Jim RyaninUX CollectiveHow the 1978 Cuisinart led to disability-aware universal designThe work of Universal Design founder, Marc Harrison shows us that accessible products that work for everyone are the result of…11 min read·Feb 6, 2021----
Jim RyanWe 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…2 min read·Jan 12, 2021----
Jim RyaninUX CollectiveThe curb cut effect and universal product designWhen my daughter was little, we lived in traffic-clogged Midtown Manhattan. On our usual walks to the Katherine Hepburn Garden at Dag…5 min read·Aug 24, 2020----
Jim RyanRemote Working TipsTip #1: Negotiate Healthy Work/Life Boundaries with Others1 min read·Mar 19, 2020----
Jim RyanUX Courses at Interaction Design Foundation are Too Much Information…and That’s a Good Thing.4 min read·Apr 3, 2019----
Jim RyanThank 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.4 min read·Dec 12, 2018----
Jim RyanBurning QuestionThere is no puzzle so obscure in life, or death or lovin’ to match the mystery of someone else’s toaster oven1 min read·Apr 17, 2017----
Jim RyanA Design Thinker at Bletchley ParkAlan Turing’s WWII code-breaking machines cracked few Enigma messages until colleague, John Herivel did some user research3 min read·Apr 8, 2017----