Tag: UX

  • Link: How to have a good conversation

    What is conversation for anyway?  I don’t even recommend being charming, or trying to be charming, unless a work situation is forcing you to do so.  Let yourself be sullen when the mood beckons.  Feel free to let eye contact lapse.  Don’t repeat back what you’ve heard.  Say something surprising.  Be willing to go meta. …

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  • Link: How technology is designed to bring out the worst in us

    Don’t let the computers control you. Also, Silicon Valley’s obsession with mindfulness. Original source: How technology is designed to bring out the worst in us

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  • Let’s take \”enterprise\” out of the parking lot

    > Rather than build out your next Instagram or SnapChat knock-off, consider disrupting 30 years of clunky software with horrendous user interfaces. The office-drone masses will bless you for it. [Let’s take “enterprise” out of the parking lot](http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/readwriteenterprise/~3/3C0X6UX3cc8/enterprise-tech-boom-cool-to-be-boring)

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  • Your stuff: a relationship

    From a 2007 interview: In the 20th century, we were focused mostly on the practical, utilitarian side of design, and later we were driven by technological advancements, marketing and business plans. In the 21st century, instead of design just fulfilling the basic needs, doing certain things or resolving particular problems, people will seek deeper, greater…

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