Participatory design: an Interview with Dr. Michael Twidale (part 3)
The third part of the Interview with Dr. Michael Twidale: he offers insights into IRBs, participatory design, managing design tradeoffs, ethics and empowerment. - More
Posted by Jeff Ubois on October 26, 2007 5:25 PM. Permalink - Read and leave a comment
See also: Participatory design (part 1)
Categories: Interview, Software development
An Interview with Dr.Marc Smith
Dr. Marc Smith is a Senior Research Sociologist leading the Community Technologies Group at Microsoft Research in Redmond, WA. His group focuses on computer-mediated collective action, and he studies and design enhancements for social cyberspaces. In particular, he is interested... - More
Posted by Jeff Ubois on July 10, 2007 11:46 AM. Permalink
See also: Microspheres by Andrea Pitasi
Categories: Sociology, Software development
Transparency, Privacy, and Responsibility: An Interview with Jeff Jonas
More directly and obviously than many forms of innovation, software embodies the values of those who create it. This is particularly true of software used to monitor and direct human activity: in the extreme, it can be a tool that saves lives, or one that enables political repression. Software development therefore provides many examples of responsibility in innovation. As a leading innovator in the field of data analysis, Jeff Jonas has thought deeply about the social and political implications related to technological advances in surveillance, the loss of privacy, and the use of computerized monitoring systems by governments and corporations. - More
Posted by Jeff Ubois on June 5, 2007 10:06 AM. Permalink
Categories: Interview, Software development
