Jan D

#UX Research, #Design, Science and Technology Studies (#STS), #Anthropology.
Some coding (JS, Python) and software architecture
Pronouns: he/him or they/them.

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simulo_at_hci.social@mostr.pub

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2024-08-14 15:44:22

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@npub1r4h…u0jf collect some VC funding for massive-scale wireless fusion energy transmission and its converstion to electricity!

2024-08-11 12:28:14

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@npub16u7…uend you might enjoy Becker's "Creativity is not a Scarce Commodity"
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0002764217734277
https://hci.social/@simulo/112943378416138719

2024-07-15 18:09:27

»The Anti-Mac Interface« (1996)
“We reverse all of the core design principles behind the Macintosh human interface guidelines to arrive at the characteristics of the Internet desktop.”
https://www.nngroup.com/articles/anti-mac-interface/
#UX #history #GUI

2024-06-18 10:57:46

The ACM has a list of common terms to avoid in writing in and about computing with a brief mention, a sentence of explaination and a list of alternatives.
https://www.acm.org/diversity-inclusion/words-matter

2024-06-01 17:42:44

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@npub1j46…3gm7 For productive use, difficulties to drag/drop were/are also super annoying for me. Did some research on it many years back: https://dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1145/2371574.2371583

2024-05-31 10:15:46

looking for pictures of decaying corona-infrastructure: Signage, unfilled desinfectant dispensers, floor markings, unremoved notices with old regulations…

2024-05-22 15:31:13

Very 90s #uxdesign nerdy thing: Psion 5mx emulator in the browser: https://wuffs.org/WindEmu/index.html

2024-05-19 12:15:22

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@npub16u7…uend thanks for sharing, I sadly did not know about her, despite my interest in teaching programming.

2024-04-29 08:33:03

Looking for texts on DIY web and -software (some ideas I already have in a reply) #zines #DIY

2024-03-26 08:33:54

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@npub1gqs…3qas seems similar to https://simplysecure.org/designunderpressure/#methods !

2024-03-22 21:22:28

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@npub1d76…897u no regular meetup or the like, but quite some active people.

2024-03-22 20:07:49

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@npub1d76…897u
Nice! Was guest in their community bicycle workshop a few times!
btw.: If Gnome Dev/UX/…-people) like to connect with other open source designers in Berlin, you could post on https://discourse.opensourcedesign.net/c/events/berlin/27 (its pretty empty, atm but I can point people towards it)

2024-02-22 17:05:51

Anyone knowing good tutorials for #godotengine? There are just too many!
I prefer 2D games, written and have programmed before.

2023-12-30 13:29:05

TIL I learned about NeXT’s shelf, a UI element combining a clipboard and a customized dock.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelf_(computing)
#UX #UI #History

2023-12-29 17:45:40

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@npub12f7…lkxh maybe the thread is "haha, they are a designer, but their website looks just normal"?
Programmer analogy: Maybe a sheet in Excel is the right tool, but clearly you do not want to present yourself as an Excel-person.

2023-12-29 16:21:47

Ahhhhh websites by designers/architects/… are almost always annoying to use. They are DESIGNED, not just designed.

2023-12-14 21:46:32

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@npub1j46…3gm7 generate a "cerifficate for pompt engiiring" instead?

2023-10-23 15:24:40

That is the tasty name for a new programming language, obviously. Seems to be some alternative to #PHP
https://storage.googleapis.com/hci-social-storage/media_attachments/files/111/285/018/740/487/182/original/ddfa8e8ddaef5bf4.png

2023-09-04 17:26:53

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@npub1d76…897u I like the direction, can you do without the split, kinda morphing wave and note together - both have the vertical line element? Or note(s) seen through/in the waveform?

2023-08-27 09:44:54

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@npub1j46…3gm7 I agree. I mainly see the disparaging kind, though, and mainly among people who reassure each other that they are "not like visual design people" and suggesting that UX or IT in general has become "shallow" or "superficial".
If we want to tackle this as a discipline, we should have an understanding who focuses on visual design and why (It does not seem to come from inside the discipline, looking at conferences, publications and social media).

2023-08-25 12:27:33

In #UX design conversations, dropping that one is not "pixel-pushing" is frequent: It both serves differentiates one from people who pixel-push and belittle that activity.
However, the "pushed pixels" in the user interface is what non-professionals see.
To devalue visible and relevant work is not a winning strategy for a profession that wants to convince people outside of its field of its relevance.

2023-08-23 10:44:10

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@npub1j46…3gm7 dunno, maybe we should bring the "Interaction Designer" back? (I liked 'interaction' better than the vague and hard-to-defend 'experience' anyway)

2023-08-19 08:06:13

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@npub1j46…3gm7 oh, yes.
- Had too many "Priorization is taking away user freedom" discussions in that clash of thinking styles
- related: priorization is also less of a problem on command line programs, there, options/features do not take screen space.
- interestingly, when one goes to software architecture, programming becomes very design-like.

2023-08-11 17:08:22

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@npub1j46…3gm7 @npub19ag…qgye
Maybe a combination of:
- Design being an auxillary role; (you can create software without a designer, but not without a developer) and not with some state-mandated regulatory enforcement.
- Job market, indeed. There are not many people coming from UX-in-particular education, and IT pays better than graphic design, I guess?

2023-08-11 17:02:27

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@npub1j46…3gm7 @npub19ag…qgye
> [new people confusion]
Since you are in the discipline since quite a while: Was this the case 10, 15 years ago already or is this a new development?

2023-08-11 16:54:13

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@npub1j46…3gm7 @npub19ag…qgye
> Of course holistically doesn't
> mean management consulting
> but broader UX flows like
> motivation, navigational
> models, and user testing.
I agree, and I would love our discipline focussing more on that!

2023-08-11 16:52:46

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@npub1j46…3gm7 @npub19ag…qgye
> But that doesn't represent
> the ENTIRE design
> community either.
I used it only as one example (scaling and abstract field definitions being the others)
> especially at big companies
Yes, I that makes sense. Big companies allow to work with many other professionals of the same discipline allowing "not selling out" or, "staying pure"; thus it is also that prestigeous roles are in big companies (or famous, specialized agencies)

2023-08-11 16:39:12

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@npub1j46…3gm7 @npub19ag…qgye
Yes, the "seat at the table"-discussion is interesting.
- might be a conflict with very powerful developers; designer cooperating with management and thus securing their positions, since they have not the protection (producing software, esoteric tools) that devs have
- Might also be part of the general push to management-ification of UX to gain more prestigeous roles (see Professional Regression article)

2023-08-11 16:35:36

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@npub1j46…3gm7 @npub19ag…qgye
- I often heard the sentence "I don't create [buttons/layouts…] I create [experiences]" (and said it myself)
- In most cases it seems to paid lower (but maybe only in Germany?)
- rejection of "portfolio" design, asking for management/consulting-like deliverables instead

2023-08-11 12:59:33

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@npub1j46…3gm7 @npub19ag…qgye
At least Grudin ("From Tool to Partner") pins the focus on visual design on Apple-under-Jobs success of "Design without Usability Engineering". The discipline itself might have done their share of damage by framing UI as low prestige field.
I also see "experience" as problematic; it’s a messy term that tries to expand the prefession’s reach without the necessary methods and power to defend that area. (https://www.fordes.de/posts/professionalRegressionUX.html)

2023-08-09 13:00:36

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@npub14qf…tpku which sidebar do you mean? The one that used to show editor tools (uploads, contributions) on the left hand side, or the ones that summarize data about people or cities on the right hand side? (aka templates in content or templates/skins for the Mediawiki-UI per se?)

2023-07-16 20:46:45

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@npub1t5g…n2s9
Good point!
instance: https://hci.social
follow recommendations e.g.: @npub1tpd…kdpp
@npub14u2…0mmt
@npub1j46…3gm7
@npub1wwr…r0kf

2023-06-11 09:46:08

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@npub17vn…xhf5 @npub1ynl…873s @npub1dlh…ktf7
Super Text! – gibts den auch auf Englisch zum teilen in Bubbles, die nicht auf deutsch lesen?