David Roedl

I just found out that I have advanced to the final round of the 2008 Microsoft Imagine Cup Interface Design competition. The theme of this year’s competition is “Imagine a world where technology enables a sustainable environment”. My design (submitted along with teammate Will Odom) is part of my capstone work creating an energy conservation [...]

This essay is about the challenge of making environmental sustainability a focus of HCI research and practice. While environmental concerns have been around for a long time and have been considered important in other design disciplines like architecture and product design, the topic has only recently been recognized in the HCI community. It is also [...]

I am currently reading The Omnivore’s Dilemma, Michael Pollan’s illuminating account of the industrial food system. The book provides an excellent explanation of where food comes from and the journey it travels before we eat it. What makes the book so powerful is that Pollan really connects all the dots; he manages to examine every [...]