Archive for July, 2007



A response to Professor Karnani

10Jul07

Aneel Karnani, business school professor at the University of Michigan, has a firmly held opinion that the BOP market is much, much smaller than previously mentioned in CK’s book Fortune at the BOP.
All I can say to AK is “stop hating on a brother”.  Big whoop, Karnani.   So the market isn’t $15 Trillion.   It’s $5 [...]

links for 2007-07-10

10Jul07

Overlap 2007 » Exploring new methods for business and innovation
(tags: design business management innovation Conference)

Collection of Internet Bookmarked Travel-Related Websites - FlyerTalk Forums
(tags: international travel forum lists)

“Clean Coal” Technologies
(tags: energy cleancoal coal)

Jan Chipchase - Future Perfect
(tags: blog design Technology culture Mobile)

Naked Innovation

09Jul07

Naked Innovation

A few friends of mine (and recent alums) from the Institute of Design have written a book called “Naked Innovation: Uncovering Shared Theory and Practice for Creating Value”– I’m assuming the title is a riff off of Naked Economics, by Charles Wheelan. C’mon guys, you couldn’t have come up with a more “innovative” [...]

Back from Hebei

09Jul07

Red hot: Chili sandwich.

Originally uploaded by quami77

Hi all, I am back from a 3 day sojourn to Hebei that I made with students from Tongji daxue and an extremely friendly member of the client team.
I am tired right now and have many things to catch [...]

links for 2007-07-05

05Jul07

Traveling Forever - Surf Anonymous, with a USB Key
(tags: china travel security privacy anonymous portable usb firefox)

How to win photography competitions ||| Photocritic blog
(tags: photography contest photo tips)

links for 2007-07-04

04Jul07

NPR : Hacking the Himalayas
(tags: culture tibet travel himalayas wireless)

html colour guide pantone hex rgb colour digital colour convertor pantone hex conversion table
(tags: pantone html design color web)

links for 2007-07-03

03Jul07

Help Vinay! | URGENT! JOIN THE MARROW REGISTRY
(tags: marrow donor indian)

Swamiji’s Bhagavad Gita Commentary Coming this September
(tags: gita ayurvedic holistic life)

Is the dream car riding into the sunset?- Hindustan Times
Making way for the 1 lakh car
(tags: india motor vehicle car industry)

TerraPass | Prevent global warming, reduce carbon dioxide pollution, promote alternative energy
Need to remember to [...]

Beijing trip highlights

02Jul07

This post has been a long time coming, but I’ve been busy doing this that and the other for the past week.
We visited Beijing recently, and took the soft sleeper train to get there. I really enjoyed the train trip, and would much rather prefer taking the train than a plane in China, given [...]

links for 2007-07-02

02Jul07

english cut: bespoke savile row tailors: how to pick a “bespoke” tailor
(tags: bespoke suit tailor)

MSNBC Interactive
(tags: biofuel energy green statistics solar maps)

Vegetarian Lunchbox. Easy, healthy packed lunch ideas
(tags: vegetarian food lunch cooking recipes)



yummy!

Pages

On the nightstand

  • Naked Economics: Undressing the Dismal Science

    Naked Economics: Undressing the Dismal Science by Charles Wheelan

  • Emergence: The Connected Lives of Ants, Brains, Cities, and Software

    Emergence: The Connected Lives of Ants, Brains, Cities, and Software by Steven Johnson

  • On Writing Well, 30th Anniversary Edition: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction (On Writing Well)

    On Writing Well, 30th Anniversary Edition: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction (On Writing Well) by William K. Zinsser

  • The Learning Portfolio: Reflective Practice for Improving Student Learning (JB - Anker Series)

    The Learning Portfolio: Reflective Practice for Improving Student Learning (JB - Anker Series) by John Zubizarreta

  • Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations

    Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations by Clay Shirky

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