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The Changing Scope
The emergence of AI is an existential threat and existential opportunity for designers and other product professionals. This calls for a recalibration of professional skills. This calls for a new rhythm of working. This calls for solving problems with new capabilities. You and me? We can thrive. Or we can fade away. Recalibration The way…
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XOXO Day 2
Another great day! Conference presentations Tracy Clayton discussed her battle with depression and how online addiction helps and hurts. She reminded us all: Log off, Fam. Emma Kinema is organizing gaming industry workers, one unfair work environment at a time. Support the cause » Harry Brewis (hbomberguy) played Donkey Kong 64 for 36+ hours to…
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XOXO Day 1
There were opening remarks from Andy and Andy to kick things off, but I missed almost all of it because I was dealing with ATT. That made me sad. Then I went to theTim-Tam Slam meet-up and drank coffee through a cookie and then ate the cookie and it was amazing. Then I met a…
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XOXO Day 0
Landed in Portland and made my way to the XOXO Festival’s opening party. It’s my first XOXO and of last night is any indication, it’s going to be a good time. The opening party included… Jousting using VR joysticks Good Filipino food Readily-available water A churro truck Tons of friendly people Looking forward to more!
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The 6-1-1 Sketching Session
What’s all this then? A 6-1-1 is a structured sketching exercise. You may recognize it as a miniature version of a design studio workshop (example) or you may also see that it is very similar to some of the methods popularized through Lean UX and Design Sprints. I developed the 6-1-1 as a lightweight workshop…