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Links for 4 May
Its about that time again… really need to think about better ways to introduce the week’s links of interest, reflection, and reorientation. In any case, one could imagine thoughts are clearer when the road to-be-traveled has both imagination and focus as pistons within its engine. Here’s hoping these links provide some of spark-user for you. The First Principles of Product Management You Need to Appreciate Beyoncé’s Attention to Detail via Medium The Spy Who Came Home via The New Yorker I Spent A Weekend With Cyborgs, and Now I Have an RFID Implant I Have No Idea What To Do With Heads-Up: The Oral History of Iron Man’s Original HUD The No-Collar Workforce Blaccture And from us: Continue reading →
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Links for 27 April
Another week in the books and the threads are aplenty. And maybe that’s just a sign of spring — lots of items coming to the surface after so many months of content finding its way against the gravity of other discussions. Smartphones Are Bad for Some Teens, Not All via Nature Amazon’s Echo Dot Kids’ Edition via The Verge A Big Phone via Matt Gemmell AR/VR Design Process by Morgan Fritz Hit post and forgot to put the other goodies on this week’s thread Continue reading →
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Links for 20 April
Back again with a few links which have made something of influence here and there throughout the week. At the same time we share them, there’s also a shifting happening a bit behind the scenes — the links do have to lead somewhere you know. The Future of Well-Being in a Tech-Saturated World by Pew Research Discipling Play: Digital Youth Culture as Capital at School via The University of Chicago Press Journals How the Walkman Made Us Who We Are and Why We Need to Redesign Desires Beyond Tech Algorithmic Impact Assessments via AI Now Institute The Facebook Trials: It’s Not “Our” Data via Marginal Revolution There were a number of items pushed here this week from us; one part of that starting tweets here, another part in keeping the long-form writing as a focus of what’s put forward. Continue reading →
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Algorithmic Impact Assessment Framework
Interesting Algorithmic Impact Assessments via AI Now Institute - via Benedict Evans’s Weekly Newsletter The Algorithmic Impact Assessment (AIA) framework proposed in this report is designed to support affected communities and stakeholders as they seek to assess the claims made about these systems, and to determine where – or if – their use is acceptable. Continue reading →
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NACTO Guidelines
Reading - there’s a good bit of insight towards cycling & public transport I’d not seen before (had convos however). Frictionless site design too. National Association of City Transportation Officials Urban Bikeway Design Guide Continue reading →
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Wavelength
Totally late on this (as usual), but it looks like there’s a podcast client created by Micro.Blog’s inventor Wavelength Been thinking about doing a podcast alongside Avanceé (was looking at Anchor.fm) but this would be better for too many reasons. Not sure yet, but… Continue reading →
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Links for 13 April
Sometimes, milestones and reflections are more for yourself than for others. But, its certainly interesting when we hear about other’s moments of reflection and contemplation and it creates the impetus to engage in similar moments for ourselves. Its on this framing this week’s links land. Cameroonian Artist and Japanese Designer Collaboration for Stunning Kimono Line Job Description by Luke Wroblewski’s Twitter How Do We Build 21st Century Business Skills Increasing An Organization’s UX Design Maturity: Our Not So Secret Sauce Our contribution to this week’s learnings: Continue reading →
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Links for 6 April
Another week in the books, and while it is after the holiday, there’s nothing slow about the pace of reading and contemplation which has made itself suitable this week. Here are a few items which have crossed the paths of Avanceé’s workspace this week: Non-Tech Businesses are Beginning to Use Artifical Intelligence at Scale via The Economist Deutsche Bank’s Marcus Schenck on the Future of Banking via Business Insider PropAI - Artifical Intelligence in Real Estate Google Workers Urge CEO to Pull Out of Pentagon AI Project via NY Times And a few from our desk: Continue reading →
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Links for 30 March
In the midst of a holy season for so many faith groups, its good to have points like these to reflect on items which put to death some perspectives, or give space to rise to new ones. Here are the links for this week: Work of Art via NewCo Shift Fast.Ai at MIT Technology Review Commoditisation of AI, digital forgery and the end of trust: how we can fix it Solid or Liquid? Continue reading →
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Links for 26 March
Whoops, got way too into work and life on Friday and missed links for last week; here’s whats been grabbing attention, that’s not exactly the same as what might has made news reports: Mockupdated Concept: The IKEA Manual of the Future via Fast Company Design Smartphone-by-Default Internet Users via Ofcom UK And then our long-form for last week: Opining the Value of Metics Do you have links which are interesting enough for being a part of the stew which makes Avanceé flow forward? Continue reading →
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