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Unleash the Ingenuity: 6 Reasons Bartenders are Masters of Human-Centered Design
Bartenders are some of the most creative people in the world when it comes to designing and crafting delicious drinks. Bartending requires a deep understanding of customer needs, preferences, and behaviors – all essential elements of great design. Here are six reasons why bartenders are experts in human-centered design.
Assets-based design as a counter-hegemonic approach to HCI
We can look to what has become known as “third paradigm HCI” for design insights into supporting marginalized communities. In the following pages, we review some of the third-paradigm HCI literature and ask how it can support assets-based design.
PredICTing the Future
Technological visions of the future generally come in one of two flavors. In a utopian dream, technology seamlessly integrates into the fabric of everyday life. On the other end of the spectrum lie visions of dystopia, often centered around the havoc a sentient artificial intelligence can cause when it inevitably determines that humans are our…
Doing theory as an information scholar
Having completed undergraduate work in one of the last four-field anthropology departments, we often say that the four-field approach has one foot firmly planted in the sciences (biology, archaeology) and the other in the humanities (culture, linguistics). Taken together, these four lenses are thought to enable the holistic perspective. Yet, I find myself more skeptical…
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