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Category Archives for Information Systems

How Green Was My Vinyl?

ICT’s environmental impact is still an open question.

Presentation(s)

Al Gore’s new e-book is an interesting example of tech meets environment.

Are We Doing Good?

A Conversation on CTC Evaluation with Mike Crandall and Samantha Becker.

Methods Madness: Contextual Inquiry

Given the mutual blind spots of observer and observed, how can researchers ensure 1) that what people tell us they want is what they actually want and 2) that we understand what they are telling us?

Rapid Prototyping

How do you know if a communications service will work for the people it’s meant to work for?

Four Conversations on Greening ICT

Two architects, an artist, an analyst and an activist go deep on the promises and perils of information and communication technologies vis-à-vis the environment.

The Living on Architecture

“We think it’s interesting and relevant to display information about the environment on facades. That could be about local air and water quality, the social environment, the city as a habitat. Our vision for it involves the connection between local systems and remote systems.”