Doctor's Note

A mix of essays and commentary about design, innovation, technology, society, coaching, personal and leadership development. Since 1996.

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The Cheapest Generation

The Cheapest Generation is an interesting piece over at The Atlantic about “why millennials (Gen Yers) aren’t buying cars or houses, and what that means …

Andy Polaine
Andy Polaine
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Winterhouse Institute

The Winterhouse Institute focusess on non-profit, self-initiated projects that support design education, as well as social and political initiatives. What the …

Andy Polaine
Andy Polaine
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The Daily Monster

Stefan Bucher’s inky fellas.

Andy Polaine
Andy Polaine
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A blog from the Waracle.

Andy Polaine
Andy Polaine
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UPPERCASE

UPPERCASE. Making, creating and curating visual culture.

Andy Polaine
Andy Polaine
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UXpod podcast interview

Gerry Gaffney interviewed me about service design and UX for the UXpod podcast a few weeks ago and it’s now online. You can play it on the UXpod website …

Andy Polaine
Andy Polaine
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Protection Racket

On Thursday, Google launches a new service called Contributor that Gigaom bills as “a crowdfunding platform for publishers.” According to Gigaom, …

Andy Polaine
Andy Polaine