Category: Reading List

Every human being is a miracle, and your superior in some way.David Brooks

The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge.Daniel J. Boorstin

Designed to Deceive: Do These People Look Real to You? Is this humility or hubris? Do we place too little value in human intelligence — or do we overrate it, assuming we are so smart that we can create things smarter still? Kashmir Hill and Jeremy White The days are long but the decades are…

The last week of November was Jaycelle’s birthday week so we were focused on preparations and celebrations. I didn’t really get to read a lot of stuff this week (in fact, I only got one). To Create a Better Society Yes, we need to go into communities. But we should be looking to find the…

The hand and the brain Collaboration is a compounding investment: taken alone, each individual episode might not be optimal. Over time, the team learns and improves, gets more attuned to each other, uncovers surprising opportunities and novel strategies. That old saw: if you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far,…

Oh yeah, the reading list Exaggeration: why we make a mountain out of a molehill 8 Design Guidelines for Complex Applications Writing Better Self Reviews UXmatters Growing Your Career as a Multidisciplinary UX Designer, Part 2 Do not wait for the perfect career opportunity to come along. It’s often necessary to create rather than find…

[ntt_percept post=”over-the-probationary-period-hump-at-avaloq”] Oh yeah, the reading list How the Best Forecasters Predict Events My design systems reading list. Creating connections We spend hours, days, weeks, and months discussing and refining the perfect user experience for an app, yet we’re not that great in designing the experiences of our own lives? One thing COVID has proven…

Oh, yeah, the reading list Hindsight bias: the knew-it-all-along phenomenon However, the hindsight bias can be a barrier to rational thinking, and it can reduce our ability to learn from experience. If we always think we correctly predicted an outcome, how can we draw lessons from wrong decisions? Anne-Laure Le Cunff Copying (is the way…

Oh, yeah, the reading list State-Switch Controls: The Infamous Case of the “Mute” Button In search of the truth, and a song… On compromise in product design The Psychology of Misinformation During the 2020 U.S. Elections The hermeneutic circle: a key to critical reading Daniel Ek on The Observer Effect This comes back to how…

A Personal Interface Being intentional about your career decisions — Rachel Inman Taking on reports is a serious responsibility. I’ll be responsible for the careers of other people! If and when I do become a manager, I want to do a kick-ass job at it. I want to be there for my reports and support…