The Conversation
Citizen science volunteers are almost entirely white
3 min read · Jun 22nd · The homogeneity of citizen science volunteers undercuts the ability of these projects to bring science to underserved communities.
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matthewstrom.com
Stop brainstorming
8 min read · Jan 26th · Why brainstorming doesn't work - and why to do nothing instead
Reader View · Shared by 156, including Peter Steinberger, Ian M Calvert, Danny Preussler, 🇺🇦 Слава Україні, Stéphanie Walter, Michelle Boisson, Esther Schindler
medium.com
It’s 2022, remote UX research should be fast, efficient and cheap… And it is.
6 min read · Jun 22nd · In the last decade, I’ve seen a lot of changes in the research and testing world. When I started out in product design, the options were…
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The Wall Street Journal
The Age of Emotional Overstatement
Jun 11th · From social media to job applications, the pressure to declare our feelings in public is turning us into gushing adolescents.
Shared by 194, including @NFT_NYC #NFTNYC R.NFT R “Ray” Wang 王瑞光 #Metaverse, Michelle Boisson
tannerchristensen.com
Systems thinking is what makes designers great — Tanner Christensen
3 min read · May 18th · I used to believe that what made great designers so great was their craft; their ability to add polish and style to whatever they touched. Now I see that what makes exceptional designers so incredible…
Reader View · Shared by 35, including Michelle Boisson, Stéphanie Walter
UX Collective
What is the job of a Design Lead?
~13 min read · Jun 6th · And how can we do it right?
Reader View · Shared by 126, including Neil Lee, Michelle Boisson, Gabriele
Neuroscience News
New Theory of Decision-Making Seeks to Explain Why Humans Don’t Make Optimal Choices
2 min read · Jun 7th · A new theory of decision-making helps explain why humans often make decisions that are simply adequate, not optimal. According to the theory, people often use relative thinking when they should use…
Reader View · Shared by 64, including Michelle Boisson, Howard Getson
A List Apart
Designers, (Re)define Success First
~13 min read · May 13th · Designing ethically may sound daunting at first, but Lennart Overkamp sets forth a template for engaging stakeholders around new priorities, exploring objectives that span from individual to global…
Reader View · Shared by 50, including Aaron Gustafson, Michelle Boisson, zeldman, KOstas, Davor
Aeon+Psyche
How to revive your sense of wonder
~17 min read · May 18th · That childhood urge to ask ‘how’ and ‘why’ usually fades. But we can all learn to rediscover the joys of wide-eyed discovery
Reader View · Shared by 195, including Mike Taylor, Michelle Boisson
Pacific Standard
We Are All Confident Idiots
20+ min read · From 2015 · The trouble with ignorance is that it feels so much like expertise. A leading researcher on the psychology of human wrongness sets us straight.
Reader View · Shared by 47, including Leo Polovets, 瑞拿頭, Michelle Boisson, Howard Getson, Keith Frankish, Nir Eyal
Collaborative Fund
Trying Too Hard
5 min read · May 18th · Thomas McCrae was a young 19th Century doctor still unsure of his skills. One day he diagnosed a patient with a common, insignificant stomach ailment. McCrae’s medical school professor watched the…
Reader View · Shared by 522, including Michelle Boisson, Laugh With Me, Nir Eyal, Morgan Housel
raw.studio
Spotify’s Embodiment Of Emotional Design
9 min read · May 25th · On average, each smartphone user has 80+ apps on their phone, but only really launch around 9 apps per day. Curiously, I checked my own phone - which somehow holds 148 apps, with only 10 being used…
Reader View · Shared by 335, including Dom Zuend, Michelle Boisson, Stephanie A Kowalski, Abel Caballero Díaz, Neil Hart 💙, David Hellmann
tannerchristensen.com
What to do about ambiguous design problems — Tanner Christensen
3 min read · May 26th · How do you approach a problem that has no definition, not even a hypothesis? How do you walk into a room of talented and experienced cross-functional peers—engineers, product managers, customer…
Reader View · Shared by 45, including Michelle Boisson
tannerchristensen.com
Systems thinking is what makes designers great — Tanner Christensen
3 min read · May 23rd · I used to believe that what made great designers so great was their craft; their ability to add polish and style to whatever they touched. Now I see that what makes exceptional designers so incredible…
Reader View · Shared by 553, including Michelle Boisson
Fast Company
A psychologist explains why negativity dominates your daily thoughts, and what to do about it
5 min read · May 21st · Brain science offers strategies that go beyond positive affirmations to create more lasting change.
Reader View · Shared by 581, including Leonardo Sumulong, Michelle Boisson
Fast Company
The world’s newest business school is . . . an art school
3 min read · Apr 28th · Savannah College of Art and Design is responding to the need for creativity in solving urgent business challenges
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