Hello All After recently trying to battle/block an explosion of email and phone spam - I started researching hardening my installs of macOS/iOS and building up stronger privacy filters. Concurrently I have been cutting down distractions, namely many on my phone with great results. I found several ... Read More
[caption id="attachment_2500" align="alignnone" width="1000"] Mary Meeker KPCB- Internet Trends 2018[/caption] Hello All This week we start with Mary Meeker of KPCB's annual Internet Trends report for 2018. We take a long look at mobile news with Apple, phone usage, tendinosis, privacy, GDPR, ... Read More
A new set of links focused on a few topics: Climate Change, Creative Imposter Syndrome, UX, The Simpsons & Apu, Google Material Design, Amazon's meteoric growth, and lastly, the ITP Spring Show. Have a great week. M 1. Earth's Atmosphere Just Crossed Another Troubling Climate Change ... Read More
[caption id="attachment_2489" align="alignnone" width="1000"] Sen Durbin Interviews Mark Zuckerberg[/caption] Hello All This post is a bit late, though still interesting to see what we have learned in the weeks since about Facebook, Cambridge Analytica, and Privacy. Protect your data before ... Read More
[caption id="attachment_2486" align="alignnone" width="1000"] Mark Zuckerberg - GETTY IMAGES[/caption] Hello All - This week an increasing amount of news has been focused upon Cambridge Analytica's data collection, the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election, and Facebook. The elephant in the room is ... Read More
[caption id="attachment_2481" align="alignnone" width="1000"] Terry Smith/Time Life Pictures, via Getty Images[/caption] Hello All Happy PI day! Dr. Stephen Hawking passed away early today. Many have marked his passing, although I always thought one of best traits that I always admired was ... Read More
[caption id="attachment_2474" align="alignnone" width="1000"] Falcon Heavy Double Landing[/caption] Hello All This week we look at several great articles. First the physics on the Falcon Heavy Double Booster Landing. What a feat! Next we look at several posts on UX, Image Compression, DPI, ... Read More
[caption id="attachment_2467" align="alignnone" width="1000"] Haven[/caption] Hello All This week we look at several recurrent themes: privacy, UX, Cryptocurrencies, WordPress, and the travel industry. Many of these themes we have all discussed before, but as the patterns emerge in ... Read More
[caption id="attachment_2461" align="alignnone" width="1000"] Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge[/caption] Hello All December has been a busy month as 2017 draws to a close. There are several themes in this week's UXD Weekly Inspired Reads: Net Neutrality, BitCoin, and Personal Care. I ... Read More
[caption id="attachment_2454" align="alignnone" width="1000"] IBM Plex - The Search For The New Helvetica[/caption] Hello All In this week's edition of the UXD Inspired Reads, we start off with a great look at IBM's new typeface, Plex. Designed as the "New Helvetica", IBM's designers labored ... Read More