Yay. The group that came together for the Sustainable Ux conference, plus some more, has finally released their “sustainable web…
Streaming an Album has a Higher Carbon Footprint than Buying an Album
Another in a many years-long list of studies, showing that “virtualizing”, a frequent goal of “sustainable” or “green” designers, in…
Crazy Thinking about “Internet of Things” (IoT)
One of the nastier things about the “weightless” delusion for the web, apps, software, Ai is that it doesn’t even…
New Carbon Footprint Calculator
Got a great connection to a website carbon footprint calculator from my friend Tim Frick, author of Sustainable Web design.…
Responsive Conversational Design as a Road to Web Sustainability
I’ve been learning more about conversational design, which is design of user interfaces that are chatbot or texting-like. Instead of…
Irony in Sustainability (again)
Some irony – jetting to a meeting discussing the impact of data-driven devices and services on sustainability, as noted by Chris…
New Article on the Continuing Problems with Progressive Enhancement
This article on the venerable A List Apart, highlights the ongoing problems for progressive enhancement strategy. Apparently, the adoption of…
Bitcoin Mining Energy Illustrates that the ‘Net is not “Weightless”
A good article from LiveScience discussing a recent study on the impact Bitcoin mining is having on energy use by…
Great Discussion of Sustainable Digital Design
Quick now – a great presentation on Sustainable Digital Design (which I suppose is better than my original Sustainable Virtual…
New Carbon Footprints for the Web – Mozilla Internet Health Report 2018
Mozilla has published a great new article in their Internet Health Report for 2018. It summarizes the various aspects of…
