@aral Thanks. Means a lot. đ
@tante Thank you tante! đ
Okay, here is my take on Nielsen's latest post.
"Accessibility has failed as a way to make computers usable for disabled users." Thus begins a newsletter by Jakob Nielsen. And had it not been written by someone a great many people take seriously in the UX industry I likely would just have dismissed it. But seeing how harmful I consider the post to potentially be, I would like to nip this in the bud. My reflection is that the published post is misleading, self-contradictory and underhanded. I'll walk you through the whole of it and provide my commentary and reasoning. đ
https://axbom.com/nielsen-generative-ui-failure/
#accessibility #a11y #ux
This post is part of my free blog/newsletter which you can read/subscribe to on https://axbom.com
@aral Thank you Aral! Sorry I was just too late seeing this. Got a few proofreaders and I just published and sent it... đ
https://axbom.com/nielsen-generative-ui-failure/
Okay, here is my take on Nielsen's latest post.
"Accessibility has failed as a way to make computers usable for disabled users." Thus begins a newsletter by Jakob Nielsen. And had it not been written by someone a great many people take seriously in the UX industry I likely would just have dismissed it. But seeing how harmful I consider the post to potentially be, I would like to nip this in the bud. My reflection is that the published post is misleading, self-contradictory and underhanded. I'll walk you through the whole of it and provide my commentary and reasoning. đ
https://axbom.com/nielsen-generative-ui-failure/
#accessibility #a11y #ux
If you appreciated my walkthrough of "generative UI" by Jakob Nielsen, you may also want to read about his fixation on IQ:
https://axbom.com/jakob-nielsen-quotes-about-iq/
@fasterandworse Haha, I'll wait at least an hour as I always do when I've been especially angry while writing.
Reading Jakob Nielsen is not good for my blood pressure. But someone sent me this absurd content, it needs a response and I feel compelled to write. That's the rest of the day sorted.
No I won't even link to his post.
#a11y #accessibility
If anyone in the #accessibility space (or #ux in general) would be interested in reading my draft post commenting on Jakob Nielsen's "generative UI" to resolve accessibility,I'd be happy to send a link in DM. I need a confidence boost before publishing, I guess...
Yesterday I started reading the just released Burn Book by Kara Swisher. Of course, had I been unsure about the title of this long-awaited tech-account I could've mistakenly bought and started reading any one of the many fake AI-generated books released at the same time. đ€š
https://www.404media.co/ai-generated-kara-swisher-biographies-flood-amazon/
@mrundkvist Excellent point.
Remember, 'hallucination' describes how generative AI works all the time. It's not a description of a deviation. Generative AI has no correctness gauge.
"But every pirate wants to be an admiral. When Facebook, Apple and Google were doing this adversarial interoperability, that was progress. If you try to do it to them, thatâs piracy."
FrĂ„n och med sista februari lottar jag varje mĂ„nad ut min handbok till en person bland mina nyhetsbrev-prenumeranter. Utlottningen fortsĂ€tter i minst ett Ă„r, och förhoppningsvis lĂ€ngre đ
Nyhetsbrev pÄ svenska: https://axbom.se/#/portal/signup
Nyhetsbrev pÄ engelska: https://axbom.com/#/portal/signup
Jag Àr cirka 50 personer frÄn att nÄ 2 000 prenumeranter pÄ mitt engelska nyhetsbrev sÄ nu gör jag min vana till trots en liten satsning för att komma över den symboliska grÀnsen.
En pojke kan ju drömma.
SÄ hÀr kan det lÄta om du tipsar dina kompisar:
â Har du hört att Axbom har ett nyhetsbrev?
â Axbom, Ă€r det han den dĂ€r UX-tjommen?
â Jo han har jobbat med det rĂ€tt lĂ€nge, men han skriver ocksĂ„ övergripande om digital etik och hur mĂ€nniskor pĂ„verkas av online-tjĂ€nster.
â Tror jag sett hans blogg. Ăr det inte bara att glugga in dĂ€r?
â Gör du det?
â NĂ€ vem har tid med sĂ„nât. Jag slĂ€nger spöt i flödet och chansar pĂ„ att kroka nĂ„got vettigt var femtionde kast som alla andra.
â Prenumererar du pĂ„ nyhetsbrevet blir du pĂ„mind om de hĂ€r frĂ„gorna.
â Kommer det en maxad lĂ€slista varje vecka dĂ„?
â NĂ€, han skickar ut sina egna texter nĂ€r han tycker det finns nĂ„got viktigt att sĂ€ga som borde vara av intresse.
â Han Ă€r vĂ€l en sĂ„ân dĂ€r senior gubbe nu. Jag antar att det kostar?
â Noll och intet.
â Inte ett korvöre? Han har vĂ€l bloggat seân Hedenhös?
â Ă tminstone seân â97 pĂ„ axbom.com, men det har ju uppenbart varit hans grej i kvarts sekel nu, att dela med sig av det han lĂ€r sig.
â MĂ„ste man logga in, eller Ă€r det sĂ„âna dĂ€r nivĂ„er att betala för om man vill ha mer?
â Nej, precis allt ligger helt öppet, som det alltid gjort.
â LĂ„ter ju helt bananas att fĂ„ hans grejer utskickat pyntfritt dĂ„. Jag gissar att det Ă€r en sĂ„ân dĂ€r plattform som hĂ€nger över axeln och samlar min data?
â Nej, allt innehĂ„ll Ă€r pĂ„ hans egen server. Han spĂ„rar inte ens om du öppnar mejlet eller klickar pĂ„ lĂ€nkarna.
â Dra mig baklĂ€nges pĂ„ stadsteatern och kalla mig Piaf. Det lĂ„ter ju rĂ€tt satsigt. Hur tjĂ€nar han pĂ„ det?
â Jag tror inte han Ă€r ute efter att tjĂ€na pengar, han försöker nog bara nĂ„ ut med sina perspektiv och lĂ€rdomar om hur man kan digitalisera pĂ„ lite snĂ€llare sĂ€tt.
â Jösses, whatâs the catch liksom. Kan man se nĂ„gon aperitif innan man commitar eller?
â Du har ju hela bloggen pĂ„ axbom.se, mĂ„nga av de inlĂ€ggen Ă€r ju det som Ă€r nyhetsbrevet. Ingen skillnad, typ. Han kan ju vara rĂ€tt rolig nĂ€r han kritiserar ocksĂ„. Du mĂ„ste lĂ€sa den om AI-ansvar och korven, eller nĂ€r han blir skogstokig pĂ„ QR-koder. De gĂ„r att lyssna pĂ„ som inlĂ€st podd ocksĂ„.
â Shit, han bandar pĂ„ burk ocksĂ„!
â Ja och det jag egentligen tĂ€nkte berĂ€tta nĂ€r jag avbröt dig var att man kan vinna hans bok nu. En prenumerant varje mĂ„nad vinner hans handbok.
â Shaddap and take my money! NĂ€ just det, det var ju bjudkalas.
â Kostnadsfritt, ja. Och du har förstĂ„s dubbla vinstchanser om du sajnar upp för bĂ„de det svenska och det engelska nyhetsbrevet.
â AlltsĂ„, tack som fan för tipset. Jag behöver lite paus i mitt kaos.
People used to roll their eyes at individuals on the street carrying signs saying âThe end is nearâ.
Now when the billionaires are carrying those same signs, people just want to throw more money at them.
The gravitational pull of wealth attracting more wealth is so very strong.
Anyway, was just reading about Zuckâs new bunker on Hawaii.
@Mer__edith @camillefrancois
This conversation is just amazing. So clear, obvious, and with quotable nuggets every two minutes. The clarity with which you express yourselves is inspirational and encouraging.
âDig where you standâ. Thank you.
Screaming into the void was surprisingly helpful...
Type your shit, press the button, watch it disappear into the void.
https://screamintothevoid.com
@cybeardjm This all makes me so sad. Somebody sent me that job tip and for a moment I was excited about the idea of working on something human rights-related and then looking closer it's just very off-putting.
Fia i sitt esse!
"Till detta kan lĂ€ggas ett antal större AI-, it- och digitaliseringsprojekt som utlovat stora ekonomiska vinster, eller bot, pĂ„ arbetskraftsbrist och högre kvalitet för en billig peng. Men nĂ€r jag frĂ„gat hur de berĂ€knat kostnader för sĂ€kerheten meddelat att de inte tagit med den. Den kan man ju alltid rĂ€kna ut i efterhandâŠ"
"MÄnga av de mest ivrigt enögda kan stÄ som influencers pÄ lÀktaren och ropa fram krav om allt snabbare utveckling utan hÀmskor men vilket ansvar tar man för konsekvenserna av ett omoget genomförande utan sÀkerhet? Ser man sig omkring har det hittills varit gratis Àven för tjÀnstemÀn och politiker att anlÀgga stora pengabrasor. Men kan vi verkligen acceptera aktörer med sÄdana brister i sina moraliska stÀllningstaganden?"
@cybeardjm
Right!
The reason I'm asking is because they have recently announced a consultancy position and one of the assignments is to:
"Provide focused design support to the ongoing pilot in Burundi for the development of solution to improve blockchain-based financial inclusion tool. "
This could of course be unrelated to the other crypto project.
https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/3826405453/
If anyone has any further info on how UNICEF is adopting cryptocurrency, and specifically the broader implications for the communities they are addressing with the CryptoFund, I am very curious.
https://cryptofund.unicef.io/home
@m Haha, love it! đ