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Flashback: June ‘18
June of last year (2018) was an interesting month. Felt like there was a shift which needed to be taken with the content here and at the same time, the way summer happens, a lot of activity slows down. So, instead of productivity for others, effort was into setting up the summer/fall output to come. Musings Experience Last Notes As Art Exploring Digital Humanism Tools On Deck: Adobe Comp CC Concepts/Past Projects Continue reading →
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Innovation by Enterprise’s Need
Deftly turning a large ship with a whisper With some clients, the topic of organizational change comes up very often. This is usually because the work with this client involves taking multiple teams and putting them on the same level as it relates to utilizing a specific software platform. This vantage point offers an ability to see what innovation will look like for an enterprise, but also how hard it is to move in enterprise in a new direction after they have done something for so long. Continue reading →
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Flashback: May 2018 🔗
Last week was a flashback to the posts shared last year (April 2018). For this week, it’s a look at what was shared a month later, May ‘18. Perspectives & Concepts Living in A Future Present From Mundane to Tactile The Features Trap Concept: SmartTrip Transit App for Apple Watch Educating Shaping Working Concept: Tymbals Risk Assessment Tool Notable Reads Links for 4 May Links for 11 May Links for 18 May Links for 25 May Continue reading →
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Efficiency and Sufficiency
There’s a pattern to each week here. The long-post to start the week is both summary and launching. Then something in the middle of the week — a concept or a flashback. Then the close of the week where items of the week’s interest are shared (and those following via the site/Microblog see a bit more throughout the weekend). It’s not all that efficient for creating, but it is sufficient for the type of things created. Continue reading →
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Flashback to April 18
Flashbacks to what talked about on the site a year ago: Long-Form Thoughts Paying Attention Conversatoins On Creating New Textiles Cutting New Roads NACTO Guidelines Algorithmic Impact Assessment Framework Current vs Currents Wearables, UI, and Forward-Reaching Activities Move Fast and Shape Things Notable Links Links for 6 April Links for 13 April Links for 20 April Links for 27 April Continue reading →
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Tooling Between Communicating & Designing
Wondering why design tools have been reluctant to evolve Conversations about design methods and software often bracket the week. If it isn’t another software/service, it’s a design system or a shift in a large/influential company’s motivations which sparks things. And it’s not a bad thing. Design is the language of making something functional and addressable for someone else. When it works well, it should be applauded. When it fails, it should also be elevated as lessons to build from. Continue reading →
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Ethical UX As a Social/Security Vector
Bending UX to see other vectors of organizational ethics A friend and I joked about a photo sent to him. He asked about the name scribbled on the cup. To him and his SE USA context, it came across as a push/play on the term “field negro.” To him, it was a bold play. Now, the name on the cup (“fields”) was in reference to the name of the drink (Strawberry Fields Latte), but it did invite us to take the convo further. Continue reading →
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What I Do Exactly
A common question grants a canvas to an uncommon answer: ”So what exactly do I/does Avanceé do?” Heard somewhat often because explaining “experience design” to those who may be around design tangentially is a dice roll. For those who are familiar with design and it’s many permutations, an explanation goes into some specifics and vernacular. For those who don’t have that association, syncing activities and intentions to a space they are familiar with grants the desired clarity. Continue reading →
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On Collaborative Products
Collaborative software is validated through collaborative experiences before its individual features One of the challenges in training software and process is found in the disconnect of knowing the features of an application/service/device, and the context in which it wants to be best used by those being trained. In the past, it was single-user perspective software which opens to a collaborative element (for ex, MS Word to make the Report was by a single author, but “track changes” was meant to make the editing process inclusive of more eyes). Continue reading →
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Back to Reflect
Some weeks back, started to share notable reads as a daily, rather than weekly supplement. And while this was a good idea from the standpoint of traffic (likely, don’t even look at the stats) and visibility, much about what this space is has gotten lost in the spreading. For example, part of the missing content here has been the long-form posts — item like this one where a few hundred words are spent expressing a piece of a lingering idea. Continue reading →
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