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holiday heritage

December 17, 2013August 20, 2014 by Michael Shanks

London – around from the National Gallery on Trafalgar Square I am not usually interested in this kind of photo, but I couldn’t resist this one (click on image to enlarge).

in memoriam Cliff Nass

December 2, 2013January 13, 2014 by Michael Shanks

Today is the memorial service for Cliff. There’s a touching page of memories on the web – comm.stanford.edu/memories-of-clifford-nass/ They say so much. Cliff was the human in human-centered-design Here’s a video of the event

Boonville

November 29, 2013January 26, 2014 by Michael Shanks

the old apple tree by our place in Boonville, California [Link]

watercolor

November 28, 2013November 28, 2013 by Michael Shanks

Helen at Boonville, Thanksgiving 2013

design thinking – cultural ecologies – better teams

November 28, 2013December 15, 2013 by Michael Shanks

There’s a great recent post on Tim Brown’s Design Thinking blog from Tim and Jane Fulton Suri – [Link] They present four tips, inspired by biology, to create better teams: 1. Design a Fertile Habitat 2. Create Simple Rules 3. Be Productive 4. Expect Collaboration I think Tim and Jane are again raising the question…

Boonville

November 28, 2013November 28, 2013 by Michael Shanks

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