Web 3.0 and Mental Illness: Context

First, we explore context. What brings users to the web? It could be that a family member is in the middle of a first psychosis. However, the family has no experience of the phenomenon, and hence, they do not know what the symptoms mean. They come to the web for research.

Web 3.0 and Mental Illness: Introduction

This holiday season, as we play with fun topic like music, food, and dance, I also want to tackle one heavy topic: mental illness. There has always been a stigma around mental illness. Yet, 10 percent of the U.S. population is mentally ill. And if you extrapolate from that number, it is conceivable that worldwide,

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Human-Centric Computing

Just as I borrowed the title of a previous post, “The Substance of Style,” from Virginia Postrel, this title draws from Michael Dertouzos and his book, The Unfinished Revolution: Human-Centred Computers and what they can do for us.