Design Leadership @PublicPolicyLab. Professor @ParsonsDesign. (Sometimes) org committee at @epicpeople_org. Formerly leader @momentdesign. People person.

NYC
Joined December 2007
Wish I was there… my happy place. 🎶
Thank you for a beautiful day 💛 #jazzfest
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Elon signed the death warrants of hundred of thousands abroad with his illegal closure of USAID. Now he’s doing it for Americans. Just offset by ten or 15 years. Do you think you might ever get cancer?
Ask any cancer researcher and they’ll point you to emerging studies that suggest mRNA vaccines are about to transform cancer care. Stuff like this is simply throwing lives in the trash. Maybe yours.
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WAKE UP 💜💚💛: Watch Northside Skull and Bones Gang preparing to wake up Treme residents for Mardi Gras Day>>bit.ly/49xBAFd
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“The app doesn’t filter to figure out which migrants are most vulnerable, like who is unsheltered or who has been a victim of a crime.” Technology solutions need careful attention to service design to support policy goals for vulnerable populations. marketplace.org/2023/06/13/a…
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“Technology is a cultural experience. It unfolds over time. It needs duration to become meaningful: designers need time to shape it so it feels familiar, and people need time to absorb it into their lives in a way that makes sense to them.” ⁦⁦@jkolko wonderfulnarrative.com/thoug…
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In my new role at @iitdesign, I had the opportunity to join Jarrett and my colleague Weslynne for a discussion of systems design, service design, private versus public sector, why design isn’t just problem solving, and where we’re headed next. id.iit.edu/story/how-can-des…
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Excellent fast-paced PK by @hanoverevan on George Carlin as ethnographer archetype and the value of "humorology" to our practice #EPICONFERENCE #EPIC2022
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AND a brave act by curators Letizia Nardi and Gigi Taylor of including a @hanoverevan's PK on "humorology" with a @mattbernius's paper on trauma-informed practices. bravo!
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“With #trauma the past is always present” — Matthew Bernius #EPICONFERENCE
Kicking off at #EPIConference with a thoughtful talk from @mattBernius on trauma and research, inspired by our beloved former @publicpolicylab research head @NataliaRadywyl
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Creativity isn’t just useful, it’s *instrumental* to the content economy of next billion @3Lmantra #EPICONFERENCE
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…and there are opportunities for creation tools that unlock novel creative abilities and level the playing field for self-taught creators #EPICONFERENCE
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„Indian Flipping“ as a market for getting attention — in a sari, in your kitchen etc Paya Arora in #EPICONFERENCE keynote
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#EPICONFERENCE 2022 kicking off
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“Google said it suspended Lemoine for breaching confidentiality policies by publishing the conversations with LaMDA online, and said in a statement that he was employed as a software engineer, not an ethicist.” theguardian.com/technology/2…
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Well, look at that! Who knew yoga was so pernicious? Hilarious, Pratima Mani! – at Brooklyn, NY
Alabama lifted its 30-year ban on yoga in public schools, but they still don’t want kids saying ‘namaste’ because they’re worried students might be converted to Hinduism. Late Show writer Pratima Mani is here to discuss. #LSSC
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In the pandemic, parasocial relationships are on the rise: “the advice and faux, one-way dialogue I absorb from their posts certainly displaces real conversations and relationship building.” nytimes.com/2021/05/05/paren…
Telehealth is bringing a “just-in-time” approach to healthcare: visits are more likely to occur after-hours or on weekends, are almost two times as likely to be scheduled for the same day, and the majority are under 15 minutes long. #hcux healthcareitnews.com/news/wh…
“there's a problem that very well could be an important consideration for many people: the potential for someone else to use their AirTag to track and stalk you.” #unintendedconsequenses #unconq arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021…