I’m very happy that this workshop will be held at ICT4S in September (see more info here) On the basis that sustainability problems are not amenable to single-point interventions (because they are both wicked and numerous), we need a step-change in how we approach ICT4S. Rather than trying for separate interventions for every aspect, or for […]
April 27, 2009
Sometimes the best things happen by accident. In yesterday’s post I explored Forum for the Future’s Acting now for a positive 2018, preparing for radical change (report pdf). They present four scenarios of what the world might look like in ten years’ time with ICT getting a special consideration in each scenario. I meant to […]
April 27, 2009
Forum for the Future has done it again with an extremely interesting Acting now for a positive 2018, preparing for radical change (report pdf). They present four scenarios of what the world might look like in ten years’ time. ICT gets a special consideration in each scenario. First though, they recap the last ten […]
December 18, 2008
There’s a 3D printer in the product development centre at work. I think it’s fantastic. I just love the thought experiment of how things will change when 3D printing becomes ubiquitous. What will be the impact of us being able to fabricate parts on every desktop? A different device has had […]
April 7, 2008
Over on empyre, there’s a month of discussion about sustainability and new media: “wired sustainability“. Henry Warwick posted this sketch of a paper he’s working on. I think it extreme and I disagree with most of it, but it’s had me thinking all weekend, so I’ve copied it here if just to anchor one end […]
July 20, 2015
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