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That you're reading this suggests you aren't on any political email lists. Or you are and you're just desperate for any communication that isn't asking you for money. In any case, I'm glad you're here, hopefully well-rested after an extra hour of sleep and possibly recovering from your diabetic coma after eating all of your kids' candy.
This is a short(er) one, mostly because personally, I'm just swamped. Those who follow my instagram are pretty convinced at this point that I don't actually have a job, I just play golf all the time, but the truth of the matter is that more often than not, that brief respite away from screens is just about the only thing keeping me sane right now. Otherwise it's just 16-20 hours/day of the same walls and you can only watch so many episodes of My 600 Pound Life before you feel like maybe you're about to be on that show yourself. (Side note: we recently discovered The Unicorn and it's cheesy and sweet and a great way to detox from *gestures at everything.*)
In my Design Ethics course, I've really spent a lot of time thinking about the bounded systems we find ourselves in and how we are all playing by someone else's rules, whether or not we assent to them. Further, those rules are largely just a series of designed interactions, each of which carries a cost. (One of my classmates suggested that maybe instead of the 'Report' button that is becoming so useful on social media, we should switch it to the 'Tattletale' button.) I'm always hesitant to claim for myself the title 'designer,' but I do quite like the notion of spending dedicated, intentional time really thinking through exactly what someone's experience will be, both as I intended it and how I could have never imagined it.
In other news, congratulations to my friend Renae, who just defended her dissertation! I cannot begin to adequately express how excited I am for you as well as deeply, deeply grateful. I legitimately could not have made it this far in my own program without your help. Thank you.
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The Markup
10 years ago (!!) I taught a technology applications class to middle school students. One of my lessons was about how your personal information was readily accessible online, particularly browsing history via cookies. It seems quaint now to consider the scandal of websites building a profile of you so they can deliver better ads, but such was 2009 when your audience is 13 years old.
Fast forward to today and it's no longer so simple as disabling cookies or telling your browser to send a 'do not track' message. Sites are far more nefarious than that. Blacklight is a tool for being an informed consumer of online content.
Just remember what Cypher said...
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Just for Fun
Work & Co x Gary Hustwit
Maybe you've seen this (apparently controversial?) map of NYC's subway system:
But have you ever tried to navigate NYC's subways? Once you get the hang of it, it's mostly fine. But if you've spent any amount of time in NYC, you know that it's a pretty rare day that every subway is operating on its normal schedule.
This short documentary looks at what it looks like to create a new subway map that can live-update based on the changing conditions in NYC.
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