How to build tech that does things differently

Data ethics principles and processes are useful, but they are often of limited use when it comes to addressing the social and environmental harms of the data economy. This post is about using creative R&D to build data technologies that embed a different set of values from the ground up, balancing e..

Reduce mental shotguns in your product’s experiences

Photo by Karen Lau on UnsplashWhat is a mental shotgun?we often compute much more than we want or need. I call this excess computation the mental shotgun — Daniel Kahneman, Thinking, Fast and SlowDaniel Kahneman’s states in his book that we don’t have much control over how our brain makes sense of t..

How Clubhouse’s accessibility issues block users with disabilities from joining the conversation

The audio-based social platform must do more to welcome disabled users. Continue reading on UX Collective »

Digital privacy: visible and delusional

A larger discussion about implications of gendered experiences in designed digital privacy, unintended exposure, and digital security… Continue reading on UX Collective »

How taxonomies in the physical world can inform design decisions

Taxonomy, as it relates to user experience and information architecture, refers to the structural methods for how information is sorted, classified and organized. “To effectively arrange anything, we have to choose methods for organizing and classifying content in ways that convey the intended infor..

RIP Flash: flashback, flash-forward

Everything starts in the dark. Continue reading on UX Collective »

UI & UX micro-tips: Volume one

A collection of handy tips to help improve your designs instantly. Continue reading on UX Collective »

Code concepts for designers: Authentication & authorization

What is Auth?Those of us who don’t spend our days writing code often think of logging in to an application as one simple, bundled process of declaring who we are with our user ID and password. Behind the scenes, there are actually two important, independent components at play: authentication and aut..

Why skipping the business need is never worth it

A plea for b2b product managers Continue reading on UX Collective »

A new, revolutionary UI is just around the corner — here are the signs

We all remember the 2nd one. The 5th one is on its way. Continue reading on UX Collective »