Jen van der Meer

Jen van der Meer

I like to measure the impact of everything: financial, environmental, and social.

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Archive for January, 2010

If Products Could Tell Their Stories - 2

Second term at NYU ITP teaching a seminar course on systems thinking, lifecycle analysis, stakeholder management, and talking about spimes. Teaching product storytelling dymanics to students who know how to make things talk.
If Products Could Jan 25 2010
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Dutch Extremes: Posting at Core77

I’ll be posting at Core77 this year, starting with this observation about some of my favorite people and their addiction AND repulsion to social media:
In her annual Christmas Message, Queen Beatrix of the Netherlandswarned of the dangers of too much virtual friend making. She encouraged people to put down their phones and laptops and re-establish physical [...]

Open Forum Post: What’s Your Foodprint?

Dec 18, 2009 -

Take a look at your meal.  I’m looking at mushroom ravioli, parsley, olive oil, Italian bread, and parmesan cheese. But I can’t accurately tell you where these tasty food items come from, how far or wide reaching their impact. I do not know my meal’s “foodprint,” a concept discussed at last weekend’s [...]

Open Forum Inhabitat Post: Entrepreneurs: Have You Foursquared Lately?

Dec 17, 2009 -

Foursquare is open for business at the right price for mom and pop and larger businesses that want the benefit from a highly localized social network.  For those that haven’t heard of Foursquare, the company describes itself as “50% friend-finder, 30% social cityguide, 20% nightlife game.” The mobile-based social network is currently [...]

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