Posts Tagged ‘commute’

Contextual Understanding

28 Feb 2010
In: Accra, Research Methods
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Homeward bound and one of our local crew ad-hocs his way along the train. Me? Just along for the ride. And yeah, we’re in the …
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Isolation or Solitude?

25 Sep 2009
In: Today's Office, Topanga State Park
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One of the pleasures of moving to a new city is in understanding the nuanced commuting behaviours of its inhabitants. For all our immersive, shadowing …
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Journey’s By Rail

10 Jul 2008
In: Handan, Today's Office
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Whilst the team has traveled across time zones to be here, in many ways our journey starts here in the hot bustling haze of today’s …
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Into the Mild

16 Jun 2008
In: Today's Office, Yakushima
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Today’s Monday morning commute takes me past the southern tip of the Japanese mainland to the island of Yakushima with a heavy back-to-back agenda of, …
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Rewards and Learning Curves

05 Jun 2008
In: Ahmedabad, 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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Monday Morning Commute / Emotions

12 May 2008
In: Shibuya, back of, Today's Office
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Once more into the fray – braving Tokyo’s Monday rush hour commuter traffic on the way to Narita. Finland for the week. One Monday morning …
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Monday Morning Commute

21 Apr 2008
In: Today's Office, Tokyo
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This morning’s office is cramped to say the least – my nose is pressed up against the collar of a salariman whose fresh pomade and …
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Variations, Days of the Week

27 Aug 2007
In: Today's Office, Tokyo
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What are the subtle characteristics that make Friday a Friday? You can guess its a Friday in Tokyo because the already high level of office dressiness …
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Everyday Security Obsessed

23 Jul 2006
In: Cultural Norms,
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A metro-using Paulista shields his back pack by wearing a coat. Given all the security and theft stories both prior to and on arrival in Brazil …
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Clues To What Goes On Inside

30 Dec 2005
In: Ho Chi Minh City, Today's Office
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Start the day at 6am and cruise the city with motorbike driver looking trying to understand how the city wakes up. Yes, it is little …
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