Watermelons, Makerspaces, & Designing for Impact
Earlier this year I planted some watermelon seeds, and a few days ago harvested...butternut squash. I am certain that the seed packet...
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Baruk Jacob
Mar 31, 20201 min
Psychological safety/The Emotional Culture Deck
A quick look at how I use the Emotional Culture Deck - with teams/individually - to think about/discuss emotions -to choose the emotion...
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Baruk Jacob
Feb 19, 20202 min
navigation, design, and great circles
A few years ago, matua Rereata Makiha was chatting to us at the Manukau Civic Building café, contrasting (oceanic) ‘navigation’ as we...
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Baruk Jacob
Aug 12, 20192 min
the places we have been
It has been a while coming, this sense of The Point. The point of me, and my, of why and where and how. And, like recognising one's face...
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Baruk Jacob
Mar 1, 20192 min
What do you value? Over what?
Over the last year and a bit, I have been working rather hard at understanding, expressing and following my values. Before this process...
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Baruk Jacob
Jan 21, 20191 min
Process>Habit>Culture
I've been doing a lot of reflective action around habits, rituals and culture - both my personal ones as well as ones at work. It is...
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Baruk Jacob
Jan 18, 20192 min
Myth + Metaphor: what are yours?
I had an upbringing steeped in myth* and metaphor. From Bible stories to Hindu gods, from The Sandman comics to Asterix & Obelix, from...
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Baruk Jacob
Jan 18, 20191 min
Designing a kill-switch
A few years ago, I was speaking to a kaumatua about some research I was doing around oral and digital cultures. After some talk, he...
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Baruk Jacob
Oct 13, 20151 min
The Problem with Gutenberg
Day 1 of NDF 2015, 11.00am session, Tuesday 13 October 2015 Makerspaces are physical spaces used to experiment with creation and...
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Baruk Jacob
Jul 1, 20141 min
Pre-literate Māori knowledge frameworks as post-literacy strategies
This paper looks at the use of traditional Māori knowledge frameworks as valid approaches to tackle contemporary information challenges....
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