Posts Tagged ‘mobile phone’

Specialised Vocabulary

21 Dec 2009
In: Design Inspiration, Xi'an
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Packaging in Context

06 Nov 2009
In: Design Inspiration, Kabul
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Ad-hoc interview at a tailor’s.
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Twos and Threes

02 Nov 2009
In: Cultural Norms, Kabul
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Most shops and business cards in Kabul include either two or three mobile phone contact numbers as a convenience for their customers – call costs …
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Street App Stores: Disruptions to Watch

28 Oct 2009
In: Kabul, Street Hacks
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Many Kabuli residents looking for new mobile phone ringtones, wallpapers and applications to spice up their mobile phone turn to their neighbourhood content kiosk – …
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Telco Details

08 Aug 2009
In: Lhasa, Today's Office
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Early morning telco with the LA design team. In the daze of the morning managed to misplace the local Chinese teleconference details so dialing directly …
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Lubing the Edges of the Internet

19 Feb 2009
In: Delhi, Future Perfect
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Discussions around the recent GSM Association announcement of a universal Micro-USB phone charger are missing half of the point. There are obvious stakeholders affected by this …
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2 Minute Warning

10 Sep 2008
In: Akasaka, Today's Office
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Head down to Akasaka for the launch of a new product and duck into a cafe to work on the presentation. Talking for 25 minutes …
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Tools for Mobile Activists

15 Apr 2008
In: Design Inspiration, Tokyo
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The presentation-lite slides from last week’s Global Philanthropy Forum panel on Early Warning: Listening, Technology, Activism The three things on the device that will impact the …
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Street Hacks Presentation

01 Apr 2008
In: San Francisco, Street Hacks
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How long have you been using your current cell phone? And what happened to your previous one? If you live in a country like India, …
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Money, Not a Bank in Sight

19 Mar 2008
In: Mumbai
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Imagine a world without access to banks and the services they provide – baseline services such as credit, money transfers, savings. For many of the …
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