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Value-Sensitive Design Research: Privacy & Apple’s App Tracking Transparency

Having a technological edge drives innovation amongst start-up companies. More and more firms and businesses are staking their operations on data collection, consumer insights, and AI to build products to improve their services. However, how can businesses identify user privacy as an important value if the value of data collection…

Privacy By Design

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Privacy By Design

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7 Toronto startups on diversity, belonging, and inclusion

So how far have we really come…? Months ago, I attended VentureOut, the first conference for the LGBTQ+ tech community in Toronto. I decided to attend because I was curious about how far we’ve come. How we’ve been able to develop awareness around the hidden frictions that people may experience…

Diversity

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7 Toronto startups on diversity, belonging, and inclusion
7 Toronto startups on diversity, belonging, and inclusion
Diversity

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Dec 3, 2021

Dune (2021) — Movie Review

Cinematography and Direction In terms of cinematography — it was pretty damn good. There were plenty of ultra-wide shots that captured the scale of the worlds that our characters interacted with. It made the world feel big. And the reality is, the world is big — we just don’t feel it in that…

Dune

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Dune (2021) — Movie Review
Dune (2021) — Movie Review
Dune

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Dec 1, 2020

Whereby — A template for better Recruitment

I’m just starting my recruitment process with Whereby for their new User Researcher role, and there’s been a number of really nice features built into their process so far. Here’s an ongoing list :) Posting was made on an industry specific Slack channel. This made it much more accessible to me, than an internal job board! Recruitment FAQ addressed things that allow for a better interview user experience. It also was helpful in revealing bits and pieces of their internal culture. The Visual Learner version by Mark Philips was VERY useful for me and spoke out the ideas better for me. I hope they do more of this.

Recruitment

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Whereby — A template for better Recruitment
Whereby — A template for better Recruitment
Recruitment

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Nov 20, 2020

Participatory Design Pt. 2 — Scandanavian History, Malmö, Activism v Elitism

Participatory Design: A product development methodology attempting to actively involve all stakeholders in the design process to help ensure the result meets their needs. — This is part 2 of a series on participatory design. In this series, I interview leading designers, review design texts, and playfully saunter across disciplines to contribute to the future of design research. You should check out Part One . …

Participatory Design

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Participatory Design Pt. 2 — Scandanavian History, Malmö, Activism v Elitism
Participatory Design Pt. 2 — Scandanavian History, Malmö, Activism v Elitism
Participatory Design

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Published in Bootcamp

·Oct 27, 2020

Participatory Design: Product Development & the Future (Pt 1)

I’m making a bet we’re going to see much more of Participatory Design in the future, as our perspectives shift towards designing more empathetically, holistically, and inclusively. Content Table What is Participatory Design? Benefits of PD Against PD PD for Product Managers and Researchers What is Participatory Design? A product development methodology attempting to actively involve…

Design

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Participatory design: product development & the future
Participatory design: product development & the future
Design

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Jun 26, 2020

What it’s like to live with 95th percentile extraversion

I’ve recently taken a HEXACO personality test, which measures personality across 25 dimensions. I ranked very high — higher than 95% of the population, on ‘social boldness’, an attribute of extraversion. Social Boldness is defined as : “one’s comfort or confidence within a variety of social situations. Low scorers feel…

Psychology

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What it’s like to live with 95th percentile extraversion
What it’s like to live with 95th percentile extraversion
Psychology

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Toronto-based UXR. www.nguyendigital.co

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