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Don’t Kill Your Darlings: Begin with Low-Fi Design
Why do we begin with low-fi design? Drawing and sketching helps you get ideas out without too much investment. That makes it easier to throw them away when a better idea comes along. The Desire to Be Perfect I am working on a project with a friend who is acting as a client for a…
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The Occasional Mentor: How to Ask a Speaker a Question — Zoom Edition
THE OCCASIONAL MENTOR is a semi-regular column based on questions I’ve answered on line in forums, and other career advice I’ve given over the prior month. Feel free to add your experience or challenge me in the comments, if you have had a different experience. Asking a Question on Zoom A great way to engage…
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Safe Tech Audit Sketchnotes from IAC22
Zsofi Lang’s Sketchnotes from my talk “Safe Tech Audit: IA as a Framework for Respectful Design” from The Information Architecture Conference 2022:
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Example of a Good UX Research Portfolio Item
Me2B Alliance Project Background The Me2B Alliance is a standards development organization comprised of software engineers, policy analysts, UX experts, business and philanthropic leaders who are committed to giving individuals more say in how technology treats people. We are setting up a rigorous independent testing and certification program for websites, apps and connected devices. The…
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Disruptive Technologists: Vint Cerf, the Metaverse and Me
Watch me and Internet pioneer Vint Cerf discuss the future of the Metaverse at Disruptive Technologists NYC.
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The Occasional Mentor: Kill Your Darlings
THE OCCASIONAL MENTOR is a semi-regular column based on questions I’ve answered on Quora, heard on Slack groups, and other career advice I’ve given over the prior month. Feel free to challenge me in the comments, if you have a different experience. Kill Your Darlings I am working on a project with a friend who…
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Keep On Trackin’
Me2B Research: Consumer Views on Respectful Technology In the research I’ve been doing on respectful technology relationships at the Me2B Alliance, it’s a combination of “I’ve got nothing to hide” and “I’ve got no other option”. People are deeply entangled in their technology relationships. Even when presented with overwhelmingly bad scores on Terms of Service…
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The Occasional Mentor: On Making Decisions and Getting a Job During a Pandemic
THE OCCASIONAL MENTOR:A semi-regular column based on questions I’ve answered on Quora, heard on Slack groups, and other career advice I’ve given over the prior month. Feel free to challenge me in the comments, if you have a different experience. Below are questions I answered in November. Why do some people randomly do things to…
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Downward Dot Voting
My friend Austin Govella wrote today on using a kind of whole-body dot voting to teach teams to “Vote With Your Feet“. We are in a Liminal Thinking group on Facebook where he initially threw his ideas around. I was excited that he chose to add my comment about using negative dots to vote down…
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The Occasional Mentor: On Minimal and Natural UI, Mid-Career Change and Hailing Taxis in NYC
THE OCCASIONAL MENTOR:A monthly(ish) column based on questions I’ve answered on Quora, heard on Slack groups, and other career advice I’ve given over the prior month. Feel free to challenge me in the comments, if you have a different experience. Below are questions I answered in May. This one has a fun one at the…