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Maile Malin
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May 18, 2020

Sew Your Own Face Mask

My pattern with step-by-step instructions and photos A few weeks ago I made a custom face mask pattern at home and shared how I used a UX process to design it. Afterward, some folks requested that I share my pattern. So here it is, replete with photos, step-by-step instructions, and optional add-ons. …

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A Face Mask Pattern
A Face Mask Pattern

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May 4, 2020

How I Applied the UX Design Process to Create a Custom Face Mask

I’m very proud to share that I successfully designed a custom face mask…at home…from scratch! — Even more exciting? I did it by combining my apparel design skills from a previous career and my user experience design as a Product Designer now! When the CDC recommended that we wear face masks out in public, I started wearing a scarf or handkerchief tied over my face. …

UX Design

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How I Made a Custom Face Mask Using A UX Design Process
How I Made a Custom Face Mask Using A UX Design Process
UX Design

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May 1, 2020

The Truth About COVID-19 by an ICU Nurse on the New York City Frontlines

Below is Julianne Nicole’s* eloquent, beautiful, incredible, and heartbreaking story about one COVID-19 patient’s death, on a single day of a ‘normal’ shift as an ICU nurse in New York City. It moved me so much that I thought everyone, everywhere needed to read it, even those not on Facebook. …

Covid 19

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The truth about COVID-19 by an ICU nurse on the New York City frontlines
The truth about COVID-19 by an ICU nurse on the New York City frontlines
Covid 19

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Sep 9, 2017

Abuse of Power in Human Resources

Abuse of Power in Human Resources Intro Governmental organizations are notoriously rooted in the hierarchical, classical management approach, with top-down communication. The City of [Undisclosed], as a governmental agency, clearly is organized in this format, but also includes a large human resources department. As is typical of the human resources…

Human Resources

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Human Resources

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Sep 9, 2017

Technology and Culture

Technology and Culture In the 1980s there were about 30 million computers in the world (Trueman 2015), documenting personal lives and work, digitizing photographs, computing data, and browsing the internet. Though the 21st century is only seventeen years old, we’ve already seen an exponential advancement of technology. Today there are…

Technology And Design

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Technology And Design

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Sep 9, 2017

Creating Living Memorials from Human DNA Biopresence (2005) by BCL — Georg Tremmel and Shiho…

Creating Living Memorials from Human DNA Biopresence (2005) by BCL — Georg Tremmel and Shiho Fukuhara When you think of a cemetery, what comes to mind? I envision an evenly dispersed grid of cold, hard, inorganic headstones of cement, marble, and metal, each numbered and sterile. Perfectly manicured grass…

Biopresence

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Biopresence

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Jun 9, 2017

For Immediate Release:

Memory Chip®’s Latest Update Enables Natural Neurotransmitter Release: Promises to Help Mood Mimicry Drug Addicts LOS ANGELES, OUTER US — March 23, 2042 — Do you recall the joy and peace you felt playing on the beach, admiring the singing birds and deep blue skies prior to the 2018 US/China…

Speculative Fiction

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For Immediate Release:
For Immediate Release:
Speculative Fiction

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Jun 9, 2017

Saving Positive Experiences

In thinking of a ‘natural medium for storage and transmitting knowledge’ my initial notion was a design which could store and recall our thoughts and memories, as we frequently rush through life without really experiencing events. There are times when I’ve had a great weekend and someone asks, ‘how was…

Psychology

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Saving Positive Experiences
Saving Positive Experiences
Psychology

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