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If there were a job where one could design mascots for a living, I’d take it! There are so many great examples of them in Japan. Even prefectures have their own mascots!
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I get daily messages from an app called Timehop letting me know what I did 1, 2 and 3+ years ago today. This week, the 2 years ago mark went blank. And it’s going to be blank for a while. Two years...
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Portland friend and I happen to be in Tokyo at the same time, so we decided to go to this Portland bar! #portland #tokyo
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PDX taproom in Shibuya, Tokyo. Just opened only a couple of weeks ago. Filled with Portland stuff. A Travel Oregon video plays on loop on a large screen in the background.
View ArticleAnnouncing the Calm Technology Book Tour!
Calm Technology: Designing for the Next Generation of Devices How can you design technology that becomes a part of a user’s life and not a distraction from it? This practical book explores the concept...
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Key Takeaways We are all cyborgs now There is a clear sequence for a technology to be accepted in society, and trying to leapfrog the steps results in failure The value of calm technology to overcome...
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This year I spent most of the year writing the book Calm Technology. Some highlights: In February I spoke at the MCE2015 conference in Warsaw, Poland. In March, I put on the very first Web 1.0...
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