{"id":480,"date":"2007-01-26T10:57:27","date_gmt":"2007-01-26T10:57:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/akramsrazor\/2007\/01\/26\/mugmouse_the_ne\/"},"modified":"2013-05-07T18:47:27","modified_gmt":"2013-05-07T23:47:27","slug":"mugmouse_the_ne","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/akramsrazor\/2007\/01\/mugmouse_the_ne\/","title":{"rendered":"MugMouse, the next wave of “Danish Design”"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

This is simply brilliant, Denmark\u2019s coolest contribution to modern life since the Danish Design<\/a> movement.\u00a0 <\/p>\n

It\u2019s also somehow subversive yet very hyggelig<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n

I give you MugMouse<\/a>, a mouse-cum-coffee cup whose explicit purpose is to make you \"rethink [\u2026] the way people work at computers by making it easy to build slowness into your daily activities<\/strong><\/em>.\" <\/p>\n

\"The<\/a> <\/p>\n

The MugMouse<\/a> website explains:<\/p>\n

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MugMouse plays on the idea of deliberately choosing to use a slower mouse for a while. Filled with tea or coffee you have to move it more carefully than a normal mouse. Do certain tasks at the computer deserve a bit more time, reflection or personal involvement? Checking your email, visiting your favourite website or blog, reading the daily news, shopping etc. MugMouse can be seen as a reward; serving as a signal to yourself and others that you are having a little time away from your work.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

This is wisdom worthy of the sages of old.<\/p>\n

A grateful tip of the (unhorned) helm to Yunus.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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