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The lovely Liz Roberts from our client GripAble (hand rehabilitation tech) has written a guest post for Panda's blog.
It's about what she's learned working with, er, me, doing user centred design.
You can read it here if you want thinkpanda.co.uk/learning-to…
“innovation is the sum of change across the whole system, not a thing which causes a change in how people behave. ” — @stewart link.medium.com/NImShJs1Nlb
“The only style worth having is the one you can't help.” paulgraham.com/taste.html via @Instapaper
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It feels like a big day today, but let's remember that nobody has actually informed the virus that the pandemic is supposed to be over - so please be like the vast majority of people, keeping safe and being considerate.
Something poignant about this auto-completed list of search terms. Makes you wonder what stories lie beneath these searches.
When someone has a different view from you, it's tempting to ask "Why do you think that?" But you are just setting them up for confirmation bias. A better question to ask is "How would that work in practice?" or another appropriate "How...?" question.
...This often reveals a lack of genuine understanding of what they are talking about and provokes a more interesting discussion. The tendency to think you know more than you do is referred to by psychologists as "The illusion of explanatory depth". thedecisionlab.com/biases/th….
I heard about this on my dog walk this morning, on @farnamstreet podcast with @AdamMGrant.
It amuses me that when you type ":thumb" in Slack it offers 👍 but when you type ":thumb" in Teams it offers 👎
I salute the product designer that first put grid lines on the back of wrapping paper. #Innovation!
Neat! Thanks
Linear roadmaps are misleading without a crystal ball for seeing the future. A roadmap that recognizes the existence of risk as time goes on is more honest. But an effective PM needs to anticipate possible branches, too - and create clear criteria for following each path.
ALT Three roadmaps: Misleading roadmap (linear) - “We will follow this linear path from zero to our inevitable victory, and these are the milestones that will get us there.” Honest roadmap (conical) - “We know where we are today, and have a good idea about the near future, but recognize that the future becomes uncertain.” Strategic roadmap (diverging paths) - “We know where we are today, and anticipate decision points that will change our path. We are intentionally gathering the data that will help us make those decisions.”
Good to see clothing companies providing content on their factories. The photos of this factory in Vietnam are great. everlane.com/factories/techn…
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This great article on task modelling by @jesmond shopify.com/partners/blog/us… gives you a flavour of what you can learn from her! Come along
Task modelling, an online workshop with Jesmond Allen, AKA @jesmond, on 16th July.
Learn how to to create a task model and understand why they matter so much to designing effective services and interaction flows.
uxbristol.org.uk/2020/speake…
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Tickets still available for @steve_cable fantastic workshop where you will learn from the master himself how to create storyboards that sell
Interaction Design, an online workshop with Steve Cable AKA @steve_cable, on 15th July.
Learn how to structure storyboards in a way that is engaging and sells an idea, rather than just showing a series of things that happen.
uxbristol.org.uk/2020/speake…
