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Adding a social layer across the web
Expanding social beyond social media.
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Keyword foraging: the key to better search tools
How this new term can help us understand the way people discover things online.
Algorithms
We need more friction in our algorithms
Companies have paid lip service to our digital wellbeing for too long. Now we need to see real change
Personalization didn’t have to suck
In an attempt to peel away from shady data practices, I’ve started using more private browsers, opting out of data sharing on websites, and logging out of my Google account and social media to minimize cross-site tracking. For the most part, the only immediately noticeable thing that has come
The ex-CEO of Waze was preaching to the startup choir
How unchecked confirmation bias can make you betray your own values
Mental Models
Understand COVID media engagement with a simple mental model
How a graph can reveal unexpected patterns in a chaotic situation
Crowdsourcing Opinions
After finishing a book, movie, or game, what do you do? Personally I find myself rushing to the internet and looking up reviews and…
Reading about Creativity… Again
Creativity is one of those subjects that’s been so over-explored from an anecdotal and pseudoscientific perspective that it’s become…
I watched a YouTube tutorial. Now what?
My YouTube feed is 40% tutorials, 40% tech reviews and 20% cute animals. I consume more tutorials than would be useful, particularly in…
Reflections
Stepping Out of Media Overload
Reflecting on my work in 2020 and looking forward to 2021
Moving beyond documents, slides, and spreadsheets
Closing the user experience gap between the different productivity applications
An email on becoming a design consultant in the startup world
My response to a UX designer looking to join the startup world as a consultant