The Mess
We’ve Gotten Ourselves Into
While our efforts are frequently well intentioned,
there are a number of negative results of our
design, engineering, and business practices. These
articles explore some of the problems we’ve
created for ourselves, and suggest some solutions
to clean up the mess.

FEATURE

6 When Users “Do” the Ubicomp
Antti Oulasvirta

Ps AND Qs

10 Designing for Digital Archives
Elizabeth Churchill, Jeff Ubois

THE WAY I SEE IT

14 A Fetish for Numbers
Don Norman

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SUSTAINABLY OURS

16 Situated Sustainability
for Mobile Phones

Elaine M. Huang, Khai N. Truong

TRUE TALES

20 Everybody's Talkin’ At Me
Steve Portigal

TIMELINES

22 Themes in the
Early History of HCI—Some
Unanswered Questions
Ronald M. Baecker

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Cover photo by Dylan Vitone.