Comments on: Innovating from constraint

By: » Going Native Ascent Stage

» Going Native Ascent Stage — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 17:44:43 +0000

[...] I’ve written previously about how I think Africa is a model here. Most Africans don’t have the ability to live beyond the constraints that the environment puts on their behavior. To be sure, this is the source of much woe and privation in Africa. But conceptually — consumption in line with an environment’s ability to sustain production — it is a behavior well worth imitating. It is, in short, a recipe for innovation. [...]

By: mishy » Blog Archive » Futon - the short story continued

mishy » Blog Archive » Futon - the short story continued — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 10:42:41 +0000

[...] From Ethan Zuckerman�s post �Innovating from constraint�: [...]

By: ARG’s, Innovation and Evocation – Tinderblog

ARG’s, Innovation and Evocation – Tinderblog — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 22:43:39 +0000

[...] has some great advice. Like the following point from a post of Ethan Zuckerman entitled �Innovating from constraint�: Don�t fight culture (If people cook by stirring their stews, they�re not going to use a [...]

By: Innovation in Africa .. « All the best things in life are free ..

Innovation in Africa .. « All the best things in life are free .. — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 01:13:14 +0000

[...] Ethan Zuckerman has written a beautiful blog on the proceedings related to Africa and Innovation. You can find it here. [...]

By: ICT4D.at » Blog Archive » Design for the other 90%

ICT4D.at » Blog Archive » Design for the other 90% — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 11:50:47 +0000

[...] In the recent issue of brand eins there is an interesting article on “Design for the other 90%”. It is about an exhibition in New York and Toronto which focuses on simple solutions for big problems – various articles designed for “the other 90%” of the world’s population. The designers focused on an easy and feasible production process so the products can be manufactured in less developed countries by local craftsmen – innovation from constraint. [...]

By: ICTlogy » Network Society course (XI). Ethan Zuckerman: Innovation in the Network Society (II)

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 06:57:23 +0000

[...] Zuckerman (2008) Innovating from constraint [...]

By: Mesh Potato, Community Wireless, Design by Constraint | Clicknoise

Mesh Potato, Community Wireless, Design by Constraint | Clicknoise — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 14:22:16 +0000

[...] this article by Steve Song who recounts the strategy, inspired by Ethan Zuckerman’s idea of Innovating From Constraint: With the Village Telco, we have a wireless project that has a number of self-imposed [...]

By: Innovation from Constraint (the extended dance mix)

Innovation from Constraint (the extended dance mix) — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 18:21:34 +0000

[...] I gave a talk a few weeks ago in Barcelona that was pretty well-received and widely blogged. Specifically, several bloggers have picked up and amplified the seven key points I offered in the talk – a list of principles that I believe characterize much of the best innovation coming out of Africa. I was deeply flattered that the blogger behind Design in Africa put these principles into dialog with advice offered by a couple of my heroes: Paul Polak and Amy Smith. And given the interest in the ideas expressed in those points, I thought I’d take the time (a flight from Dubai to JFK…) to offer a more thorough picture of the talk. [...]

By: Using Constraint to Design for Innovation at Many Possibilities

Using Constraint to Design for Innovation at Many Possibilities — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 11:36:00 +0000

[...] Zuckerman has been writing about Innovating from Constraint in which he offers seven rules that “appear to help explain how (some) developing world [...]

By: …My heart’s in Accra » Innovation from Constraint (the extended dance mix)

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 20:45:17 +0000