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Category: design
Cynefín Framework
Are you struggling to solve complex problems? You’re not alone. Check this out.
DoH + PiHole = Better Privacy?
Until companies design products and services with them in mind, the work of protecting our privacy and security falls on consumers like you and I.
Not Your Grampa’s Keyboard
We don’t have to use lame, beige, joyless keyboards. Well, not unless we want to.
Logical Diagrams Improve Everything
Data flow diagrams quickly improve operational resilience. Here are some quick-win places to start.
Defense-in-Depth: DNAT
Another #InvisibleOpSec – how to improve efficiency, security, and privacy with little or no cost and minimal effort.
“Keep this brochure,” they said.
Nudging people to be prepared in a crisis is no small feat. It’s a rare thing to be even a little successful.
The Power of Lists
Like making lists? Me, too. Even though my lists may not look like lists in the traditional sense, they still serve a pretty cool purpose.
IoT, IIoT, and Reality
WARNING –> This is a long read, which is why the important stuff is at the top.
Peter Gabriel is Right About Jargon
Generally speaking, don’t use jargon. Just, don’t.
Great UX: Bananas + a Kiss
Originally sketched out in my notebook on 2018-02-11 but I’m just getting around to posting it here now.
DIY vs. DIT – Part II
The first part of this post built an analogy, that centralization is like DIY (Do-it-Yourself) and decentralization is like DIT (Do-it-Together).
If we can agree on that analogy, simply for the sake of conversation, then we can take it a step further by looking through that lens into some specific contexts where this approach can add value to our efforts by breaking down our silos.
VR, AR + MR: Designing the New Reality Experience
This was published on InVision that version here.
I didn’t go to university. I learned from Linux instead.
TOUGH CHOICES When I chose to forego college, preferring instead to join the working world confident that doors would open, there were a lot of the kinds of reactions one might expect. Most asked things like: “what are you thinking?” “why would you do such a thing?” “what are you planning to do instead?” My…
Great UX Makes Infrastructure Sexy
UX matters if we want to help others make better choices.
All in the telling
The latest technologies, including cloud, social, anything mobile, Internet of Things (IoT), Big Data, analytics and Artificial Intelligence (AI) have and will continue to transform business, especially the customer experience, which still revolves around the story. Storytelling is still the centerpiece. Nothing new there. Storytelling has been the centerpiece since before anyone could even write….
Telling stories
We can’t throw a rock across the Web without hitting one of the many articles, posts, books, podcasts or interviews focused on the use of storytelling in business. Arguably kicking the magic out of the hat, most of them address the way stories are used in marketing goods and services (yawn). We need to think…
The Future of UI
Human interface devices are keyboards, mice and screens, things that allow us to give and get information to and from computers. Combined with how software allows us to interact with machines, this is known as User Interface. For the last 70 years or so, User Interfaces have stayed more or less the same. That is…
Cure for the Common Algorithm: True Curation
Curation is fundamental to how we process messages in the world. There is simply just too much information to process without filtering it for content and quality. Curating it. We curate all over the place. Social networks are among the most well-known of curation tools. That is coming under some threat, however. Twitter is now…
Dark Patterns
Dark Patterns are design tricks used to exploit typical human behavior. Here’s what you need to know.
The trade-offs of trading up
This past week alone, two pals of mine, who have historically resisted change, have traded their old-school cell phones (of the Symbian variety) for next-gen SmartPhones. One, an Android, the other, an iPhone. Upon getting home and beginning to introduce themselves to a new paradigm in communication technologies, each contacted me separately to ask what…
Leviticus
We just wrapped a short and sweet showcase shoot of Leviticus Tattoo Studio. Kurt and crew are a pleasure to work with and are renowned in the world of ink. Check them out if you’re seeking an artist to create a one-of-a-kind work for you: