Google has already placed millions of books and historic documents online. Now, thanks to some generous external funding and intra-institutional wrangling, it's the Dead Sea Scrolls' turn.READ»
Jeff Morgan took an unlikely route from Silicon Valley to Haiti and Cambodia--but he brought his startup expertise and venture capitalist training with him. READ»
The Scottish Isle of Skye is a beautiful location to take your vacation away from the bustle and stress of the everyday. The amazing countryside is a centre of Gaelic culture, and Gael can be heard there by many locals even today. ...READ»
Dr. Genevieve Bell, Intel's director of user experience, leads a team of social scientists that travel to countries like India and China to scope out the locals. Her research affects how a new Intel product might look or function for certain populations.READ»
To mark its first century, this Smithsonian museum in Washington is celebrating us all with the new $20.7 million, 15,000-square-foot Hall of Human Origins. Highlights will include forensically reconstructed faces of early human ...READ»
To mark its first century, this Smithsonian museum in Washington is celebrating us all with the new $20.7 million, 15,000-square-foot Hall of Human Origins. Highlights will include forensically reconstructed faces of early human ...READ»
Everyone is a designer, whether they do it professionally or not. The world needs more of them to heed their calling to make the world a better place.READ»
The change leader of tomorrow will not be a left brained technologist, but they will understand the implications of technology. The change leader of tomorrow will not be a touchy-feely HR person, but they will understand the implications of human behavior.READ»
These three products, while not specifically intended for customer research purposes, each have valuable features that can capture the customer’s perspective accurately and efficiently.READ»
Very Short List delivers one excellent item to your inbox, daily: Books, films, music, web-things, and dispatches on science and technology. Today, trace the history of internet culture, read the latest theory about human evolution, and play a great new musical instrument -- online.READ»
It has taken four architecture competitions and 33 years for the Greeks
to settle on a design for the New Acropolis Museum and build the thing.
The winning vision -- that of New York architect Bernard Tschumi ...READ»
The confluence of business and social interests! It is too much fun! Look at this one.
Harvard Business Review’s September issue features a piece called “Lessons from the Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race.” As an ...READ»
I’ve had a little case of writer’s block this week, so I started with the basics: I read the definition of “marketing” in Wikipedia.
The impetus of this was a comment I wrote on a recent Brazen Careerist article
in ...READ»
In marketing/advertising we talk about changing behaviour. We speak of trends, present analysis and peer into the near horizon of our own timelines. We blog about the changing of consumer experience, discuss demographics, strategies ...READ»
So this time it’s a Crystal Skull. When it started it was Lost Ark. When is Indiana Jones going to own up to his work obsession? Hint: probably about the same time as Spielberg and Lucas own up to theirs, which won’t ...READ»
Ethnography has become the "research" technique of choice in new product Development, and for good reason. Getting into an environment, experiencing and observing, are the best way to learn true user needs for any product or ...READ»
Ethnography has become the "research" technique of choice in new product Development, and for good reason. Getting into an environment, experiencing and observing, are the best way to learn true user needs for any product or ...READ»
Calling Margaret Mead: Ad agencies are hiring anthropologists and ethnographers to study and film consumers in their natural environments to see what they really eat, drink, and buy. Hey, check out that grooming and bonding behavior!READ»
Why are so many women so passionate about shopping at Anthropologie? Because Glen Senk and his colleagues aren't just selling clothes and furnishings. They're selling a sense of adventure and originality -- and the promise of self-discovery. A field report from the frontier of retail.READ»
