What are some UX related blog posts that have caught your attention over the past week or two?
Per Axbom
"Allen’s findings indicate that, as a result of colonialism, extreme poverty in 20th century Asia was significantly worse than under 13th century feudalism. Progress, it would appear, is not a one-way street."
resilience.org/stories/2021-0…
"There’s a final observation from Allen’s paper that’s worth pointing out. Allen finds that the $1.90/day (PPP) line is lower than the level of consumption of enslaved people in the United States in the 19th century."
"In other words, the poverty threshold the World Bank uses, and which underpins the progress narrative, is below the level of enslavement. It is striking that anyone would accept this as a reasonable benchmark for “progress” in a civilized society."
↪ Replying to @beantin
@beantin How dissatisfied are you with the survey scale?
A tidbit dissatisfied?
Somewhat dissatisfied?
Frustratingly dissatisfied?
Painstakingly dissatisfied?
Finnish has gender neutral pronouns. When seeing other examples of prejudice in Google Translate, people often assert that context matters. In this example, despite the wording, Google won't even understand that these are three sentences about the same person. AI for the win.
Why does everything sound better in Spanish? 😅 x.com/PildorasUX/sta…
"We live in a time where we quickly put people in boxes. Maybe we have more in common than what we think?"
All That We Share. The English version.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=jD8tjh…
All that we share. Part 2. Also from TV2 Denmark.
"These people have a lot to talk about."
m.youtube.com/watch?v=UQ15cq…
↪ Replying to @JennyTheolin
@JennyTheolin @CircleApp All digital services should realize they need a $5/month entrypoint for freelancers, who are generally also wonderful ambassadors for the products in the end. We don't just use one service, we use a lot.
I have a TAC-2 somewhere in storage that I can't see myself ever throwing away. If you know what a TAC-2 is you know how old I am and what games I likely enjoyed 😅
Just realised I should find it and display it in my studio.
↪ Replying to @JennyTheolin
@JennyTheolin Looked at @CircleApp ? I've been meaning to try it out.
@JennyTheolin @CircleApp Steep price point though...
Rule of Quantity ➡️ Technosolutionism ➡️ Worker endangerment.
#TheElementsOfDigitalEthics
axbom.com/elements x.com/beantin/status…
↪ Replying to @MissIG_Geek
@MissIG_Geek Neat, you’ll have to share how you did that sometime 😅
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@kimgoodwin @PavelASamsonov @steveportigal Cue George Carlin.
youtube.com/watch?v=MvgN5g…
↪ Replying to @marcsteen
@marcsteen Oh wow! 🙌 I'm a big proponent of friction in design and this looks like it aligns with my thoughts. Adding to my read list.
↪ Replying to @JesperBylund
@JesperBylund 👍 Yeah I don't always mean to imply intent, it's often systemic and a lot more complex than Twitter allows, as we've talked about ;)
↪ Replying to @JesperBylund
@JesperBylund I'm saying Bezos wealth is borne out of a lot of people struggling at a really low level of wellbeing.
↪ Replying to @JesperBylund
@JesperBylund I think the managers are being used as well, because they are as you say put in positions with little choice. And where they are forced to lie. Perfect scapegoats. The immense wealth is of course Bezos.
↪ Replying to @gwilsonswork
@geoffwilsonHCD @EverydayExpPod @katerutter 🙌 Yay! Will definitely give that a listen.
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@AmsterFran Sounds great. This article really got to me this week: theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2…