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.
