I've often said that every two-dimensional map is a lie; a perfect map would be able to show a city in three dimensions. (Or four, to show how they've changed over time.) Height tells you so much; the steepness of stre

"Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see." - Mark Twain

This will end well pic.twitter.com/T7BMsg2BPQ— jason 🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄 (@Jason) September 15, 2018

"Thomas, aged 70, lives on his own after his wife died last year. His children send him smart devices to track and monitor his diet, health and sleep from a distance. But Thomas has always been fiercely independent, happy to live in an organised mess."https://t.co/g0pWikPytV— Per Axbom (@axbom) September 13, 2018

Learning about the cyber security concept of threat hunting, i.e. not waiting for threats to appear but to proactively hunt them down before they reach your systems.Thinking that this is what #designethics needs as well: harm hunting. Let's not wait for people to complain.— Per Axbom (@axbom) September 12, 2018

The twin questions for all who invent, create and design: 1) What problems does this innovation solve? Whose problems are they?2) What problems does this innovation create? Whose problems are they?— Scott Berkun (@berkun) September 12, 2018

Isn’t it terrifying how the words ”edge” and ”margin” so obviously correlate when development projects ignore so-called edge-cases, thus ignoring marginalized people.— Per Axbom (@axbom) August 22, 2018

Attendees at last month’s Adobe Symposium, in Sydney, were treated to insights from some of the world’s most eminent experience makers. Among them was brand reinvention consultant Cindy Gallop, who has 30 years of experience in branding, marketing, and entrepreneurialism.

The most famous entrepreneur of his generation is facing a public reckoning with the power of Big Tech.

«Zuckerberg used to rave about the virtues of “frictionless sharing,” but these days Facebook is working on “imposing friction” to slow the spread of disinformation.»— Per Axbom (@axbom) September 10, 2018

When people translate visual text to Braille without any thought about user centered design. https://t.co/fsKqs4F66f— Alastair Somerville (@Acuity_Design) September 10, 2018

Oh it's just the terms of service of all the apps printed on the ground pic.twitter.com/b2RwY1DQoS— Internet of Shit (@internetofshit) September 9, 2018

The voter journey can be a happy path or a burdened one. Let's make voting more rational.

Agree. Hence my addition, "we'd have to build an AI to answer that question" :)AI itself may not answer the question but the resulting impact will.— Per Axbom (@axbom) September 7, 2018

A little question is a big deal when it comes to shaping people’s experience with your product. How do we ask people for their gender in a…

Facebook-dataskandalen riskerar att bli en av många.

Ethics in production is a subset of business ethic that is meant to ensure that the production function or activities are not damaging to the consumer or the society.

IntroductionThe Eight Step Module is a tool that can be used to help individuals make good ethical decisions.I the individual follows these steps; he/she will …

Younger daters exhausted by larger apps like Tinder have found ways to meet possible partners by considering fewer of them.

"When a flower doesn't bloom you fix the environment in which it grows, not the flower" - @purposologist #sketchnote via @kwiens62 #edchat #growthmindset #spedchat pic.twitter.com/ihTXKMxdiS— MindShift (@MindShiftKQED) September 1, 2018

Stephen Nicholson had been arrested on suspicion of killing 13-year-old in Southampton

Black mirror is not a source of inspiration, it's a cautionary tale! 😂 @steveportigal #UXA18 #UXAustralia— Katja Forbes (@luckykat) August 30, 2018

Hey tech developers: It’d be really nice if you put a “pregnancy mode” in your weight/training/workout etc. apps. I’m getting really tired of my smart scale and exercise apps yelling at me for weight gain/decreased activity.— Swapna Krishna is on maternity leave (@skrishna) August 30, 2018

Imran Chaudhri discusses how we can regain control over our devices–and how Apple can do better.

baby is learning! lol... he tries to get off the bed but it is too high so he throws down pillows for a safe landing so smart “For licensing and usage, conta...

In California and beyond, lawmakers are taking action for the environment. But advocates for people with disabilities say the bans create yet another hurdle to dining in public

Interesting book for discussions of cognitive fluency - the push me/pull me of design. Not easy all the time. Complexity is needed pic.twitter.com/M7pTh0mWjo— Alastair Somerville (@Acuity_Design) August 25, 2018