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5 tips for Green IT and beyond

September 17, 2010

Last week the editor of Computerworld set me an interesting challenge: could I come up with “5 tips on what to think about as an IT professional to ensure sustainability”. Here’s the list I sent in, what do you think? (Computerworld’s story Beyond Green IT). 1. Address your own footprint: Do the low-hanging fruit (recycling […]

Need for a humility based worldview

September 8, 2010

I’ve been reading a book that seems to have flown so far under the radar it has largely sunk without a trace, which is a shame as its message could be a game changer. In The Virtues of Ignorance Bill Vitek and Wes Jackson (with many contributors from a research camp) argue that a […]

John Wilson Promenade Open Day

August 24, 2010

John Wilson Promenade Open Day Originally uploaded by Samuel Mann On Sunday we walked along one of our favourite places – John Wilson Drive. The place was full with families walking alongside bikes, trikes, wheelchairs, rollerskates, skateboarders, a horse, and yes, a familiar eight year old on a unicycle (full flickr set). The open day […]

Desire unmatched by skills equals disempowerment for computing students

July 20, 2010

At the CITRENZ conference last week Dobrila and Mike Lopez presented an interesting paper on sustainability worldviews of incoming students at Manukau Institute of Technology (pdf). Their paper aimed to replicate our study of Otago Polytechnic students (summarised in post “Can’t rely on geeks” here, from original paper). This replication aimed to cement the generalisability […]

Twin chalk towers

July 10, 2010

It’s the school holidays and there’s Kids on Campus. It’s great to see them tearing all over campus having a ball. The oldest of these kids is perhaps 12, which makes them perhaps 2-3 in 2001. So, this lunchtime chalk drawing caught my eye. Robot Love and Twin Towers in chalk In the foreground of […]