Tony Smith is chair of Sustaining Hawkes Bay Trust. We talked about that role, and his career through computing and education. Tony’s family live in a wonderful home, built to celebrate a sustainable future so we talk about that too.
If I put sustainability into the software system requirements, that means during testing I now have to test whether the system meets those sustainability requirements. What I’m doing now is finding those metrics.
How to use narratives as a way of exploring possible futures – both desired futures and frightening futures.
The task becomes to bring values into technology you develop.
The first step is getting the people in the room, and then you have to get something done
The extravagant users…if they are getting the same utility as the lowest users – having the same sorts of experiences, then why do they need all these things?
Some technologists want to create a seamless future…I ‘m not one of those, I think it’s useful that parts are nubby – some parts leave room for error or space for adjustment, some room for learning behaviour.
