“The Tarot Cards of tech are a set of provocations designed to help creators more fully consider the impact of technology” – Love it. http://tarotcardsoftech.artefactgroup.com/ via Molly
28/04/2020
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Category Archives: Food for thought
06/06/2019
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“Mind” statt “MINT”
“[…] schreibt Georgia Nugent, dass es eine schreckliche Ironie ist, dass wir genau in dem Moment, in dem die Welt immer komplexer wird, junge Menschen ermutigen, enorm spezialisiert zu sein. Während Technologie zu einer immer einfacher zu bedienenden Toolbox wird, … Continue reading
30/05/2019
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Alan Cooper at interaction18
Worth watching. “We need to stand up, and stand together. Not in opposition but as a light shining in a dark room. Because if we don’t, we stand to lose everything. We need to harness our technology for good and … Continue reading
23/01/2019
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Users
“[…] the trouble begins with the word user – there are only two industries that call their customers users: illegal drug dealers and software houses” – Edward Tufte This quote is unfortunately (and only) very relevant when we take a … Continue reading
15/10/2018
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Carmen Hermosillo (humdog) über die Kommerzialisierung des Selbst
“i have seen many people spill their guts on-line, and i did so myself until, at last, i began to see that i had commodified myself. commodification means that you turn something into a product which has a money-value. in … Continue reading
20/09/2018
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Follow a leader – übers “Nudging”
Ich gehe heute Abend auf eine Veranstaltung wo das Thema Nudging diskutiert wird und bin schon seeehr gespannt. Ich hoffe, mein *Confirmation Bias* steht mir nicht allzusehr im Weg, denn meine Position zu “sanften Stupsern” oder dem “libertären Paternalismus” – … Continue reading
07/09/2018
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Orga culture and UX: Competition vs common vision
via GIPHY Image: Cooperation, exemplary image. ;) The famous robbers cave field experiment conducted by Muzafer Sherif (1954, 1958, 1961) investigated how and why group conflicts occur. Sherif argued that conflict between groups (intergroup conflicts) occur in case of two … Continue reading
30/06/2018
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Positive framing – or: what would Kahneman say?
The usage of positive framing which is used to explain why face recognition makes sense on Facebook and should be kept turned on (its default setting is “on”) is a dark pattern deluxe. FB only mentions wonderful, non-selfish reasons why … Continue reading
25/06/2018
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Look after yourself.
Look after yourself. 1, Celebrate small things2, Celebrate big things3, Don't compare4, Make time for exercise5, Eat well6, Look for the good7, Stop being so hard on yourself8, Have some rest. And don't feel guilty about it9, Give yourself a … Continue reading
16/05/2018
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GDPR is good for user experience.
“In short, GDPR will make privacy a mandatory design principle–and, in doing so, may redefine the profession.” Great article on why designers should care about the GDPR. Because it makes us rembember that we are designing products for people not … Continue reading
12/05/2018
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Computers are social actors, again and again
"Our acceptance of seemingly autonomous voice assistants will depend on trust. And trust demands being able to distinguish when we’re talking to a human and when we’re talking to an AI.”https://t.co/xFEqIY0qE4 — Anna Dahlström (@annadahlstrom) May 12, 2018 See also: … Continue reading
12/05/2018
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About Intelligence, meaning, the mind and machines
The video above contains a very short introduction to the chinese room argument, introduced by philosopher John Searle in the 1980 in his essay “Minds, Brains and Programs”. and it fits to my last post about Googles Duplex natural speech … Continue reading
09/03/2018
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Trust others
Always good to remember: Image was taken at our January Ladies that UX Berlin meetup, the talk was held by Heike van Geel
25/11/2017
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Driverless Cars
I am fed up with the way we are all being frogmarched towards driverless cars. What I really want is carless cities. — Owen Barder (@owenbarder) November 19, 2017
21/11/2017
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Who do you want to talk to: People or machines?
“[…] After all, fitting in as a machine-readable cog into the database of ideas gets you a faster start. But it’s also the best way to be ignored, because you’ve chosen to be one of the many […]” He is … Continue reading
21/11/2017
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Nur nochmal 2 min Instagram checken…. oder: Pavlov’s dog.
via GIPHY “Wir sind permanent am Scrollen und checken, ob jemand seinen Status upgedatet hat. Problem: Das Design vieler Apps befeuert bewusst diese Sucht nach Information. Hauptsache, die Verweildauer stimmt. Brauchen wir höhere ethische Maßstäbe beim Design von Apps & … Continue reading
01/11/2017
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Illustrated tips for become a better listener
I’m trying to work on that. I wish I could be the kind of listener exemplified in this fantastic sketchnote by @scriberian Thanks @sherrillknezel pic.twitter.com/UAdjdCIwGG — Helen Bevan (@helenbevan) November 1, 2017
27/10/2017
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Ethics for design – a documentary
This is pretty cool: The „Ethics for Design“ documentary is exploring the role of a designer and design in our societies.
25/10/2017
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The goal of design.
The goal of design is to gain full understanding. Why would you want to hurry that up? — Alan Cooper (@MrAlanCooper) October 24, 2017
05/09/2017
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Interaction & the social function of intelligence
“Like chess, a social interaction is typically a transaction between social partners. One animal may, for instance, wish by his own behaviour to change the behaviour of another; but since the second animal is himself reactive and intelligent the interaction … Continue reading