My bookmarks from the past week:
- Technology for Emerging Markets - Microsoft Research
“The Technology for Emerging Markets Group seeks to address the needs and aspirations of people who are increasingly able to afford computing technologies and services.” - MAKE: Blog: HOW TO - display RSS feeds with Arduino
- Seed: Nepal: Laptop School
“Saving a generation of young students with creative thinking, an entrepreneurial spirit, and a little green computer.” - Amazon.com: Designing for the Digital Age: How to Create Human-Centered Products and Services: Kim Goodwin, Alan Cooper: Books
“Designing successful products and services in the digital age requires a multi-disciplinary team with expertise in interaction design, visual design, industrial design, and other disciplines.” - I Am Here: One Man’s Experiment With the Location-Aware Lifestyle
“And that’s when it hit me: I had gained better location awareness but was losing my sense of place. “ - Design Versus Innovation: The Cranbrook / IIT Debate
“Twenty years ago a seminal article appeared in ID magazine that contrasted two approaches to design and design education… These two separate methods evolved into what are today simply known as “innovation” (or “design thinking”) and “design,” and each has built its own culture within the design profession. Yet some confusion surrounds these concepts, especially about how these two methods interact to deliver products. “ - Cory Doctorow: One Laptop Per Child - what went wrong? | Technology | guardian.co.uk
Laptops, not mobile phones, are the means to liberate the developing world - wanderingjefe - Blogging about my travels and work in Cambodia: January - April 2008.
Jefe Chapin, an IDEO designer, will blog about his three month sabbatical in Cambodia where he will design and develop a low-cost latrine for use in rural settings.