Observations on the Human Experience
UI, UX and IxD insights for a rainy day.
Observations on the Human Experience
Making work easier. This is the problem. So obsessed with getting to the answer, completing the project, producing a result which are all valid things, but not where the richness of the human experience lies.
Jerry Seinfeld's Speech At Duke's 2024 Commencement (Transcript)
The act of measurement changes the behavior of the thing being measured.
Youngme Moon • Different: Escaping the Competitive Herd
I need one of these but for when I put too much lotion in my hand and there’s no one around to wipe the extra on their arm
These are the run clubs and swim clubs with very robustly branded websites for some reason, websites that greet you with full-width videos of delighted people being very sweaty together. New ventures for “group conversation” or exclusive social spaces or curated clubs with sign-up flows and membership levels that evoke the rigor of a bank account r... See more
Elise Granata • What We Lose When Optimizing Community
Merge all communication with an individual person into one continuous timeline . I’m excited about this feature. My mom still hasn’t mastered the art of using one communication channel, she prefers to sprinkle messages throughout the week across Whatsapp, SMS and email.
Eric Migicovsky • The Universal Communication Bus
Many people still feel ambivalence about moving to Thailand. Not everyone has mustered the courage to tell their Chinese parents where they really are. Mom and dad are under the impression that they’re studying abroad in Europe or something. That sometimes leads to elaborate games to maintain the subterfuge, like drawing curtains to darken the room... See more
Dan Wang • 2023 Letter
I asked him a question about the local culture, and he said, “It depends if you’re talking about the people from the desert, versus the coast, versus the mountains.”
I said, “Where is your family from?”
He said, “From the desert, but then two uncles got in a fight, splitting the family, and half went to Iraq for a while. They reunited in Abu Dhabi,... See more
I said, “Where is your family from?”
He said, “From the desert, but then two uncles got in a fight, splitting the family, and half went to Iraq for a while. They reunited in Abu Dhabi,... See more
Derek Sivers • I hated Dubai until I learned about it | Derek Sivers
One. Gajillion. Dollars?!
I’ve been fortunate to work with a stunning range of clients, from local printing companies and tiny churches to giant corporations with multibillion-dollar revenues, and everything between. Perhaps the most valuable lesson I’ve learned is that they’re all the same. People spend money the same, whether it’s a few hundred d... See more
I’ve been fortunate to work with a stunning range of clients, from local printing companies and tiny churches to giant corporations with multibillion-dollar revenues, and everything between. Perhaps the most valuable lesson I’ve learned is that they’re all the same. People spend money the same, whether it’s a few hundred d... See more
