Three simple rules to surviving corporate life with a smile: 1. If you look forward to fridays, you’re not doing it right 2. Leave the rat-race to …
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Popped into the Design for UNICEF class hosted by Clay Shirky, Christopher Fabian, Erica Kochi et al – the students project brief? To design useful …
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Today’s office starts early ends late. When we walk in at half five in the morning – the only other punters are a couple of road …
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Is it possible to make an upcycled mobile phone entirely from recycled materials? One that consumers will want to buy? How about at a price …
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Taking a late night work telco whilst knocking the top off a nama in a Naka Megruo izakaya. The only other people in the bar …
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2 days in Turku – a chance to share, listen, connect with an extended, talented team. Even after 7 years working here its an opportunity …
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And keeping with yesterday’s theme – a phone kiosk service using the Nokia 51xx phone – 0.50 Egypt Pounds (0.07 Euro) per minute. Typically the …
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How to engage with the local community in design? Rent a photo studio for ten days, fly-post a competition, offer daily prizes, meticulously document winners posing …
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At the Nokia Technology Media Briefing last November I touched on the Village Phone initiative between Grameen Foundation, Nokia and local micro-finance organisations in Uganda. To …
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In the Helsinki mothership today followed by the World Wireless Research Forum in Heidelberg for the rest of the week.
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