well the opposite sex.. this is not necessarily related to thesis directly but i thought id rant about it, because this BusinessWeek article on Dell suddenly realizing that women buy electronics too is maddening. This is more than obvious and slightly frustrating that in 2005, after more than 20 years of computational history, they would… Continue reading Sex sells…
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The dog and the clock on their way…
Ok so i sent out the dog to London through my good friend Mike who hopefully will be sending this to my friend Karola and then the experiment will start… The clock is on its way to Montreal, via lovely Sydney who will send it from NY… Since I havent gotten any answers from Marcos,… Continue reading The dog and the clock on their way…
Location, Location, Location.
Thanks to Tristam Sparks for the hand pixelized map…
Experiment 1: the jar, the clock and the dog.
Ok so from this point onward and starting tomorrow hopefully i will be able to document via this blog the trials and tribulations of a jar sent to Tokyo, a plush dog sent to London and a clock sent to Montreal. This is basically a spin off of the chain letter concept but with a… Continue reading Experiment 1: the jar, the clock and the dog.
Spimes???
Hmm, the more i learn the more i love Bruce Sterling…I learnt a new word today: spime, ie the idea of the intelligent device that is also aware of its state (of course this was in the context of object -driven programming but i extrapollated it to the idea of physical objects. There’s a good… Continue reading Spimes???
Colin's feedback…
This is the feedback I got from Colin Burns last month who was talking about his work for an R&D team a few years ago: We created good experimental evidence that authentic (i.e. from the real context) objects are a highly effective trigger for reminiscence and memory. (e.g. Souvenir of a trip, family members hat,… Continue reading Colin's feedback…
Thesis feedback…
I thought I would publish the feedback I’ve been getting from Lee Feldman from Blast Radius, a canadian born web company. He is part of the group of people who I am actively informing on my thesis process which includes Colin Burns, ex-head of IDEO London with whom i had the pleasure of working with… Continue reading Thesis feedback…
Simplicité Volontaire
The previous post on the new puritain reminded me of a movement in Québec that started a few years ago called “Simplicité Volontaire” which is explained on this french website and which basically advocates a different and richer way of living that gets away from our conventional understanding of being rich (ie involving money). What… Continue reading Simplicité Volontaire
New experiment on its way…
A next step for me which i shall implement in the next week is aimed at discovering what values come out of sharing a unique object and being able to see the hisory of interactions that people will have with it. Being inspired by the chain-letter phenomenon, i thought i might try a chain-object event… Continue reading New experiment on its way…
The New Puritain
This Guardian article descibes an interesting social twist on current concerns about consumerism. “So, with a few grand gestures and some high-profile converts New Puritanism offers a powerful escape route from our impulsive, reward-driven lifestyles. It might just have the potential to stave off the horrors promised by an out-of-control consumerist culture in which, according… Continue reading The New Puritain