To whom does the burden fall?

On Monday October 8, I gave a talk at edUI Conf about accessibility, as one is wont to do. (I had a fantastic time and I strongly recommend this conference to anyone who’s working on the web for a university, library, museum, etc.)

Room for everyone: On designers doing user research

The persistence of point-of-sale chip readers

Saturday afternoon at Target. I swear that my extended family is singly…

My 2017

So, 2017.

It’s been a weird year.

Chasing Titles

Sorrento-Gillis: “Why didn’t you ever run for office?”

Avasarala: “I like getting shit done. And I like to keep my head attached to my neck.”

— The Expanse, “The Seventh Man”

“Way too much political opinion”

The names we won’t say

“Why won’t you tell me their name?”

We were at a conference, talking about the fact a known “problem person” is attending. Those of us who’d attended for a while (and had been around the industry) knew the person had been accused of sexual harassment multiple…

The Misspelled Portfolio

It was a simple question: “When reviewing a portfolio of a designer, researcher, or content candidate, what things trigger a red flag or concern for you?”