Research Methods

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Hokkaido: short board
One of the metrics for a successful field study is unsurprisingly, ensuring everyone returns home safely. For our recent Accra field study this was, alas, …



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26 Feb 2010

In: Hokkaido
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Careers Advise

08 Feb 2010

In: Dharavi
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Field Gear: Mobile Printer

07 Feb 2010

Basic &#187 Canon Pixma iP90v Printer, black and colour ink cartridges &#187 Photo, Letter paper   Extras &#187 Canon BU-10 Bluetooth Adapter for a more flexible office setup &#187 Printer Battery …
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Luggage

07 Feb 2010

Going solo &#187 Arc’teryx Silo around the world on 30 litres &#187 Gregory satchel the ultimate field research bag &#187 Granite Gear stuff-sacks and pack liners for additional …
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Photo Management Software

07 Feb 2010

With all the photos coming in from your field teams (15,000+ from a ten day study), you need tools and a process to effectively manage your data…
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Audio Equipment

07 Feb 2010

Basics &#187 Olympus Voice Recorder for basic audio &#187 Sony PCM D-50 Audio Recorder Sony PCM-D50 for high quality audio &#187 Sony Dead Cat Muffler – for any …
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Local Insights, Lite

04 Feb 2010

A favoured activity during stop-overs is buying up local newspapers and spending the rest of the flight poring over contents to work out the local …
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Designing for UNICEF: Class Notes

12 Oct 2009

In: New York
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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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The Blind Leading the Deaf

19 Jun 2009

In: Tokyo
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Acknowledging for a moment that this article at the Harvard Business Review is written for a particular audience, that experiences vary from corporation to corporation …
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Unique Identifiers, Response Accuracy

23 Feb 2009

In: Tokyo
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How do street survey’s evolve when the surveyor has the ability to check the validity of answers to (control) questions in real time? Which unique identifier …
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