Mark ParnellIs remote work making us less empathetic?Do we become less considerate and understanding when our colleagues are physically distant and how can we stay empathetic in a remote…14 min read·Apr 2, 2024----
Mark ParnellIn order to be me, I need you to be thisHow a need for an identity based on fixed social relations drives bigotry9 min read·Aug 22, 2023----
Mark ParnellinDesigning AtlassianHow focusing on process is ruining your design portfolioA hiring manager’s take on a disturbing trend…9 min read·Jan 9, 2023--16--16
Mark ParnellinDesigning AtlassianWhen design consistency is harmfulLooking back at the lies I was told growing up, a few stick out…11 min read·Jan 28, 2022--17--17
Mark ParnellChernobyl, or how to manage incidentsThe accident at Chernobyl on April 26th, 1986 is the very button of fashion at the moment, what with the eponymous HBO miniseries. Now…16 min read·Aug 14, 2019----
Mark ParnellinDesigning AtlassianWhen design becomes a cargo cultWhy process alone isn’t enough for good design.8 min read·Nov 13, 2018--4--4
Mark ParnellPhones are Bad. Part 1 — Kanye’s Pocket HammerIdeas grow in the public consciousness by a slow accretion. What was fringe yesterday slowly gains ground, inch by inch, until it becomes…14 min read·Jun 24, 2018----
Mark ParnellAgainst Using Bullshit in UX Design(This post is taken from a talk I did earlier this year at the Shanghai UI/IUX Meetup and from another blog post I wrote a couple of years…17 min read·Jun 6, 2016--2--2
Mark ParnellA (quick and dirty) vision of how WhatsApp could integrate newsIn my previous post, I mentioned that the Quartz app experience so closely apes the experience of using chat apps that it would make more…9 min read·Feb 22, 2016----
Mark ParnellThe new Quartz app is not the future of newsBold ideas have to vault a huge number of hurdles in interaction design. Novel, risky ideas end up on the cutting room floor, which is why…5 min read·Feb 17, 2016----