The last Friday was supposed to be a “Black Friday”. And, yesterday was “Cyber Monday” . Black Friday means that this is the day when retailers finally turn to black for the first time in the year. Cyber Monday is supposed to be the busiest on-line shopping day in the year. Media said a large … Read more
I forward my office phone to my mobile phone. This ensures that I can take calls no matter where I am at in the world. That was until I gave up I had my old Blackberry with Verizon Wireless. Once I got iPhone with AT&T, however, I noticed that I have no access in my … Read more
Recently, at a dazzling speed, we are witnessing a historic shift in the world economy. Literally, in front of our eyes, an era that was dominated big financial institutions in Wall Street is coming to an end. At a breathtaking speed, giants of Wall Streets – Bear Stern, Freddie Mac, Fennie Mae, Lehman Brothers, Merill … Read more
In knowledge economy, knowledge is the most critical resource. Yet, possessing knowledge is not enough to win the competition as access to knowledge has become ubiquitous.
According to ITSRG blog, Obama has 32,461 followers, Clinton has 3,987 and MaCain has none.
Today was the last day of the trip. We had two visits in one location. It starts with a presentation by Luke Ogrydziak, an architect in SF area. He talked about the impact of digital tools on the way he approaches to the design problem using two projects, about 10 years apart. He mentioned how … Read more
Today, we visited SAP Design Services Team. We start the day by me giving a talk on my work on organization designing. The talk was a bit rough as I had to deal with audience in Germany and the session started about 30 minutes later than scheduled. At any rate, I hope I conveyed the … Read more
When you drive in this "melody road in Japan Wakayama and Hokkaido, you will hear a music from the road. According to Gizmo.Com; "The Melody Road will allow a car passing above it to play a simple tune, which is made audible by ridges on the road's surface. The pitch of the note created is … Read more
My students and I started constructing some buildings on our island. We built open-air classroom and an office. They got rug, a bookcase, desk and chairs for the office. They even hung a sign that says, “Future office of Youngjin Yoo”. The classroom is still under construction. But we have enough chairs to have students … Read more
On November 1-3, I am organizing a design research workshop on the theme of Digital Transformation of Urban Experiences. (Note: A new web site is currently designed. What you will see is a temporary place holder). We will have about 50 scholars and practitioners from many different fields to explore how we might be able … Read more
Today’s New York Times has a story about an increasing trend that schools around the country are removing laptop computers from the school. Not only computers distract students from learning, but they have not enhanced the testing scores, according to the article. Here are some really neat quotes from the article. “After seven years, there … Read more