Archive for social hacks

Design challenge: help the teacher

So, usually I post potential solutions to problems. But this is a problem too juicy to pass up. http://www.43folders.com/forum/2008/01/27/teachers-productivity-hampered-technology-no-love describes a teacher who is reduced to using whiteout to fix worksheets because the district has the machines locked down with none of the needed software. Also note the ancient commercial software the school still runs. What to do? I’m guessing the solution might be a social hack more than a technical one… 

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group ecards

It’s not uncommon for somebody to send a card around the office for get well wishes or retirements… why hasn’t anybody made a group e-card interface? Read the rest of this entry »

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Ratemyjournals.com?

Those of you who are academics will appreciate this one. The other night, I’m out during our conference crying into glasses of beer with colleagues who’ve had their work stalled by the slowness of a journal’s review process. Read the rest of this entry »

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fix the health system

OK, so two guys work for a huge multinational corporation their whole life. Five years before retirement, one stays with the main company, the other Read the rest of this entry »

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