Anybody else plotting their escape plan? š
How to Escape From Twitter.
āŖ Replying to @itsariot
@itsariot Oh, interesting. This makes me want to do some further digging. Thank you for making me aware.
Elon Musk just placed a bid on Twitter. š¬ x.com/anildash/statuā¦
Spotify really have dropped the ball on communicating how podcasts work. Iāve seen people wonder why there are ads on podcasts when they pay for premium. The thing is: 99.999% of podcasts get zero reimbursement from Spotify. Itās just a distribution platform. Unless youāre Joe.
Europe, the arbiter of GDPR, is planning to build the most all-encompassing biometric surveillance system in the world, rivalling Chinaās.
Yes, itās that bad. š¤Æ
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āŖ Replying to @jarango
@jarango @steveportigal @danachis I realised š. Threads are not always so clear on Twitter. In my head it was a continuation of the criticism I brought forward in the post.
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@jarango @steveportigal @danachis It is also my experience that thereās long been a deep and misguided fascination with IQ, which is what I was hoping to illustrate. Here is another example:
āIf you target a broad consumer audience, you will also have a higher IQ than your average userā
nngroup.com/articles/compuā¦
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@onsman Fun fact, the Swedish name of my book is Digital omtanke where the word "omtanke" is compassion. But it can also be interpreted as the noun of the verb "tƤnka om" (rethink). Making the title also "Digital rethink". š
@onsman The English translator attempted an English version of this, using considerate and reconsider. Never made it to the cover, but I appreciated the effort.
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@DonnaLanclos Haha, excellent point. I tend to more often use the word ālisteningā so I was kind of frustrated at first that I had sketched it out like this. My counterpoint would be that researchers too often assume they understand without putting more effort into truly understanding.
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@StacyHolmstedt @nickf Damn, I didn't think of that! š Well of course not, I don't have the capacity to think like that. š®
This morning at breakfast I doodled a sketch I called The Trouble Diamond. Thanks to Mar Murube who shared it, it drew a lot of attention, way more than I wouldāve predicted. So today Iāve written a whole, long blog post explaining what I meant by it. š
https://axbom.com/trouble-diamond/
#DesignThinking #DesignEthics #DoubleDiamond
This morning at breakfast I doodled a sketch I called The Trouble Diamond. Thanks to @MarMurube who shared it, it drew a lot of attention, way more than I wouldāve predicted. So today Iāve written a whole, long blog post explaining what I meant by it. š
axbom.com/trouble-diamonā¦
āŖ Replying to @PiSquare
@PiSquare Theyāve been using variants of this ad since 2015.
I couldnāt leave it uncommented, that unpleasant job posting from Nielsen Norman Groupā¦
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A recent job posting made the rounds on Twitter. It's a general job advertisment hoping to attract entry-level (0-2 years experience) as well as experienced UX specialists to Nielsen Norman Group. The reason it was talked about is because of its elitist and ableist language. I read it, felt deeply disturbed by it and could not leave it uncommented. These are my reactions and thoughts.
āŖ Replying to @karenmcgrane
@karenmcgrane Wild, Do you know if they reuse the same text every two years, or if they actually do recruit more often than the ad itself claims?
I couldnāt leave it uncommented, that unpleasant job posting from Nielsen Norman Groupā¦
axbom.com/nng-job-postinā¦
"We can't directly assess whether our study participants are idiots, since we don't subject them to an IQ test. But participants' comments during all our studies these past 14 years indicate that we've mainly had plenty smart test users.ā ā Jakob Nielsen
nngroup.com/articles/user-ā¦
OMG I missed this nugget when doing my write-up...
"Also, in our company the UX people are the most important part of the organization, not an oppressed minority."
Way to read the world stage. š¤Æ
I got asked about good examples of job ads (when hiring) so I thought Iād do one better and add @jmspoolās excellent advice from 2015.
āA job ad is a call for help. Literally. (Thatās why itās always been in the Help Wanted section of the newspaper.)ā
articles.uie.com/job_ad/