We're Still Down - A Metastable Failure Tale
Explore a CDN's metastable failure, design improvements, and unconventional recovery methods. Learn strategies to prevent and address similar incidents in distributed systems.
Exploring Disconnects between Reliability Practitioners and Management
Insights into perception gaps between reliability practitioners and management based on The SRE Report, offering strategies to bridge differences and improve organizational alignment.
Hacking the Pachyderm - Scaling Servers and People
Scaling a social platform from 700 to 30,000 users in one month: technical challenges, decision-making, and team dynamics during rapid growth and migration without data loss or burnout.
Financial Resiliency Engineering - Taming Cloud Costs
Explore strategies for reducing cloud infrastructure costs and improving resource efficiency, with insights from Shopify's 2022 initiative to optimize their cloud footprint.
The Best SREs Seem to Be the Ones without an SRE Title—And What We Can Do about It
Exploring why non-SRE titled professionals often excel in SRE roles, examining industry trends, and providing actionable solutions to enhance the value and effectiveness of dedicated SRE teams.
Cryptographic Currencies Crash Course
Comprehensive introduction to cryptographic currencies, covering fundamental concepts, blockchain technology, and security implications in digital finance.
Adversarial Data Mining - Big Data Meets Cyber Security
Explore adversarial data mining techniques in cybersecurity, focusing on big data challenges and solutions for detecting and mitigating threats in complex digital environments.
Privacy and Security in the Genomic Era
Explore privacy and security challenges in genomics with experts Erman Ayday and Jean-Pierre Hubaux, addressing crucial issues in the era of widespread genetic data use and sharing.
All Your DNS Records Point to Us - Understanding the Security Threats of Dangling DNS Records
Explore security threats of dangling DNS records, understanding vulnerabilities and potential exploits in domain name systems.
Sketching NLP - A Case Study of Exploring the Right Things To Design with Language Intelligence
Explore innovative sketching techniques for NLP-powered user experiences, addressing challenges in visualizing language interactions and ideating feasible intelligent functionalities for writing assistance design.
Managerial Visions - Stories of Upgrading and Maintaining the Public Restroom with IoT
Explores IoT implementation in public restrooms, examining governance strategies, cost-reduction efforts, and regulatory techniques. Introduces "managerial visions" concept for understanding computer-mediated collaboration beyond white-collar settings.
Engaging Lived and Virtual Realities
Exploring VR integration in informal learning environments across Atlanta and Mumbai, focusing on co-design and content creation to enhance accessibility and inclusivity in diverse educational settings.
Managing Multimorbidity - Identifying Design Requirements for a Digital Self-Management Tool to Support Older Adults with Multiple Chronic Conditions
Explores design requirements for a digital tool to support older adults with multiple chronic conditions in self-management, based on a qualitative study with 125 participants across two European countries.
Emotion Work in Experience-Centered Design
Exploring the role of emotions in experience-centered design, examining how designers navigate and utilize their own emotional responses to enhance the design process and user empathy.
Vulnerable to Misinformation? - Verifi
Explore Verifi2, a visual analytics system for investigating misinformation on social media. Learn to distinguish suspicious news using linguistic, network, and image features.
Evaluation of Cursor Offset on 3D Selection in VR
Explores four virtual cursor offset techniques for 3D object selection in VR, comparing performance and user preference using different input devices and target distances.
The Science & Practice of Transitions
Explore the magic of transitions in user interfaces and life with Jaime Teevan. Learn how to thrive during changes, boost productivity, and create innovative experiences that support seamless shifts between tasks and roles.
Imaginary Design Workbooks - Constructive Criticism and Practical Provocation
Explores critical design strategies using "imaginary design workbooks" to provoke innovative thinking about home hub technology, challenging the divide between constructive and critical design approaches.
Exploring Co-design with Breastfeeding Mothers
Insights on co-designing mobile apps for breastfeeding mothers, focusing on challenges, methodologies, and key factors to consider for effective user engagement and empowerment.
CommunityCrit - Inviting the Public to Improve and Evaluate Urban Design Ideas through Micro-Activities
Explore a system for engaging communities in urban design through micro-activities, offering insights on public participation, project awareness, and diverse skill levels in planning processes.
Crowdsourcing Rural Network Maintenance and Repair via Network Messaging
Explores crowdsourcing network repair in rural Philippines using SMS, revealing community eagerness and capacity for resolving common failures when repairs align with local experiences.