A talk about ethics and the purpose of our work as creators, presented at UX Camp Brighton (&redux) on January 14th 2014.
Relevant Links:
UX Camp Brighton - http://www.uxcampbrighton.org
You Are Not So Smart - http://youarenotsosmart.com/the-book
How Designers Destroyed The World - https://vimeo.com/68470326
Click Here To Save Everything - http://www.amazon.com/Save-Everything-Click-Here-Technological/dp/1610391381
McGurk Effect - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-lN8vWm3m0
Strip Search Prank Call Scam - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strip_search_prank_call_scam
Emotions in Decision-Making - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emotions_in_decision-making
Subliminal Stimuli - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subliminal_message
33. "I'm just glad I live in a state where it'd be illegal
to fire me, somehow I didn't think through the
potential consequences of G+ embedding itself
ever deeper into stock Android stuff."
— Jane Doe
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39. "Software developers hold an exceptionally
privileged place in society.
…we fervently believe to whom much has been
given, much is required."
— &yet
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42. - The data belongs to the user. We … have an
obligation to protect it and use it responsibly.
!
- Data can only be collected with explicit user
permission. …
!
- User must have a mechanism to disable access
and to request that any collected data be deleted.
— UP API Documentation
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43. Nike+ data helps athletes know more and do more.
The Nike+ platform gives select partners
access to the real activity data captured by
the Nike+ FuelBand and Nike+ Running
devices, used by millions of Nike+ users.
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87. “[designer] will compromise up to a point but
he refuses to budge on design principles he
knows to be sound. Occasionally he may lose a
client, but he rarely loses the client's respect”
— Designing for People by Henry Dreyfuss
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88. Hope that doesn't come out
as too unattainable but as
something you can act upon.
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89. Thanks
You Are Not So Smart
How Designers Destroyed The World
Click Here to Save Everything
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