Boutique computer activity mining vs. personal privacy management.

Attempting to capture the nature of software design.

Don't confuse technology with business solutions, focusing instead on what users value most---information.

Users sculpt and manipulate digital information throughsuch tangible media as clay, sand, and building models, coupled with underlying computation for design and analysis.

Interaction with computers can make use of our whole physical and even emotional selves, as demonstrated by such emerging systems as HoloWall, SmartSkin, and PreSense.

The display as a rigid, rectangular matrix is giving way to more fluid notions: thin, flexible, tactile surfaces customized to form and space.

Displays on real-world objects allow more realistic user interfaces.

Considering the future of kinetic design in user interfaces.

Developing structures as flexible networked information processors.

With access control and encryption no longer capable of protecting privacy, laws and systems are needed that hold people accountable for the misuse of personal information, whether public or secret.

Even the best project management skills will not guarantee success in the complex world of offshore outsourcing.

UA initiatives help allay potentially fatal errors, improve patient safety, and boost overall quality of care.

Students must learn to accentuate the positive in order to eliminate the negative perceptions of career opportunities in IS.