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longer Originally uploaded by jabberer. School uniform skirts are worn much longer in korea (than in tokyo).
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avid mobile tv watcher Originally uploaded by jabberer. Observed in metro in Seoul.
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deja vu Originally uploaded by jabberer. I saw another person yesterday reading ‘Monster’ (manga by Urasawa Naoki) in metro. Or was it the same person who just can’t let go of the book?
View ArticleEmpathetic Service Mindset
I rarely have a chance to travel with Korean Air except when I visit my family in Korea. However – whenever I travel with them, I can’t help smiling at their one unique service: Stickers for the...
View Articlethe invisible tag
the underground / metro ticket in lisbon was surprisingly made out of paper. i made a mistake of inserting the ticket into the card slot, which was obviously for something else. despite the language...
View Articlevideo calls: intrusion potential
i read a short korean newspaper article today about sexual harassment through video calls. illustration below & the original article from kyunghyang.com. according to the article, the reported...
View Articlegradual dissemination: the usefulness of touch
going through some of my old photos, i noticed how SUICA system, initially rolled out as a public transportation card replacing paper tickets using nfc (near field communication) technology has been...
View Articlesharing resources: street car
I don’t and can’t drive a car. And I do not wish to change that ever. But the concept of Streetcar: self-service pay-as-you-go-car is still intriguing. I don’t know how successful they are, but it does...
View ArticleStandby affordance
A change in the plan of the fieldwork trip – we decided to take the train from Delhi to Bareilly. My suitcase was obviously a wrong form of luggage in the jam-packed Delhi train station on Sunday. We...
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