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{crowd, open}-sourcing industrial design

In economics, narrative on 8 March 2008 tagged big-ideas, honda, instructrables, open-source, open-source-hardware, open-source-industry, solutions, technology with no comments

I hope that this instructable is portentous:

The stock cupholder tray between the front seats of the Honda Odyssey is a well-known spill hazard.
It is possible to modify the stock cupholders to make them less prone to spill.
This instructable gives you step-by-step instructions on how to do it.

Think about this: someone, dissatisfied with their Honda, wants [...]

“progress” can be a pernicious roadbloack to reform

In edumication, narrative, politics on 29 November 2007 tagged coffee-spoons, education, fixing-things, health-care, illich, ivan-illich, medical-care, medical-nemesis, medicine, progress, propaganda, reform, technology with no comments

It’s essential to keep in mind that when you’re trying to talk to somebody about a field that perceived as rapidly progressing, you need to be more vigilant about securing the timeliness of your credibility. Reading Illich’s Medical Nemesis, I found myself constantly questioning his conclusions, given their foundation upon statements like:

Awe-inspiring medical technology [...]

the next step(s) for social networking

In edumication, essays, technology on 14 October 2007 tagged big-ideas, facebook, identity, privacy, programming, scm, security, social-networking, social-networks, source-control-management, technology with 3 comments

Why are my friends and acquaintances significant to me? Largely (and couched with deliberate callousness), I care about them because of what they do for me. They provide value. Whether this is because I inevitably have fun around them; because they know how to do the things I want to; or because [...]