We have become distracted and let technology companies build things that have no value, but there are ways to revive the internet and thus foster more competitive and meaningful environments. --- We need to rewild the internet Our online spaces are not ecosystems, though tech firms love that word. They’re plantations; highly concentrated and controlled environments, closer kin to the industrial farming of the cattle feedlot or battery chicken farms that madden the creatures trapped within. ...| Silvia Maggi's digital home
If you ever thought ageing is the reason why technology seems more complicated, read on. Also, a guide to live in harmony with the world. --- The decline of the user interface Software has never looked cooler, but user interface design and user experience have taken a sharp turn for the worse. Form has taken over funtionality and substance, contravening the rules of good design. The evidence is in front of our eyes. 🔗 Read The decline of the user interface on InfoWorld Accessibility overla...| Silvia Maggi's digital home
Three articles that I found informative, funny, and uplifting. --- Designing healthy digital habits: the role of UX in mitigating technology addiction […] we delve into the complexities of technology addiction, exploring its definitions, diagnostic criteria, and the ongoing debates surrounding its legitimacy. Dr Maria Panagiotidi offers a well balanced and deep analysis on how designers can promote digital well-being through responsible UX practises. 🔗 Read Designing healthy digital habi...| Silvia Maggi's digital home
Of the few articles I read the past couple of months, the most memorable are about smartphones use and the ways modern tech can make us miserable. --- The smartphone kids are not all right So it’s not until 2010–2011 that you have this thing in your pocket, which is not a digital Swiss Army knife that you pull out when you need something. It is now a portal that millions—millions—of companies now can use to get to you, as a child. Without your parents’ permission or knowledge, they ...| Silvia Maggi's digital home
This issue marks the beginning of a different type of series, where I mostly share blog posts from people writing on their personal websites. --- Digital design is conflicted UX is conflicted. I’m conflicted. I’m conflicted between pushing to go fast and fighting to slow down. I’m caught between fixing things and breaking things. I’m forced to compromise between caring and causing harm. James Royal-Lawson wrote an essay I wholly support. In it, he describes the many conflicts designer...| Silvia Maggi's digital home
Nowhere near the number of all the articles I came across during the past three months, these are the most remarkable. --- On Nielsen’s ideas about generative UI for resolving accessibility “Accessibility has failed as a way to make computers usable for disabled users.” Thus begins a newsletter by Jakob Nielsen. And had it not been written by someone a great many people take seriously in the UX industry I likely would just have dismissed it. Jakob Nielsen makes a potentially harmful cas...| Silvia Maggi's digital home