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Big Business Today: The Value of the Past
Posted on March 1, 2011 | 8 CommentsHow do you keep pace with the relentless pace of the next new thing? You go sideways, or in some cases backwards, to move forward. Savvy entrepreneurs understand a few things: The past is big business. And it’s a treasure trove, literally, in more ways than one. -
Everyday Entrepreneur: The Art of Winning Allies #1
Posted on February 10, 2011 | 3 CommentsCase in point: How would you describe what you do to a potential boss? Your mother? A story has many uses. However, left on its own, it's virtually useless. Put in the hands of the right people with the right context, it becomes amplified -- and news travels fast. You may not need a PR department if your customer is also your biggest ally. The work of the ethnographer can be useful at any stage, but it's shines the best at the front end instead of at the tail -- it can set up the conditions in which relationships, both existing and new, can prosper in a shared understanding. -
Challenging convention with a question.
Posted on November 10, 2010 | 1 CommentAs students we are here buying space and time to think and act. At the moment students are spending their time in the streets of London protesting against future changes... -
Designing Data Analysis
Posted on September 18, 2010 | No CommentsAs a part of our curriculum, we were required to conduct a personal project for the third semester. We were offered diverse projects as internship opportunities to choose from –... -
Building Dreamscapes
Posted on September 15, 2010 | 3 CommentsToday was our first official day in Design Ethnography I! Our plan was as follows: Explore the Module Interviewing Introduction Interview Designers Process Interview + Notes Work with Mdes Students... -
Data Analysis: Work smart, not hard
Posted on July 15, 2010 | No CommentsIt's that time again, analysis time. So I know some people in the group have already got started, and for some it is a wee bit away BUT I think it is good idea to start thinking about your approach to analysis. -
Researcher, translator, innovator…what is your future position?
Posted on July 11, 2010 | No CommentsThere is an immense gap between research and practice. I’m tempted to paraphrase Kipling and say “Oh, research is research, and practice is practice, and never the twain shall meet,”... -
Ethno-Open-Collab?
Posted on March 29, 2010 | No CommentsWithin the world of design, open-collaboration and mass creativity are the new buzzwords doing the rounds. This is also the message coming from the lecturers at the University of Dundee,... -
Issues driving the MSc Design Ethnographers
Posted on February 23, 2010 | 1 CommentIn the third semester of Design Ethnography it is time to create, design, facilitate, analyse and manage your very own ethnographic study on a subject of our choosing, individually or part... -
Concept Video: Kate & Alicia
Posted on February 21, 2010 | No CommentsUsing drawing to explore a research space, this is a concept video for the project Kate Saunderson and I are embarking on. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgWXh8MtMKA] Live Ideation by Alicia Dudek & Kate...