Susie Conley

23:00 - 31:00 Discussion of striking a balance between maintaining the status quo vs coming up with new ways of interacting with computers so we don’t get stuck in a rut trying to translate everything too directly.

• It goes back to first principles. By and large, the reality is that a lot of usability is driven by the cognitive architecture that is... See more

10:25 - 13:49 - About company he works for, Temporal. Shawn sees workflow engines as an under-explored area of custom database. Descript is a customer of Temporal. They found him via his blog. He came in as employee #17. And was the kind of job that doesn’t exist until you are talking together and you create the role yourself. Shawn believes 20% of... See more

41:40 - The danger of developing on top of platforms is that you're basically always at risk of the platform eventually replicating their own version of your app. Take for example what Apple did with Sherlock app. It copied to create what is now Spotlight, a feature built into the platform. 42:30 developers on a platform should realize they are doi... See more

Write about the most interesting problem in your domain. Problems are inherently more attractive than solutions. Inherently more timeless.

• Academic HCI work, where your output is published papers & it's very competitive. 

32:00 Three ways to get research HCI

9:04 - Reflecting on the difference between a finance career and tech career. In finance everything is zero sum. If you get a trade idea you should try not to leak it before you’ve established your position. And then once you’ve established it, fine to go ahead. Whereas in tech, we share our code. We get up on stage and we share our failures. It’s ... See more

You can also work in HCI as a practitioner, such as an engineer, and do product work and engage with the community.

38:45 - Great tips on how to dig into the literature with Google Scholar

40:30-50:00 discussion of community overlap between academic & product designer or engineers.

Bottom Line: Anyone can step into this world without a degree.