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Phil Agre was a prolific writer with many high-quality contributions on a variety of topics. Here are some samples:

How to help someone use a computer: https://pages.gseis.ucla.edu/faculty/agre/how-to-help.html

Rationalizations for bad design, a posting to RISKS digest: http://catless.ncl.ac.uk/Risks/7.09.html#subj1

Layering, from a course on Information Systems and Design: https://pages.gseis.ucla.edu/faculty/agre/240/week5.html

Toward a Critical Technical Practice: Lessons Learned in Trying to Reform AI: https://pages.gseis.ucla.edu/faculty/agre/critical.html

Notes and Recommendations (from RRE Digest): https://pages.gseis.ucla.edu/faculty/agre/notes.html

Red Rock Eater Digest, 1994 -- 2004: http://web.archive.org/web/20040602193512/commons.somewhere....

The Network Observer, 1994 -- 1996: https://pages.gseis.ucla.edu/faculty/agre/tno.html

He wrote a book, Computation and Human Experience, here are some extracts and a chapter summary:

https://pages.gseis.ucla.edu/faculty/agre/che-intro.html

I miss him.

parent jonjacky 5 years ago

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