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Office Away From The Office

Delhi: ad-hoccing
My office for the next two weeks is a townhouse /guesthouse close to Delhi’s CP. The house is owned by an English couple who now …



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30 Mar 2006

In: Today's Office
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On Getting There

22 Mar 2006

In: Today's Office
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Can’t think of a city that isn’t beautiful to cruise around at night. Window down, non-spoken communication with the driver and the night-air blowing away …
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Motivations for Adoption

28 Jul 2005

In: Old Delhi, Today's Office
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What motivates people to adopt new technologies and features? Back in March, I had the pleasure of walking around Old Delhi with a friend and colleague …
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Nokia V-CD

10 Jul 2005

In: Old Delhi
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Can’t ever remember Nokia making video compact disc players. But if it says Nokia on the box its got to be Nokia in the box, right? …
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Cultures of Repair

03 Jul 2005

In: Street Hacks
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On the last night of my most recent trip to India spent an evening trying to understand India’s informal mobile phone repair culture by visiting …
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Today’s Barber

29 May 2005

In: Design Inspiration, South Delhi
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Supple skin on the hands of a South Delhi barber. The shaving process included a face massage and the liberal application of raw aloe.
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Guerilla Ethnography

02 Apr 2005

In: Today's Office
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Been at Doors Conference giving a three day workshop on Guerrilla Ethnography. At other conferences this would be called a user research methods workshop, but hei, …
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