On AI and the Human Element of Healing
Discussing which jobs will be replaced around the campfire Last fall, I went camping with several other families from my neighborhood. As we sat around the fire the conversation…
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Design Principles
A decade and a half into my practice designing products and software, some things keep coming up. I’ll keep up with them here. 1. Make the software explain itself…
Emotions as Interface to the Sub-conscious
Or, how remote work can trick you into feeling more stressed than you need to There is no trash can or recycling bin in your computer, just different ways…
Learning Design Principles From the First Cyborgs: People with Diabetes
My daughter has type 1 diabetes. To keep her alive we use a few wearable devices embedded in her body to sense her blood glucose and add the insulin…
Design, Science & Adaptation
If technology is the stand-in for biology in the evolutionary process (once it becomes managed by conscious minds Kelly, 2011), then design is the stand-in for adaptation, and an…
What Tools Do I Need To Start Woodworking?
A couple of years ago I needed to furnish my new, but empty, office when I found an old wooden table by a dumpster and decided it would be…