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Published in UX Collective

·Updated Feb 6, 2021

How the 1978 Cuisinart led to disability-aware universal design

The work of Universal Design founder, Marc Harrison shows us that accessible products that work for everyone are the result of observation-based research and iteration, not just a well-meaning but largely theoretical commitment to “inclusion.” — When I was learning to handle a chef’s knife like a competent home cook (as opposed to Benihana headliner,) most of the tips I received were about keeping the knife in motion while preserving my full complement of fingers. Like many domestic cooks, I have forgotten how intimidating and even…

UX

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How the 1978 Cuisinart led to disability-aware universal design
How the 1978 Cuisinart led to disability-aware universal design
UX

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Jan 12, 2021

We can have Fascist movements, or a free society. Choose one.

When I was seven, I saw my first photos of concentration camp inmates; when I was 14, my high school was the first in the nation to do a full-semester course on the Holocaust. I was reading Hannah Arendt and watching Night and Fog as a sophomore. At seventeen, I…

Politics

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We can have Fascist movements, or a free society. Choose one.
We can have Fascist movements, or a free society. Choose one.
Politics

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Published in UX Collective

·Aug 24, 2020

The curb cut effect and universal product design

When my daughter was little, we lived in traffic-clogged Midtown Manhattan. On our usual walks to the Katherine Hepburn Garden at Dag Hammarskjold Plaza, the children’s room of the New York Public Library or the playroom at Scandinavia house, I had to wheel the stroller across a lot of busy…

Disability

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The curb cut effect and universal product design
The curb cut effect and universal product design
Disability

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Mar 27, 2020

Remote Working Tips: 2

It’s called “Remote Working” because…

Remote Working

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Remote Working Tips: 2
Remote Working Tips: 2
Remote Working

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Mar 19, 2020

Remote Working Tips

Tip #1: Negotiate Healthy Work/Life Boundaries with Others

Remote Working

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Remote Working Tips
Remote Working Tips
Remote Working

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Apr 3, 2019

UX Courses at Interaction Design Foundation are Too Much Information

…and That’s a Good Thing. — How I Joined the 1%. When Mads Soegaard from the Interaction Design Foundation told me that my course work had earned me a place among the top 1% of IDF’s course takers, I was thrilled, even if this wasn’t the exact “one percent” I was hoping to join. When he asked me to write a…

UX

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UX Courses at Interaction Design Foundation are Too Much Information
UX Courses at Interaction Design Foundation are Too Much Information
UX

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Feb 6, 2019

UX in H.I.P.P.O.* Habitats

*Highest Paid Person’s Opinion

UX

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UX in H.I.P.P.O.* Habitats
UX in H.I.P.P.O.* Habitats
UX

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Dec 12, 2018

Thank You, Michelle Obama.

The First Lady’s unfiltered take-down of Sheryl Sandberg’s “Lean In” reminds us that you can’t fix broken systems with self-improvement. — A Mic Drop for the Ages Michelle Obama was talking with poet, Elizabeth Alexander about the cultural myth that says working women can “have it all” if they just manage their lives right, when she momentarily forgot where she was and stated, “It’s not always enough to ‘lean in’ because that shit doesn’t work all the…

Michelle Obama

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Thank You, Michelle Obama.
Thank You, Michelle Obama.
Michelle Obama

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Apr 17, 2017

Burning Question

There is no puzzle so obscure in life, or death or lovin’ to match the mystery of someone else’s toaster oven

UX Design

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Burning Question
Burning Question
UX Design

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Apr 8, 2017

A Design Thinker at Bletchley Park

Alan Turing’s WWII code-breaking machines cracked few Enigma messages until colleague, John Herivel did some user research John Herivel’s insights into the minds of German Enigma machine operators helped win World War II The techniques of User experience design, often viewed as latecomers in the story of digital computing, were in fact present at its creation. The usual narrative of the birth of the digital age is a story of technology triumphant. In reality, it was understanding the users at the other end…

UX

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A Design Thinker at Bletchley Park
A Design Thinker at Bletchley Park
UX

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