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18 May 2002. Too often we hear predictions of the future with little follow through or reflection about the quality and character of what actually happened. Stewart Brand and company address this attention-sink with Long Bets.
Here, the idea is to foster reflection on the future and create conditions of long-term accountability. A very neat idea, if only it were not so expensive to participatethe minimum bet is $2,000.00. An interesting bet:
In a Google search of five keywords or phrases representing the top five news stories of 2007, weblogs will rank higher than the New York Times' Web site. More ...
I don't think this bet will win because society will increasingly be sensitive to the provenience of a piece of information. And, the New York Times will continue to have a tremendous reputation.
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Greetings!
I'm committed to making technology work for people. I draw upon the
disciplines within Human-Computer Interaction.
My education is in Computer Science and Psychology. I've worked in
applied and theoretical settings, bouncing between creating and studying
user interfaces. I enjoy both activities.
User interfaces—and the notations and structures that lie beneath them—are, of
course, always embedded in setting of use. What excites me the most
is addressing the whole context, over time and across stakeholders,
from the product team to individuals and communities of practice.
At dhendry.org I contribute what I can to the craft.
Beginning 1 August, I will be Assistant Professor in the Information School at the University of Washington.
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| e-mail: dave AT dhendry DOT
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Challenges
- Common user/design representations for multi-disciplined teams
- Measuring design performance
- End-user programming and information seeking: Do customization
options and intermediate representations apply?
- Linking business models and objectives to conceptual models
and design solutions
- Understanding the whole context
Skills
- Consumer Web applications
- Information seeking and Information Retrieval
- End-user programming
- Object-oriented analysis and design
- Programming: C/C++; Java; foundation knowledge for a variety
of scripting languages, relational and object-oriented DBMS, and
Internet technologies
- Design ethnography
- Usability studies
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