Green Interfaces

Experience and interaction designs for sustainability

What’s on Google’s Green Agenda?

The Times reported today on energing business and engineering units within Google.org dedicated to green energy.  Some lines in particular piqued my interest: In recent weeks, Eric E. Schmidt, Google’s chief executive, has hinted at the company’s broad interest in the energy business. He also joined Jeffrey R. Immelt, General ...

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This blog addresses sustainability in design, especially in experience and interaction design. Ideas, tools, and applications with an eye towards sustainable living are multiplying. I found that I was gathering a sizable cache of resources by my own research, and I hope that by sharing it I can inspire others.

Michael Gomez
Interaction Designer, Austin TX

Sat 22 Nov 02008
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An Ending and a Beginning

This month, Bruce Sterling posted the last Viridian Note, and seeing as the gist of this blog was born in the Viridian Movement, I wanted give props. (It's worth your time to enjoy this Note, either way, but if you haven't yet been exposed to Viridian, it ...
Thu 13 Nov 02008
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World Usability Day and the Global Transport Challenge

Today is World Usability Day 2008, and this year's theme is transportation.  As part of the day's events, the Usability Professionals Association (UPA) has announced the Global Transport Challenge, which includes a little web-based carbon calculator. It's an easy way for you to understand how you use transportation everyday and the ...
Tue 28 Oct 02008
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What’s on Google’s Green Agenda?

The Times reported today on energing business and engineering units within Google.org dedicated to green energy.  Some lines in particular piqued my interest: In recent weeks, Eric E. Schmidt, Google’s chief executive, has hinted at the company’s broad interest in the energy business. He also joined Jeffrey R. Immelt, General ...
Thu 21 Aug 02008
Tags: awareness, data, feedback, mpg, tool, visualization 2 Comments

Fillup with New iPhone Apps

With the release of iPhone 2.0 came a torrent of new (Apple-approved) 3rd party applications, among them several focusing on car fuel efficiency.  These are for the folks fortunate enough to own an iPhone and yet not yet ascended to the hallowed plane of hybrid ownership.  Here's a rundown of ...
Fri 11 Jul 02008
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GreenPrint to Save Trees

EcoGeek recently blogged about a handy little free accessory for your green computing setup, if ever you require printouts. If there is no “Printer Friendly Version” button to click, then GreenPrint’s free software might be the solution. The software does the reformatting for the user, so that efficient printing is fast, ...

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