Laughing out of poverty
Great column in the New York Times by Manu Joseph on the fallacy of thinking that the poor in India need technology so they can improve their health or their education or the lives of their kids. Maybe they just want a laugh. Chibaukhera, a village in northern India where [...]
Mental Health Moment: You can be a big wheel with Urbantrike
If you're young enough to have had a Big Wheel in your history, there's a great project on Kickstarter: Urbantrike, a Big Wheel for adults. What I like about it is it's a bike you pretty much can't fall off of.
Will cars get Smart?
Interesting post by George Black of the National Resources Defense Council on the idea of little cars like the Nano and the Smart for smarter urban transport, quoting me on why sales of the Nano did not match expectations. Dain Dunston, an American corporate branding guru, had contributed mightily to [...]
