two week, 25+ person team) field study in emerging markets it’s highly likely that you end up handling a lot of …
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Flight arrives in Oulu 1:15am Monday. Luggage probably in Helsinki. Long queue for transport to get somewhere warm. Sub-zero conditions. No taxis to be seen. Welcome to Oulu.
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This afternoon’s desk is in a cafe situated in Oulu airport departures hall. It is slowly filling up with waiting passengers, and most people have …
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I’m standing in a doorway and looking out on the street – this neighbourhood is getting a side-swipe from a typhoon that’s seriously ravaging more …
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Gas station on the outskirts of Beijing. Four things stand out: Taxi has gas nozzle and redundant petrol cap; tank is noticeably slow to fill; nozzle …
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As we descend into Beijng the mental preparation for arrival kicks in. Leaving the plane’s cocoon can be jarring and music is my way to …
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