DSLR Posture: mostly two-handed.
Category Archives: Design
Mate Mania
The street is my favorite source of inspiration. In this case, I found a mate (=beverage) hack to attach yerba mate leaves, a thermos bottle with hot water and a freshly prepared gourd to some sort of vehicle used on a film set. In Argentina … Read More →
Babel Fishes
In a multicultural country with four official languages you either buckle down to learn them, or you rely on interpreters. The latter is the case for most (official) events. A handy companion during these events is today’s version of Douglas Adams’ babel fish (a Sennheiser … Read More →
Two Are Better Than One
An office puncher hack, that was adopted by the production company and became a feature.
No Smoking?
What kind of smoking? The granularity to which instructions/prohibitions have to be specified?
Looking Back
Working for a Telco comes with its own set of privileges. You get your hands on new hardware quite early. Toying around with a WP7 (smart?)phone some weeks ago made me realize how far we’ve come in terms of HCI and ubiquitous computing. Exciting times … Read More →
Scalability
Things that do not scale: capital letters. A classic ALL CAPS example seen in Pumamarca. No matter if it’s analog or digital – ALL CAPS simply spoils the readability. Did you know that there’s an International Caps Lock Day?
Stackability
Things that stack: hats. Seen in Humahuaca. Other popular examples of stackability that you may be more familiar with include cups, dishes and pans.
Phone Locks. Literally.
Unlike software locking mechanisms, this hardware lock not only restricts the use of the phone to a specific country and network provider, it also dictates the location of use. As you guessed correctly, the precautions are intended to prevent theft of the devices. With the … Read More →
Brandability
The degree to which certain goods can be labeled with certain brands. Brand? Fit?