Algorithms
I watched a YouTube tutorial. Now what?
The value of YouTube tutorials for gathering information cannot be overstated, but whether or not it translates to real learning is another story.
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Mental Models
Let go of anchoring bias to build more effective products
How a new app that's challenging existing video calling software reminded me of this potent cognitive bias
Algorithms
1,001 terms for improving AI won’t get us anywhere
An overview of the competing definitions for addressing AI’s challenges
Algorithms
How Netflix's rating system is hurting our documentaries
The Good, The Bad, and Nothing Else
UX
Adding a social layer across the web
Expanding social beyond social media.
UX
Keyword foraging: the key to better search tools
How this new term can help us understand the way people discover things online.
Algorithms
We need more friction in our algorithms
Companies have paid lip service to our digital wellbeing for too long. Now we need to see real change
Personalization didn’t have to suck
In an attempt to peel away from shady data practices, I’ve started using more private browsers, opting out of data sharing on websites, and logging out of my Google account and social media to minimize cross-site tracking. For the most part, the only immediately noticeable thing that has come
The ex-CEO of Waze was preaching to the startup choir
How unchecked confirmation bias can make you betray your own values
Mental Models
Understand COVID media engagement with a simple mental model
How a graph can reveal unexpected patterns in a chaotic situation
Crowdsourcing Opinions
After finishing a book, movie, or game, what do you do? Personally I find myself rushing to the internet and looking up reviews and…
Reading about Creativity… Again
Creativity is one of those subjects that’s been so over-explored from an anecdotal and pseudoscientific perspective that it’s become…