The Secret History of “Data”: Reimagining the Past with AI and Machine LearningLast week I had the opportunity to share a few remarks at Belgium’s KIKK Festival on new directions in machine learning and historical…Oct 26, 20241Oct 26, 20241
Published inUX CollectiveEudaimonian. 1) happiness; well-being. 2) Happiness as the result of an active life governed by reason — Webster’sAug 22, 20245472Aug 22, 20245472
Published inUX CollectiveRegenerative UX“Nothing is easier than to formulate high ideals, but few things are more difficult than to discover the means whereby those ideals can be…May 6, 202345316May 6, 202345316
Moving Fast, Thinking SlowIn an increasingly metrics-driven business climate, UX practitioners face escalating pressures to deliver small-scale results. Is there a…Jan 22, 20205Jan 22, 20205
Sprinting Fast and SlowExperiential futures and speculative design practices have gained a lot of traction in the design world lately, fueled by a growing…Aug 20, 2019871Aug 20, 2019871
In the Shadow of SchumacherLast month I spent a few days at Schumacher College to participate in a short course in Transition Design taught by CMU faculty members…Jul 12, 201820Jul 12, 201820
Practical FuturingDesigning a curriculum to promote long-term thinking in the workplaceDec 16, 201740Dec 16, 201740
Samurai, ninjas, and “disabling” designIn his 1905 novel A Modern Utopia, H.G. Wells imagined a future world in which a small group of highly skilled creative workers wielded…Jun 2, 2017211Jun 2, 2017211
Purposeful workGood work uses no thing without respect, both for what it is in itself and for its origin …. It does not dissociate life and work, or…Mar 19, 2017141Mar 19, 2017141
Post-capitalist designFor our third sprint in year one of the CMU D.Des program, we explored how interaction design might evolve in an emerging post-capitalist…Dec 30, 201669Dec 30, 201669
Posture and mindsetFor our second sprint in the CMU doctoral program, Dave Wolfenden guided us through a series of readings exploring questions of mental…Nov 15, 2016101Nov 15, 2016101
Published inEtsy DesignHow Etsy Gets MadeLike many of you, we enjoy making things: trying out new ideas, building prototypes, and fine-tuning our work as we go. Etsy is constantly…Oct 18, 20161221Oct 18, 20161221
A History of DesignWelcome to the SVA MFA IxD History of Design class, 2016 edition.Oct 25, 20152Oct 25, 20152