Archive for August, 2007

links for 2007-08-31

31Aug07

Freemium business model - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
(tags: business bizdev model freeconomics)

Business Models on the Web | Professor Michael Rappa
(tags: business bizdev model)

links for 2007-08-30

30Aug07

Pygmalion effect - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
(tags: learning psychology cognition)

links for 2007-08-29

29Aug07

What It Costs Us - washingtonpost.com
chalk one up to “clean burning” coal. pssht.
(tags: cleancoal)

Lego Serious Play is design thinking

26Aug07

flickr credit: Nathan Wells

I can’t believe I didn’t know about this before, considering Lego has been doing it since the late 90s. The folks at the Lego group are doing some pretty innovative stuff for multiple companies. This is an interesting new case study on multiple levels.
Lego Serious play is a consultative […]

links for 2007-08-26

26Aug07

Wordpress designing themes
(tags: wordpress theme design)

ThoughtAudio.com - an audio book publisher providing free audio book downloads and podcasts of philosophy and classic literature titles.
(tags: free mp3 audio download)

Teaming Workshop at the Institute of Design

22Aug07

photo credit: servo.

Today, at the Institute of Design, Chris Bernard, Joe Dizney, and David McGaw held a Teaming workshop, that was illuminating and a very welcome start to the school year.
Classes here start on Monday, and everyone is looking to start the year off with good team practices.
We started the workshop with a presentation by […]

links for 2007-08-16

16Aug07

A Guide to Creating a Minimalist Home | zen habits
(tags: minimal Simplicity zen home architecture psychology design reference)

53 CSS-Techniques You Couldn’t Live Without | CSS
(tags: CSS Reference Design WebDesign)

Insanity

13Aug07

Shanghai pollution hits male fertility
What is the final incentive that the government needs to create legislation that will prevent pollution at this massive scale?   I am not an agriculture expert, but I wonder if it is already too late to start having more organic food that is pesticide free in the urban areas.
How do you […]

Short Cappuccinos

13Aug07

Originally uploaded by Michael Sarver

Recently, I’ve garnered a deeper appreciation for the various types of coffee that exist in the world. I can’t say that my days of merely ordering the plain (sludge) coffee– to keep things simple, are completely gone, but suffice it say that I have ventured out into the world of fair […]

links for 2007-08-13

13Aug07

retrievr - search by sketch / search by image
(tags: flickr design images sketch)

links for 2007-08-10

10Aug07

IDESiGN
(tags: design thinking teaching creativity)

A typical Chinese calendar/poster in a rural house

05Aug07

You will probably find this as interesting as I did. This is a poster in a rural household that I got a chance to take a picture of. I didn’t take pictures of all the posters in all the households I had been to, but suffice it to say […]

Qingdao Trip highlights

05Aug07

I’m so behind on my blog, jeez. Here’s an update from a few weeks ago that was sitting in my drafts folder I’m finally finishing up.
I went to Qingdao with Christine and a few new friends (Nancy and Janne).
A few highlights:

We took the Tsingtao (Qingdao) museum tour. Did you know that Tsingtao is […]

Hebei trip highlights

05Aug07

Boy this post has been a long time coming, but I have a excuse, I’ve again been busy and tired turning out a deliverable and getting over jetlag from my trip.
So last month, I completed an ethnographic field trip to the Hebei province in Northeastern China, along with a member of the client team and […]

links for 2007-08-04

04Aug07

» 60 More Places to Get Design Inspiration - Online and Off
(tags: design inspiration webdesign)

How to Craft a Killer Elevator Pitch That Will Land You Big Business - Dumb Little Man
(tags: entrepreneur business speaking elevator pitch)

Jott.com - Mobile Note Taking and Hands-Free Messaging
(tags: mobile productivity phone voice)

MoreInspiration » Innovations to inspire your thinking
(tags: innovation inspiration […]



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  • Naked Economics: Undressing the Dismal Science

    Naked Economics: Undressing the Dismal Science by Charles Wheelan

  • Stumbling on Happiness

    Stumbling on Happiness by Daniel Gilbert

  • Origin of Wealth: Evolution, Complexity, and the Radical Remaking of Economics

    Origin of Wealth: Evolution, Complexity, and the Radical Remaking of Economics by Eric D. Beinhocker

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

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

  • The Emerging Markets Century: How a New Breed of World-Class Companies Is Overtaking the World

    The Emerging Markets Century: How a New Breed of World-Class Companies Is Overtaking the World by Antoine van Agtmael

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