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Category Archives: Intriguing Products
Smells Like a Man…
The other day, we went to an Indian grocery store in Seattle. In addition to replenishing our spice stocks, and picking up a few veggies that are difficult to find in regular grocery stores (and what turned out to be … Continue reading
New Product: Berries, Memories
The other day, I found this new product at our local grocery store: Pichuberry (TM). The box described it as a “newly-discovered Super Fruit.” It came from Colombia. The Latin name is Physalis Peruviana. I hadn’t seen these newly-discovered berries in … Continue reading
Fire, Drones, and 3-D Printing: Maker Faire, SF Bay Area
I’d never been to the Maker Faire before, though it’s held annually and I’ve been hearing about it. It’s a fair for people who make things, whether from Legos or junk or fabric or wood or electronic parts. It sounded … Continue reading
Product “Improvement”
This is not a grumble about the ever-growing complications of home electronics devices, where the key to success appears to be in ignoring 90% of the buttons. Nor is it about the annoyances of continual software upgrades that leave a … Continue reading
Morse Code, Mobile Phones, and Multiple Disability
Consider someone who’s deaf, using a mobile phone. They can’t hear, but they can certainly text-message. A blind person, once they’ve learned the key-pad, can talk on a cellphone though they can’t text-message (or rather, they can’t read text-messages, even … Continue reading
A Tale of Three Packages
Packaging. It’s what first draws the eye to a product, and I have to confess there are times when I’ve bought a product simply because the package was intriguing. This was true of the wine we recently ordered at a … Continue reading
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Peaberry Coffee, Nostalgia and IIM/A
Two days ago, I saw this sign at our local Peet’s coffee shop. It took me right back. When I first came to IIM Ahmedabad as a teenager-from-Delhi, coffee was something that came instantly out of a bottle. Delhi’s main … Continue reading
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Farmer on the Roof
Yesterday, we bought a couple of potatoes. They’re organic. They’re cleaned and individually wrapped in a microwaveable shrink-wrap, so you can just stick them in the microwave, and you have a snack: a hot potato. But what I found intriguing … Continue reading
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Space age design
Literally. Take a look at this. Meet Fred. Contrary to appearances, this thing that landed on our doorstep isn’t a sleek spaceship operated by tiny orange aliens. So, guess? (Or scroll down.) . . . . . . . . … Continue reading
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