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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-07-26

Finally arrived in China… now, back to the Salt Mines! # [China] Only on Shanghai Daily: “Boy drank gasoline to copy his TV heroes” boy wanted to get energy, like the Transformers http://tr.im/u5Jm # “Stuck” in Amsterdam, stopping in Paris before heading back to Shanghai # It was good while it lasted… Now, let’s confront the harsh reality: [...]
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-07-19

And Yes: my feet hurt! # Paris Walking Tour: covered the L’Arc de Triomphe, Effiel Tower, Louvre, Notre Dame, D’Orsay, Pompidou in two days… nearly over 50 kms … # http://twitpic.com/ax98y – Paris Walking Tour: It’s past 10:00PM and sky still looks gorgeous as a backdrop to the Effiel Tower # http://twitpic.com/awfvx – Paris Walking Tour: crowd at [...]
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John Thackara’s “Designing for Business as Unusual” keynote at IxDA | Interaction ‘09 conference

John Thackara shows the ways in which business as we know it are about to change for good, and then identifies how interaction designers can take these challenges on as design problems [...]
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China, Socialism & Consumer Behavior

With the opening to new markets and the growth of the Chinese economy, a new social class has emerged -- to some extend, unthinkable in a Communist China: the millionaires. According to a survey from Cap Gemini/Merrill Lynch, the number of millionaires (in US Dollars) in China have reached more than 230,000. The large majority of these new riches choose Shanghai to invest their money and also spend their money...
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