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@epenzeymoog ooh, definitely adding that one 🙏
Sharing a podcast playlist (episodes from different podcasts) without assuming access to a specific client is next to impossible. One idea would be to create a completely new RSS feed with the recommended list. Anyone know of a solution like this?
Or do I have to build it? 😂
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@ngwanamosadi I’m assuming this is based in South Africa? I was just going to write I would love some more podcast recommendations from the African continent. 🙌
Some fantastic recommendations here. Don't miss out. x.com/axbom/status/1…
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@go_craigo Oh, good one. Haven't listened to that in years(!) 😬
↪ Replying to @Just_Nag_Em
@Just_Nag_Em Wow, that should keep me busy! 😅 🙏
@Just_Nag_Em Four podcasts I found called "The Juice". Could not find "Battle of the Bastards". Maybe "Behind the Bastards"?
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@ullemon Kul. Jag lyssnar ju så sjukt lite på musik jämfört med normen, men älskar t ex Så Mycket Bättre för konversationerna.
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@Loukas_RS Ooh, that sounds very much like something I could benefit from in my work. 🙏
I'm spending 16+ hours on the road over the coming days. Would love some podcast episode recommendations I could preload my player with. Anything that made you learn, laugh or shift perspective?
A thread 🧵of content I've written, spoken, produced or hosted. I'll keep adding to it as I create new or remember more of the old. 😊
First out, as it can relate to most other things I’m making these days, is The Elements of Digital Ethics:
axbom.com/elements/
My talk on AI and Human Rights hosted by Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law (RWI) has a full transcript, so you can choose to watch or read it. All the slides are available in this post as well.
axbom.com/aihr/
The first talk I did on design ethics in English was at @UXLx (User Experience Lisbon) in May 2016. I received such overwhelming positive feedback it felt like the start of something new for me. It was.❤️
The Invisible Problem with Fairytale Experiences.
axbom.com/fairytale/
Now I became quite emotional reading the audience reactions to that talk, which I hadn’t looked at in years. That talk was an English blog post (based on a Swedish talk) before I took it to Lisbon. Read it here:
axbom.com/fairytale-ux/
Since then my writing has often progressed to encompass a much broader perspective on universal wellbeing. Here’s what I mean by that:
axbom.com/design-for-uni…
My intent has been to be as practical as possible, not only highlighting problems in digital but also inspiring to new ways of working. This resulted in a handbook in 2019, available on several digital platforms.
Workshop participants get a hardcopy. 😊
digitalcompassion.axbom.com
The reason for a panda on the cover of my book is this model that I've been teaching and using with clients since 2017. Though I really should update this description of the panda a bit.😅
axbom.com/panda/
While I take a break in this thread of content, I'll also remind about my free newsletter, sharing lots of content every month on responsible innovation, digital gone wrong and hopeful happenings. It's often where I become my most personal.
newsletter.axbom.com
Speaking of personal content, in the talk I gave at @UXCopenhagen in 2020, a conference that quickly moved online for pandemic reasons, I wanted to show what we in design can learn from medical ethics. Full transcript available if you'd rather read:
axbom.com/first-design-n…
At @UXCopenhagen I met the brilliant @epenzeymoog who does powerful work in creating awareness on domestic abuse enabled by digital. Buy her book Design For Safety!
I featured her thoughts in this post on Apple AirTags. Link to Eva's book at the bottom.
axbom.com/apple-airtag-a…
On the topic of Apple, I sometimes do these deep dives explaining what a controversy is about. Like this writeup I did when Apple’s announced CSAM detection feature caused outrage. That Apple feature has since been ‘delayed’ without further information.
axbom.com/apple-child-sa…
Other deep dives I do can have to do with topics that I find intriguing and may at first seem unrelated to digital ethics, but to me actually do play a part in the systemic faults of moral consideration. Such as the common world map.
axbom.com/world-map/
From time to time I will highlight surveillance technology that is rarely talked about and also extremely hard to avoid. Such as the fact that the way you type on a keyboard is unique, can be tracked and could serve as a biometric identifier.
axbom.com/keystroke-dyna…
The 'joke' goes that the proprietor of a shop having only access by stairs likes to emphasise they have never had wheelchair users come in to complain.
I wrote this after attending an event that did a poor job of accommodating to the needs of a friend:
axbom.com/events-inclusi…
Sometimes I doodle and my content takes on a life of its own. This quick sketch I made during breakfast received huge, unexpected attention today. I put other work aside so I could grab this opportunity to communicate its meaning.
The Trouble Diamond.
axbom.com/trouble-diamon…
When a thinking framework becomes popularised without sufficiently acknowledging how it contributes to negative impact, I offer a counterview to bring in more perspectives. This is why I addressed these issues with the immensely popular book Hooked.
axbom.com/nir-eyal-habit…
When it comes to the concept of tech addiction there are many views and thoughts about its impact, and even if it's really a thing. In this article I try to untangle the debate, exemplifying with Gaming Disorder in International Classification of Diseases.
axbom.com/tech-addiction/
I interrupt this thread for a personal pitch😁 If my content resonates with you and you’re in a position to make it happen, I would absolutely be interested in writing a regular column (paid) for a magazine. Writing is a passion and it would be wonderful to spend more time on it.
Sometimes I’ll write a post that summarises many differents aspects of digital ethics that is on my mind at the time. This article from 2019 is adapted from a talk that was never recorded.
axbom.com/digital-compas…
Understanding supply chain dependencies required for our every day tech devices can be both frustrating and painful. But I am convinced we need to talk about it more to hold any hope for change, and do better in the future.
axbom.com/the-slavery-be…
I’ve been blogging for a long time. It’s a privilege, and sometimes cringeworthy, to be able to revisit things written many years ago. In this post from 1999, while still very naive, I think I was on to something. 😉
axbom.com/misinformation/
In a stroke of inspiration I started drawing a comic strip a week ago. I haven’t decided on a schedule going forward but I got four strips done in the first week.
Mastodon: social.axbom.com/@WildExploits
Twitter: @WildExploits
Web: we.axbom.com
I’ve recently seen images of current events that I could not imagine ever seeing. It made me reflect on the social media moderators working day in and day out, month after month, watching images and films of senseless violence and torture so that the rest of us won’t have to. 😔
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@Shadilly För den som letar efter klippet där detta sägs så finns det i Max tråd som sammanfattar hela tillställningen (om man inte orkar igenom alla 40 minuter...):
x.com/KarlssonMax/st…
The global internet penetration rate is 60%. There are nearly 7,000 languages and dialects globally. Only 7% are reflected in online material. 98% of the internet’s pages are published in just 12 languages, more than half of them are in English.
It’s a long road to inclusive.
Sources on internet penetration and representation of languages on the internet:
- statista.com/statistics/617…
- linguisticsociety.org/content/how-ma…
- whoseknowledge.org/wp-content/upl…
- unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0…
- w3techs.com/technologies/o…
Nu finns mitt diagram Elementen inom Digital Etik på svenska, med tillhörande förklaringar av vart och ett av de 32 elementen.
Använd det för att trigga diskussion och för riskanalyser. Jag använder det också för att planera lektioner i mina kurser.
axbom.se/elementen/
Nu finns mitt diagram Elementen inom Digital Etik på svenska, med tillhörande förklaringar av vart och ett av de 32 elementen.
Diagrammet kan användas som en artefakt för att trigga diskussion och tjäna som referens när du gör riskanalyser. Jag använder det också för att planera lektioner i mina kurser.
Ibland kan det stora antalet element kännas överväldigande, och här är två sätt att bryta ner tankarna:
1. Ett praktiskt sätt att använda diagrammet i en workshop är att be varje arbetsgrupp välja ut 3-4 element, alla från olika sektioner, och uppmuntra till diskussion om vilka exempel på digital skada som den särskilda kombinationen får en att tänka på.
2. Vi kan också börja med att identifiera olika tjänster som vi använder varje dag och välja från diagrammet för att identifiera såväl uppenbara som mindre uppenbara element som är aktuella givet hur vi använder de tjänsterna.
Diagrammet finns på bloggen att ladda ner som högupplöst bild och som PDF.
#DigitalEtik
The prejudice of today is what we are teaching the digital systems that make decisions tomorrow.
axbom.com/elements/
It's hard to express what words like this mean to me. Positive feedback when you put effort into designing content for teaching is like successfully crossing the finish line of a race you've put time and energy into. It's very emotional. But also gives you a mind to prepare for the next race. Thank you Anya 🙏
I always doubt my own competence. I'm always nervous and unsure of the outcome. Which will often surprise people who know how long I've been doing this and seen me take to the stage and heard me on UX Podcast. I've come to learn that the worry and apprehension is necessary. It makes you humble. It makes you care. It makes you want to be of significance, rather than waste people's time.
This also highlights how important it can be for us all to regularly offer unsolicited praise to people around us. It may not only make their day, but can make the whole difference between pursuing a line of thinking or completely abandoning it, because any approval was left unspoken.
When I first started talking about design ethics (six years ago now) I thought it would be mostly a sideproject without much interest. That people would dismiss me as naive, impractical or overly idealized. The response to my first ethics talk was overwhelming and I felt incredibly blessed.
And, contrary to my expectations, broader interest has truly grown over the years, and more and more companies are inviting me to speak on the topic, not just on design ethics but on the ethics of digitalisation as a whole. I have also learned so much more, gone deeper, seeing many systemic issues steering us wrong. I am always looking for support to bring more of these to light and addressing them.
I'm incredibly thankful to Ambition Empower for bringing me in as a track leader, allowing me to do just this. And for the participants who show up, wanting like me to understand the issues better and are at the ready to start making a difference at their companies and in their teams.
We are learning. Together. We are making a difference. Together.
Thank you for reading. Since you made it this far I wanted to give you a link to my post that may offer some helpful insights about teaching online: https://axbom.com/teaching-online/
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@kolombiken Whoa. 😨 This is one of the worst ads I've seen. Granted, I don't read a lot of US job postings.
