Architecture and Environment – Page 8

Learning on Change Island

Having been writing away this past week, I've not been updating, but I wanted to mention this excellent piece by Cornell computer science professor Phoebe Sengers, "What I

By askpang|2011-03-07T02:08:08-08:00March 7th, 2011|Architecture and Environment, Contemplative computing|Comments Off

Simple word processors

attention, tools, writing, Zen

By askpang|2011-02-12T14:57:22-08:00February 12th, 2011|Architecture and Environment, Attention / Distraction, Contemplative computing, Flow, Technology|Comments Off

Why “ease of use” should not be “an easy life”

flow, HCI, values

By askpang|2011-02-04T15:57:40-08:00February 4th, 2011|Architecture and Environment, Business and work, Contemplative computing, Flow, Science, Technology|2 Comments

Flow: It’s more than suggestions for how to improve online marketing and first-person shooters!

HCI, psychology, ubicomp, values, flow, Mihaly Csikszentmihaly

By askpang|2011-02-04T07:23:03-08:00February 4th, 2011|Architecture and Environment, Business and work, Contemplative computing, Flow, Science|Comments Off

Reinventing HCI for the 21st century

ethics, future, HCI, ubicomp, values

By askpang|2011-01-23T14:59:15-08:00January 23rd, 2011|Architecture and Environment, Business and work, Contemplative computing, Technology|Comments Off

Was Weiser really wrong? Rogers on creating “engaging ubicomp experiences”

I've been reading Yvonne Rogers' 2006 article, "Moving on from Weiser's vision of of calm computing: engaging UbiComp experiences." Rogers is a professor at Open University, and a longtime

By askpang|2011-01-18T06:11:13-08:00January 18th, 2011|Architecture and Environment, Contemplative computing, Technology|Comments Off

On “calmness” and computing

About fifteen years ago (!!!) Mark Weiser proposed that the aim of design in an age of ubiquitous computing ought to be to create "calm technology." As Weiser

By askpang|2011-01-17T09:57:26-08:00January 17th, 2011|Architecture and Environment, Contemplative computing, Science|1 Comment

Talk about contemplative computing

This is a Prezi outlining my contemplative computing work. I initially created it for a talk at Microsoft Research, but expect I'll be updating it over the next couple

By askpang|2011-01-17T01:31:15-08:00January 17th, 2011|Architecture and Environment, Contemplative computing, Future, Sabbaths, Science, Technology|Comments Off

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