On September 17, 1849, Harriet Tubman managed to escape from the people who kept her as slave. Eliza Brodess, the slave owner, put out a $300 reward for the return of Harriet (called Minty) and her brothers. harriettubmanbiography.com
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“That’s why we say these kids are no good. We can’t accept that life goes on without us. And instead of accepting it, we lay the blame for the whole state of affairs at the feet of the next generation.” — @heyfeifer medium.com/s/youthnow/why…
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@SigridMelchior @threadreaderapp unroll please
”There is always that stupid interview question: where do you see yourself or your company in five years. Instead, we should ask, what things do you think are important to do every day?” investorfieldguide.com/growth-without…
Do you worry about being attracted to new products when you have no prior recollection of ever coveting what they claim to offer?
So LinkedIn posts do not have publishing dates (looking at the iPad app)? Isn’t that the singular, most basic metadata there is?
Exploring digital design for humans. An artifact to promote further discussion.
#designethics
"Thomas, aged 70, lives on his own after his wife died last year. His children send him smart devices to track and monitor his diet, health and sleep from a distance. But Thomas has always been fiercely independent, happy to live in an organised mess."
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This is a design problem: The fact that the most common category on blogs based on Wordpress is 'uncategorized'. How it has not been fixed many years ago is beyond me.
Important read on the practice of simulating disabilities.
You can also read the whole thread here: threadreaderapp.com/thread/1039311… x.com/less_glorious/…
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@therealskoog Jag köpte Fairphone förra veckan. Måste planera för ett liv med mobiler över huvud taget. :)
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@GabrielaCotosck Yes! The room exploring exploitation, whiteness, sexism and sex definitely gave inspiration for my work on ethics.
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@GabrielaCotosck I was there last Saturday, loved it!
Learning about the cyber security concept of threat hunting, i.e. not waiting for threats to appear but to proactively hunt them down before they reach your systems.
Thinking that this is what #designethics needs as well: harm hunting. Let's not wait for people to complain.
And what we don't want is people thinking "This makes me feel bad but it's probably just me..." or "I don't know how to let people know how bad I feel about this..."
Recognize that many people won't complain as they won't feel empowered or entitled to let their voice be heard.
Which highlights the very important point that we must as designers also empower people to be able to speak up when they are negatively impacted by design solutions.
And then truly listen to that feedback.
There are many building blocks in pursuing an ethical approach to design. Here is my current collection of components, each of which I will elaborate on in future writing.
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