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A saved link is not an endorsement. It's just a thing I read or thought about reading.
This post by @colly is šÆ. Comparing personal sites to tending a garden is spot on. Even though I'm on holiday for Christmas break, I'm looking forward to spending some more time working on my site. It's so relaxing and satisfying
Only recently started using JetBrains Mono as my code editor font, and I love all the details. The use of ligatures to combine glyphs is a joy:
On the limits of user-centered design, and how we might integrate systems thinking into our practices to create ethical systems that work better for everyone. It was a pleasure to write this with @devinmancuso, @lishubert, and @DianaSonis
The Ethics of AI, a free online course created by the University of Helsinki.
š¢š§µ My writing has a new home! It's called The First 1,000 Days. Think reproductive rights, pregnancy, childhood, parenthood. And also play & love. I'm building it with ā¤ while officially jobless. So please subscribe and let's create it together! +
Iāve only seen one writer, @eric_seufert, give thoughtful analysis of how Appleās iOS 14 privacy changes will impact the app advertising landscape. Every other journalist has basically been regurgitating talking points from the same players.
DNA is the legacy code of earth-resident life, evolved over billions of years of development, made with rarely refactored cut and paste parts, rife with abandoned features, and possessing an epic lack of documentation. But it works.
šŗ Two hours of me talking about š cults, š death, š„ an unrequited crush, š¬ rationality, š and blueberry jam. An AMA skillfully facilitated by @ssica3003, with excellent questions and discussion from all participantsāthank you!
Forgot one! š White noise machine is great once you get used to it, prevents unwanted wake ups due to household noise/city noise etc. I like this one:
Advanced Tech is *not* a Substitute for Policy/Regulation Case study on what causes tech companies to act faster: 5 years of warnings about escalating genocide vs. threat of significant fine? (A: the fine) Many AI ethics issues are Human Rights issues
I forgot I wrote this 18 years ago for the Wall Street Journal: "The Web runs on love, not greed."
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Quick review: ā āArchitects After Architecture: Alternative Pathways for Practiceā, edited by @roryhyde @HarrietHarriss and @marcarobe
Ah, I forgot that some of the people who get permanently stuck at the Senior Engineer level get very offended when told thereās a whole level of understanding they simply lack because there are no quantitative benchmarks. :)
Elements of User Experience
I recommend that organizations sever their efforts at deep understanding from any design or dev cycle and let it run separately. Slowly. In small increments. With a cadence that makes sense for what you want to know and when you need to know it.
Cool project! ā The idea is to provide README badges to indicate your current/desired project type, based the ontology of OSS projects that @nayafia lays out in her book.
only lengthy trip outside Virginia. Many clauses in the Constitution bear his stamp, as he was active in the convention for months before deciding that he could not sign it. He cited the lack of a bill of rights most prominently in his Objections, but also wanted an immediate end to the slave trade and a supermajority for navigation acts, which mig
@CAldenJacobs @louisrosenfeld Thanks @CAldenJacobs! Happy to explore. On my inspiration list: the work of @Ideas_4_Change, #WeLiveHere community initiative in @Iamsterdam, the work of @myhelsinki - incl. #OmaStadi: participatory public budgeting and the new #helsinkifreedom campaign
He spent 10 days in jail after facial recognition software led to the arrest of the wrong man, lawsuit says
Itās about shifting your mindset from distant outcomes to present outputs. YES, I finally have a term this! I hate setting SMART goals or distant goals of any kind. They're deflating. I set PACTs instead. Thanks for the article @anthilemoon!
Crypto yes, but here is why it will not take over the world:
Link here: My own industry-politics guiding question for 2021 is: how can we create the context and conditions that make designers and cleaning/service staff feel itās normal to see each other as coworkers?
"Information Architecture is about making meaning out of piles of facts." - @cwodtke
Random light recommendation for folks in Japan ā these z-lights are fantastic; reasonably priced, well built, super super super precise and easy movement, I love 'em (but they don't seem to be available abroad?):
The Turing Test is an example of Goodhartās Law - When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure. Turing assumed holding a conversation meant an AI as smart as a human, what we got instead is dumb AI being good at mimicking conversations
Note that this piece 'Architects without architecture' is quite separate to the previous review of 'Architects after architecture' They share similar themes (+ names) but are different takes, different times, different authors.
Final post arriving tomorrow... 52: Real Teams (Not Groups of 1 -Person Team) 51: Coherence > Shallow Autonomy 50/53: The Curse of "Success" Metrics 49: Signals and Confidence
I reworked my site a bit over the holiday: I wanted to add a bit more color/excitement, focus more on plain-english descriptions and less on tons-of-mockups, and be a bit more explanatory/descriptive about the type of work I do. šš āļø
so why aren't more people buying from ? (I can't buy from it in Japan ā¦)
Final post arriving tomorrow... 52: Real Teams (Not Groups of 1 -Person Team) 51: Coherence > Shallow Autonomy 50/53: The Curse of "Success" Metrics 49: Signals and Confidence
Final post arriving tomorrow... 52: Real Teams (Not Groups of 1 -Person Team) 51: Coherence > Shallow Autonomy 50/53: The Curse of "Success" Metrics 49: Signals and Confidence
@craigmod It is truly a mystical button. Related: I have really enjoyed SoundSource for wrangling volume control & output control. It is a delight, and the only software I've found which enables volume control of multi-output or aggregate speaker setups in macos
This resonated with me on a personal level. We donāt often talk about alcoholism in Syrian society and growing up with it as a child was a bewildering and frightening experience
I've been on the Acorn train (macOS image editing software) ever since reading @meyerweb's mention of it. I like how it's just FAST and simple, so for my cropping/arranging/exporting stuff, it's a winner.
I've been on the Acorn train (macOS image editing software) ever since reading @meyerweb's mention of it. I like how it's just FAST and simple, so for my cropping/arranging/exporting stuff, it's a winner.
Chuck Close on Creativity, Work Ethic, and Problem-Solving vs. Problem-Creating
Inspired by @hyumankind I'm moving a couple years of bookmarks to (I should be done by the end of the day!) I feel like when I bookmark something in the browser my journey with that resource ends.
I'll never be done "updating" my website so I might as well share it now:
In the US alone, data centres are expected to use 660 billion litres of water per year. Water is used for two separate purposes in data centres: generating electricity and cooling the facility.
The Reality of Brands: Toward an Ontology of Marketing by Wolfgang Grassl is perhaps the most important piece I've read supporting the business value of research, design (service, experience, product, etc.), and undiluted marketing strategy.
Thoughts on screen readers and image recognition
Iād like to spend this year building out resources like @SelfDefinedApp. Unfortunately I still have to live under capitalism. Working independently means I rely on one-off contracts and unsteady cash flow. If youāre able, please sponsor my work:
"My stack will outlive yours" ā "The best tool is no tool, the best build step is no build step, the best update is no update. HTML gives us all that, and more."
Teams improve their capability through small baby steps. Even if it is for only a few minutes, implementing small daily rituals that put design at the top of everyoneās agenda is a step in the right direction.