The Panopticon and the performance arena: HCI reaches within

The impact of new technologies is hard to predict. We suggest the value of theories of performativity in understanding dynamics around the convergence of biomedical and information technology. Drawing on the ideas of Butler and Foucault, we discuss a new, internal, context for HCI and raise potentially disturbing issues with monitoring health. We argue that by adopting explicitly social framings we can see beyond the idea of medical interventions to tools for wellbeing and recognize more of the implications of looking within

Beyond enterprise resource planning projects: innovative strategies for competitive advantage

ABSTRACT A rapidly changing business environment and legacy IT problems has resulted in many organisations implementing standard package solutions. This 'common systems' approach establishes a common IT and business process infrastructure within organisations and its increasing dominance raises several important strategic issues. These are to what extent do common systems impose common business processes and management systems on competing firms, and what is the source of competitive advantage if the majority of firms employ almost identical information systems and business processes? A theoretical framework based on research into legacy systems and earlier IT strategy literature is used to analyse three case studies in the manufacturing, chemical and IT industries. It is shown that the organisations are treating common systems as the core of their organisations' abilities to manage business transactions. To achieve competitive advantage they are clothing these common systems with information systems designed to capture information about competitors, customers and suppliers, and to provide a basis for sharing knowledge within the organisation and ultimately with economic partners. The importance of these approaches to other organisations and industries is analysed and an attempt is made at outlining the strategic options open to firms beyond the implementation of common business systems

Seeding without leading: making space for participant contribution in design elicitation techniques

As HCI embraces experience design, it will increasingly rely on new elicitation methods that are capable of drawing out the multi-faceted subjectivities of individuals without being overly prescriptive as to the final design or experience outcome. In this panel we wish to describe and discuss subtle elicitation techniques that allow the elicitation of participant ideas and interests with minimum prejudicing by the researcher. We argue that leaving space for meaning to be made by project nformants is a valuable approach to understanding both design requirements and use issues. We show work that has come from taking this approach and discuss why we have been concerned to keep a creative space open in our research and how we invite people into i

Recommendations on Testing Procedures at the Gladys McCall and Pleasant Bayou GeoPressured Test Wells

Nine possible testing procedures for the Gladys McCall and Pleasant Bayou geopressured fields are listed. Evidence is presented that shows that reduction in salinity due to shale water addition to Gladys McCall formation waters can be measured over a 2-year period, but water analyses will need to be done under strictly controlled laboratory conditions. Sidetrack coring of geopressured reservoirs after production appears to be the most effective way of estimating total volumes of compaction and shale water recharge of geopressured formations. Sidetrack coring of the Andrau ('C') sandstone in the Pleasant Bayou No. 2 well will provide the maximum amount of information on post-production changes in shales and sandstones. Three preferred testing procedures are suggested in order of decreasing scientific payback and cost. The best testing procedure is to continue testing the Gladys McCall well for 2 years, then to cut a sidetrack core and plug and abandon the well. At the same time, a sidetrack core must be cut in the Pleasant Bayou well and then plugged and abandoned. The total cost of these tests will be several million dollars. The next best testing procedure that will provide a large scientific payback is to cut sidetrack cores and then plug and abandon both the Gladys McCall and Pleasant Bayou wells at a cost of about $1.1 million. The last testing procedure, which will also provide a large scientific payback, is to cut a sidetrack core and plug and abandon Pleasant Bayou, and then plug and abandon Gladys McCall at a cost of about$600,000.Bureau of Economic Geolog