Curious if any #gcdigital folks have “on network” Macs that can be used as their sole computer? 💻 (No need to also use PC for things like GCDocs)
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Nate Archer
@natearcher
Service Designer with Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada
TorontoJoined August 2007
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I don’t read the typical go-to UX books written by an incredibly homogenous group when I’m trying to deepen my ability to be human-centered🤷🏾♀️Love the ways has led ’s internal bookclub & her write up summarizing GEMS as it relates to UX & the craft🔥
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Who exactly does human-centered design center if most design books considered "canon" are written by a pretty homogenous group?
In @hmntycntrd Book Club, we tried to center the voices and stories less represented in design. Take a look at our book picks.
bit.ly/3p5WypN
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Not every conversation with a customer or a user is user research.
Asking users what they want or what problems to solve vs. having skills to understand that is different.
Here are a few phrases & situations that might seem like doing user research but they’re likely not 🧵
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For those thinking of shifting from private to public sector, this is a great overview from medium.com/project-redesi (HT )
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This looks really fun!
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Co-Design Bootcamp kicks off in Feb 2021 for designers and social innovators seeking to build and extend their participatory practice. Registrations have just opened for this 6-month program of applied learning and coaching in co-design practice events.humanitix.com/co-design-boot
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Maybe it's just me, but I just LOVE jumping on a call.
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My former colleague Quadri Oshibotu has written a book on product management! I'm only a few pages in, but it's filled with frameworks, stories, and advice from other PMs. Congrats Quadri! 🎉
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The video are up!
Over 900+ attendees came to see first ever #restorativedesignconference. We sold 1600+ tickets and managed to raise $19,000 to our #nonprofit friends at the Chicago Community Bond Fund. vimeo.com/showcase/76373
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Made In the Future, a design fellowship for aspiring underrepresented designers, has been a project that is years in the making and I am finally ready to share it with the world.
I hope you join me in nurturing and supporting our 1st cohort of fellows.
madeinthefuturefellowship.com
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Really excited to start reading this! The book design alone is worth the price of admission👌 thanks
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This charming French man will make you want butter!
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We visited a traditional maison du beurre, or butter house, in Brittany, France 
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This is a super informative look at the unique characteristics of COVID and how our mitigation approaches need to be re-evaluated to respond theatlantic.com/health/archive
This diagram really stuck with me since reading this article. I really like the simplicity of the cone connecting ixd to service design and strategic design. And thinking about how speculative design plays with this continuum
medium.com/dark-matter-an
Great to learn about new perspectives on inclusivity in design and starting to find ways to make people with disability a part of design process, not just subject to design change
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This Thursday, we're launching Making (It) Work, a series exploring the kinds of work that books do in the world, during the pandemic & beyond. Registration link for joining this week's conversation with @ablerism & @elizguffey can be found here, metalabharvard.github.io/projects/every
NEW primer: & dispel 4 common myths about our relationship with technology & urge us to focus on human agency & equity, rather than control & addiction
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If you are looking to up your game in conversational design, look no further! This course looks like a great overview.
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Announcing our 6-week course for advanced practitioners! Starting on November 2!
voicetechglobal.com/advanced-conve
Please RT! We’re hosting a virtual gathering for folks who share our belief that design can be restorative.
7 brilliant speakers will help us explore design’s relationship to complex topics such as trauma, white supremacy and the built environment.
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Questioning assumptions relating to social structures in design and design process. Critical views for service designers and any designer
The key flip here is to use the timeline as the frame around how people make progress. Then take each phase of the timeline & make it a sub-system of the bigger process. By doing this we can then look at the discrete progress people are trying to make at any point on the timeline
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Just discovered the Journal of Future Studies jfsdigital.org Found via a nice short interview with on design speculation and role in pushing change in urban design jfsdigital.org/wp-content/upl
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While judgement is an essential but under discussed quality in product work and design, there are still ways to make decisions less subjective and involve full teams. shares some ways judgement shows up discovery
hey graphic design friends!
A friend is working on a project that needs design help: a toolkit that promotes mental health and well-being for kids by emphasizing the importance of feelings and behaviour. They have a prototype and want to level up to something even better. dm me
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Favourite beach/lake/river less than 2 hours from Toronto?
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Belonging is one of the greatest challenges of our time and its effect on business – especially now – is staggering. We invite all community leaders to join us in exploring the question: "What does it mean to belong at work during a time of uncertainty?" medium.com/shareholdco/wh
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Do you have friends or family that are front line workers? If so, I’m curious if you are changing your Covid protocols or treating them the same as everyone else?
this project is pretty stunning - mass timber, multifamily... mmm
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The Rye Apartments
London, UK
by Tikari Works
Photos: Jack Hobhouse
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" 'Participation' is now deployed as part of a public performance wherein the aesthetics of collaboration signify democratic process, without always providing the real thing." Excellent article by on the politics of urban planning:
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*internally & externally screaming* The Conscious Creative is PRINTED!
Turns out this whole thing is real and I've got a book that launches in a matter of weeks.
Pre-order now and you'll get yours soon! Avails at your fave local bookstore, Indigo, B&N, and Amazon. #WhatToRead
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My post on why I installed COVID Alert app:
1. Privacy risks largely addressed
2. Public health benefits make case it is necessary and proportionate
3. Access still a concern: “reinforces the problems with social inequities that COVID-19 had laid clear”
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Why I Installed the COVID Alert App: ”an independent review has found that the privacy risks associated with the app have been addressed and that it is likely to help reduce the spread of the virus. That was reason enough for me to install it.” michaelgeist.ca/2020/08/why-i-
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I'll be on the beach, working on my anthemic song "Personal Stage 2 (forever)" set to the tune of Depeche Mode's Personal Jesus. youtube.com/watch?v=aRWqhF
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We’re hiring a Design Researcher! If you love using qualitative (and quantitative) research to explore new spaces and opportunities, apply to join our team! #tech #designthinking #startupjobs buff.ly/3eXXdlo
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Hey Learning Designers! Really cool opportunity with who work with Arctic communities in Canada smalleconomyworks.com/jobs
for your consideration: the key "influencers" of design thinking
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A few links mentioned:
1. THE CHARACTERISTICS OF WHITE SUPREMACY CULTURE - showingupforracialjustice.org/white-supremac
2. On Design Thinking by - nplusonemag.com/issue-35/revie
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