Sustainability refers to sustainable social, cultural, and financial systems, not just environmental systems, thus we need to consider how the things we make and use affect them.
Xeriscape, using drought-tolerant plants that require minimal water to survive and thrive, leads to greater residential water conservation.
Accidental sustainability is creating useful, satisfying, meaningful products and services people don’t need to replace and help conserve our resources.
The conundrums of living sustainably will only be resolved when wiser professionals step back and look at the big picture.
The Green Machine seeks to create a prototype to test whether it makes people reduce their energy consumption, holding significant implications on the use of Smart Grid software.
Introduction
Web 2.0 entices web authors with dynamic capabilities, but these advances in performance and functionality have proven a barrier to a growing contingent of users. Many interactive web elements,…
When testing a software package, include traditional roles found in a pyramidal training model but also a reversed, “train the trainer” round.
Guidelines for developing useful and usable recommendations—that is, recommendations that are likely to be accepted, implemented, and that significantly improve the system.
Although not useful in all circumstances, unmoderated remote tests can compensate for a lack of direct observation and interaction.
Research “in the wild,” where people use the interfaces we design, test, iterate, and develop can be conducted on users mobile phones.