HCI/UX PhD Researcher @YouTube | Founder of @postmodernform | Alum & Board member of @FIRSTweets | Peacefully a geek & a nerd | Opinions my own
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PM in SF: Product Manager
PM in LA: Production Manager
PM in NYC: Portfolio Manager
PM in DC: Program Manager
PM in Miami: Property Manager
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As a tech lead or eng manager, you so frequently get request from above or from other teams to drop what you are doing and work on this thing they need, *now*.
During my 4 years at Uber after asking these questions, 9 out of 10 times it turned out it wasn't really urgent:
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The most romantic part of Bridgerton was when that guy was like “I read these books and set them aside for you.”
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How YouTube built a better way to connect your TV and phone theverge.com/2022/6/1/231499…
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It takes a monster to kill children. But to watch monsters kill children again and again and do nothing isn’t just insanity—it’s inhumanity.
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“If you only wished to be happy, this could be easily accomplished; but we wish to be happier than other people, and this is always difficult, for we believe others to be happier than they are.”
Montesquieu said this 300 years ago. We’re still working on this one.
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Fun little trick in the Sunday New York Times crossword yesterday: the central theme clue was "The better of two sci-fi franchises", and regardless of whether you put Star Wars or Star Trek, the crossing clues worked
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Forever ago I watched a documentary about how computers win in chess. They programmed it not to calculate the “perfect” move, but to choose whatever move lead to more options. I still think about this! There’s no perfect plan. Just move forward and keep your options open.
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Ready to hire PhD students for my new team at TU Berlin working on social cognition in human-robot interaction. Check out the job description here: tub.stellenticket.de/en/offe…
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My team built a UX channel to share out knowledge, and this latest video on inclusive UX research is especially good - check it out! youtu.be/FvxOnS6zB2k
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In this photo from the 8th of August, with Florida stretching south to the horizon, you can see a dramatic difference in how the clouds appear over the landmass as compared to the bodies of water. The clouds actually help you find the land!
