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John Rooksby. Related articles What kind of researcher do you want to be? (cassieearl.wordpress.com) Outside In: Breaking Some Anthropology Rules for Design [guest contributor] (ethnographymatters.net) More self-managing organizations? (orgtheory.wordpress.com) Ethnography & The Customer: Building a Compelling Brand (ablebrains.typepad.com) Ethnography revisited – timing and pacing (orgtheory.wordpress.com)
For years, other countries have been far more cautious about the impacts of electromagnetic radiation on human health than in the US and far too little is known about this as we increasingly expose ourselves to these fields. In parts of Europe for example there are much stricter regulations on exposure to EMFs than in…
Increasingly I’ve noted the rise in the rental economy in the USA as the previous ownership mentality of many Americans traumatized by economic collapse and wealth inequalities is replaced by one of access. One interesting example of this is college students who, according to a slew of recent articles, are now taking over McMansions which…
Soon, several computer scientists argue, stock traders will locate themselves in optimal points long fiber optic cable routes (shown on the map) to optimize the speed of their trades by milliseconds. High-frequency trading is a new way for financial firms to make money by trading securities ultra-fast. Instead of holding securities for the long term,…
I’ve been an early adopter of services such as Mint to track my spending but I have just never been able to get around to switching my checking account out of the mega banks and into a more web friendly, agile resource. Finally it seems that the Internet is penetrating the previously fortified world of consumer…
Today you can still hear some managers, schooled in conventional thinking, claim the importance of “ownership” be it over people, projects or things in their employees and customers. How quaint. Today, with the penetration of the Internet and declining importance of hierarchical “superpowers”, access, one’s ability to collaborate, knowledge sharing and network connection is becoming…
Dan is an interesting guy with a strong web and social networking background. He is a social media scientist and has designed a number of linguistic tools to analyze online behavior. My Bio | Dan Zarrella. Related articles Science Of Twitter 2013 (slideshare.net) 5 Proven Social Media Call-to-Action Tips [Research] (heidicohen.com) Nieman Journalism Lab &…
This is a great way to assess places you might want to live by how friendly they are for walking about. Boston, DC, NYC and San Fran are all tops which is encouraging but a little surprising given the crazy drivers I have encountered. Still, this probably refers to the downtown areas which feature older…
Jan Chipchase is a Executive Creative Director of Global Insights at frog – a global design and innovation company. Prior to this role she worked for almost a decade as a strategist in Nokia’s Los Angeles design studio and Principal Scientist in the Nokia Research Center, Tokyo. She specializes in taking teams of concept/industrial designers, psychologists, usability experts, sociologists,…
Another top quality school bringing engineering, technology and science education online. Purdue Online Master of Engineering Program – Online Master in Engineering Programs. Related articles Purdue: New concrete may lengthen bridge lifespan (posttrib.suntimes.com) Purdue researchers win $14.5 million NSF grant to take nanoHUB.org to next level (nanotech-now.com) Can Engineers and Scientists…
Sebastian Junger – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Very interesting author who is trained as an anthropologist and has a theory that people’s lives are too complex and thus they crave the simplicity of natural disasters and tragic events such as war which creats bonds and a sense of grounding. Related articles Sebastian Junger launches medical…
Each year, 11% of consumer electronics are returned to stores, but only 5% of those are defective. The other 95% are returned because of poor design. Maya boot camps apply the techniques of usability and anthropology to change the odds. Inside MAYA Design’s Innovation Boot Camps | Fast Company. Related articles Apple acquires eighteen user interface…
Robochrist Industries is a robotic performance art troupe and direct offshoot of Survival Research Laboratories http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robochrist_Industries Related articles A Robot With A Chainsaw! (i-programmer.info) Improv Comedy Resource Page – Costume SuperCenter (costumesupercenter.com) Lego robot teams battle it out in Sacramento (sacbee.com) New York Dance Troupe STOMP Gives Victoria A Preview (vicnews.com) First steps in appreciating performance art…
These things look indestructible. Icewall One – Designers of the Igloo Satellite Cabin, PolyPod Snowcamper and other polar field equipment . Related articles Will Apple kill off the iPod Classic? (reviews.cnet.com) Line 6 Pod HD Pro? or Avid Eleven Rack? (gearslutz.com) Halley VI research station, Antarctica – review (guardian.co.uk)
I have no idea how I got around without this stuff.. Apps with Maps: 11 iPhone GPS apps compared | Macworld. Related articles Appmosphere, Inc. Releases Revamped Coupon App (prweb.com) Bad Elf Dongle Adds GPS To Non-Cellular iDevices (cultofmac.com) CoPilot GPS review: You can argue with free (reviews.cnet.com) Profit By Search Has Now Made Available…
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