Social media and activism: I wrote an essay… honest!
I’m not too proud of having been a lousy student. I don’t think I ever got an assignment in on time, and really found it a struggle to get much information out of libraries or lectures and into my...
View ArticleSamsung: Not as evil as they have been…
Samsung customer services have been rather less keen to engage with my quest for a more ethical smartphone than their counterparts at HTC. First, I was told my email couldn’t be answered by national...
View ArticleNokia Lumia 800 – Another Foxconn sweated smartphone?
Nokia announced themselves back in the smartphone race yesterday, with two forthcoming Windows 7 models, the Lumia 710 and Lumia 800. They’ve lost ground hand over fist in recent years to Apple, HTC...
View ArticleSamsung Galaxy Note ethical teardown
View Samsung Galaxy Note ethical teardown in a larger map Work very much in progress here, but I wanted to take a look at how some of the supply chains fit together in a modern smartphone. The badge...
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Unionmade Goods hipster clothing not actually union made. Whodathunk?
Via a rather pissed off AFL-CIOnow today, I came across a Gawker article about Californian clothing company Unionmade Goods. They sell upmarket priced downmarket looking clothing to the good hipster...
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