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Chris Preist on Sustainable Lens
For the last three years I’ve been recording extended interviews with researchers and practitioners at CHI. Here’s the first of this year’s recordings: Dr Chris Preist (click through for pod). Chris is Reader in Sustainability and Computing Systems at University of Bristol. We talk about his background; his work at HP and Forum for the […]
Posted in: CHI, Computing for Sustainability
Sounds like Sustainable Computing (2)
May 28, 2013
Adding to the list of shows on Sustainable Lens of particular interest to people in computing, here are some recent shows: Dr Andy Williamson on the role of social media in democracy Beth Karlin on the empowering role of information and communication technology in environmental change Dr Sylvia Nagl on systems thinking and knowledge economies Self described “permageek” Danyl Strype on […]
Posted in: Computing for Sustainability
Scaling up trajectories?
March 31, 2013
I’m thinking about the trajectory work of Steve Benford (Yes, I know I’ve been doing this for a while). Trajectories offer a way of thinking about the design of extended user experiences. I’m wondering if we can scale that up for thinking about the role of computing in societal change. Last week we interviewed Hordur […]
Posted in: Computing for Sustainability, HCI
Apples for the students? Beyond good or evil
February 18, 2013
We’ve got a new Mac suite at work. We intend to use it for teaching operating systems, networks etc, as well as a platform for developing for the iOS. On our department facebook page an interesting debate has been raging, started by the following question: I’d like to know (and I know of others who […]
Permageekery
January 28, 2013
Over the summer we interviewed Danyl Strype on Sustainable Lens. Active in both the Permaculture in New Zealand and the creative commons movements, Danyl describes himself as a permageek. We spent an enjoyable hour wallowing in sustainable IT (without mentioning virtualisation) – here’s the pod.
Posted in: Computing for Sustainability
Computing for Sustainability 
May 28, 2013
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