Charity And Consumption Have Issues In Common
My post on cognitive aspects around charitable giving provoked a reply from Elver. The discussion continued in the comments there, from where I’d like to aggregate another thought that seems to be contextually important. Getting funding for a charity is all about optics and active marketing to achieve it. Madelaine and Colin McRae are (were?) [...]
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Give a Hundred to Save a Million Kids? Nah…
Read a great column by Clive Thompson in Wired’s September issue on how big numbers (and lack of numeracy there) affects people’s charity decisions. He studies a troubling paradox in human empathy: We’ll usually race to help a single stranger in dire straits, while ignoring huge numbers of people in precisely the same plight. We’ll [...]
A bunch of good Skype mashups
Congrats, Dick & Christoph at PamConsult on winning the Skype Mashup Competition 2007! Even though I have not sent a fax in like 10 (ok, maybe it is just 5) years I am sure that PamFax has conservative old school business users flocking as we speak. There was a whole bunch of good entries, really [...]
Deep Thoughts on Immigration
Stepping outside of the Kogo (highly recommended, btw) restaurant in Prague I found myself chatting with our waiter of the night who had also come out for his break. I learned that he was originally from Macedonia (ex-Yugoslavia). And that there is a notable Yugoslavian community living and working in Prague. Having a certain interest [...]
Hang a Pet to Be Alone
A creative “do not disturb” door sign at the La Bergère Design Hotel in Maastricht, the Netherlands. The next step could be hanging small live animals on a doorknob? This is by far not the only trick they play in that place to justify the “design” part of the name. However, randomized door numbering on [...]
Street Name as a Brand
Swallow street is located just off Regent street in Westminster. There are a few great restaurants there, for example Bentley’s has definitely the best seafood (and best dressed lemons) I’ve had in London. Now – putting two and two together, you get the perfect brand for a restaurant street, worth designing into a logo. There [...]
Two Feet On the Ground in London
From the London Transport website today. Thank you, Metronet, strikes are so much fun, aren’t they? Fortunately, the good old tricks still work in even the busiest of metropols. Stay in a hotel close to the office. Eat out in walking distance. Preorder cabs. Remain on the the grounds where you can actually see the [...]
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