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there has been so much discussion over the years about design for emerging markets/base of the pyramid. Some companies have better than others on the anthropology/sociology of emerging markets - Africa/India/China etc.

I was struct by today's story of Nokia releasing a new phone for the "poorer" regions.

The 1202 costs 25 Euros, standby time of 26 hours, can be shared with up to 5 people (multiple address books - pre-paid tracker) etc.

I think this is one of the most interesting and encouraging stories to come out in the mobile area for quite a while....

any thoughts? from a design/commercial/social perspective??

Nov. 4 press release - http://www.nokia.com/A4405105

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ELECTION DAY, NOVEMBER, 1884 Nov 4, 08, 4:23 a.m.

Walt Whitman
ELECTION DAY, NOVEMBER, 1884

If I should need to name, O Western World, your powerfulest scene and show, 'Twould not be you, Niagara - nor you, ye limitless prairies - nor your huge rifts of canyons, Colorado,

Nor you, Yosemite - nor Yellowstone, with all its spasmic geyserloops ascending to the skies, appearing and disappearing,

Nor Oregon's white cones - nor Huron's belt of mighty lakes - nor Mississippi's stream:

This seething hemisphere's humanity, as now, I'd name - the still small voice vibrating -America's choosing day,

(The heart of it not in the chosen - the act itself the main, the quadrennial choosing,)

The stretch of North and South arous'd - sea-board and inland - Texas to Maine - the Prairie States - Vermont, Virginia, California,

The final ballot-shower from East to West - the paradox and conflict,

The countless snow-flakes falling - (a swordless conflict,

Yet more than all Rome's wars of old, or modern Napoleon's): the peaceful choice of all,

Or good or ill humanity - welcoming the darker odds, the dross:

- Foams and ferments the wine? it serves to purify - while the heart pants, life glows:

These stormy gusts and winds waft precious ships,

Swell'd Washington's, Jefferson's, Lincoln's sails.

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google project management Nov 1, 08, 2:36 a.m.

does anyone use the combination of google apps to support project management?

how did it work?

e.g. calendar, timesheets, docs, gantt

plus mozilla lightning/sunbird

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trend reports Oct 24, 08, 1:30 a.m.

does anyone actually read/use these things in design?

ye know, reports like

http://www.davidreport.com/

http://www.trendwatching.com/

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hack your ikea Oct 16, 08, 5:38 a.m.

don't like ikea but...

http://bustler.net/index.php/art…

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end our energy addicition.. and win $10k Oct 16, 08, 5:16 a.m.

http://www.metropolismag.com/nex…

you have to be a designer with less than 10 years practice.. or a student.

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good design Oct 9, 08, 6:57 a.m.

can you describe good design in one sentence?

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picnic Oct 7, 08, 1:18 p.m.

did anyone go?

worth grabbing an early bird for next year?

http://www.picnicnetwork.org/

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online drives Sep 29, 08, 1:51 a.m.

does anyone use these or know of a reliable provider for business/organisation use?

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london design festival Sep 17, 08, 3:27 p.m.

anyone bovvered?

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climate change demands lawbreaking Sep 11, 08, 4 a.m.

not sure if this should be in politics or another climate thread...... but anyway, it's great.

http://www.independent.co.uk/env…

"Cleared: Jury decides that threat of global warming justifies breaking the law

The threat of global warming is so great that campaigners were justified in causing more than £35,000 worth of damage to a coal-fired power station, a jury decided yesterday. In a verdict that will have shocked ministers and energy companies the jury at Maidstone Crown Court cleared six Greenpeace activists of criminal damage.

Jurors accepted defence arguments that the six had a "lawful excuse" to damage property at Kingsnorth power station in Kent to prevent even greater damage caused by climate change. The defence of "lawful excuse" under the Criminal Damage Act 1971 allows damage to be caused to property to prevent even greater damage – such as breaking down the door of a burning house to tackle a fire."

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social network designers?? Sep 10, 08, 9:44 a.m.

Are there any designers/companies in the UK that specialise in the development of social networks etc. i.e. mainly from an interaction/development angle.

it'll mainly be supporting the development of a "platform" using some free software/tools/apps.

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'creative' surveys/focus groups/data collection Sep 7, 08, 2:39 p.m.

hey,
I'm looking for interesting examples of ways to collect and represent interview data (images/interview/text/writing) from a large group of people. e.g. 50-100

An example like - there was this workshop session where people wrote their ideas on sheets of paper that are then formed into origami shapes that where collected and made into a hanging sculpture for other people to read the comments off.

this is hard to explain.... can someone help?

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small laptops Sep 7, 08, 2:46 a.m.

i'm looking for a small laptop/net for when I'm travelling about with work. Only need it for connectivity, word processing, presentations and a small bit of photoshop image editing.

not interested in a mac air...

i'm considering the Asus EEE http://eeepc.asus.com/global/ or the DELL mini - http://www1.euro.dell.com/conten…

Is using anyone a decent small laptop/netbook that is cheapish?

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