Daniel – ORGANIZING CREATIVITY

Evaluating Human-Computer-Interactions when Using Multiple Devices

2020-10-25 | Reading time: 2 minutes

A comment on what you can do if you have to evaluate an interface when the user has to interact with multiple mobile devices at the same time.
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Killing Ones Voice with Paid Endorsements

2020-10-25 | Reading time: 1 minute

YouTube and other channels allow people to contribute with their unique perspectives — but if they get successful, they can easily kill their own voices.

Image: Screencapture of Lauren Chen doing a paid endorsement.
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Operationalizing Ethics

2020-10-04 | Reading time: 1 minute

What happens to ethics when you break it down to raw numbers ... because you have to ... for make it usable for a game?
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Well, Stalin wasn’t wrong

2020-10-04 | Reading time: 2 minutes

Some thoughts about an alternate "Superman" history.
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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

2020-10-04 | Reading time: 1 minute

James Lindsay gives a good overview of the concepts "Diversity, Equity and Inclusion" — from the motivation of the proponents to what they actually mean.
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Your Mileage Might Vary (YMMV)

2020-09-30 | Reading time: 1 minute

One thing you should always keep in mind when you are developing something — your view of the world might not be the view of (many) others.
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Tortured Souls

2020-09-30 | Reading time: 4 minutes

Where does the drive to create come from? The need to ... help other people? And how do you manage to ... not kill yourself?
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Well, that actually did work out.

2020-09-26 | Reading time: 2 minutes

Trying out a lot, some things do work out long term, others don't. Here's a list of a few things that did work out ... long term.
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Digital Lifeboat

2020-09-26 | Reading time: 5 minutes

You know the game of "If there was a fire in your building (apartment/house), what would be the five things you'd take with you?" Now imagine you would not have the time to get anything, because it's either "get out immediately or die". What would you still have with you?
An argument for "Digital Lifeboats".
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What’s a Smart Watch good for?

2020-09-23 | Reading time: 3 minutes

Well, after a couple of months trying out a smart watch ... well, several things.
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ORGANIZING CREATIVITY

How to generate, capture, and collect ideas to realize creative projects.

Articles by Daniel