Matthew Garvin

UX Research, Design, Strategy

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  • Simplicity is Key: best practices for designing a mobile app interface

    Simplicity is Key: best practices for designing a mobile app interface

    Designing a mobile app that is clear and easy to use can be challenging, but it’s crucial to the success of your app. Users expect apps to be intuitive and straightforward, with a clean and organized layout that guides them through the app’s features and functionality. In this blog post, we’ll explore some best practices… Read more

  • Unleash the Ingenuity: 6 Reasons Bartenders are Masters of Human-Centered Design

    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. Read more

  • 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. Read more

  • 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… Read more

  • 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… Read more

  • Special Announcement

    Greetings, If you follow my social media, then you are likely already aware. I’ve known for a few weeks, but I’ve been so busy I didn’t make time to write about it. Considering the announcement, I think it’s going to be important that I make regular contributions to this blog, so let’s start here. It’s… Read more

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