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These are small pieces of text and other media, writing in a hurry, left fleeting in my collection of notes.
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Enjoying a cozy Sunday indoors with Lemonade. We took a long walk in the park, where we met Sammie, Maat, and Hovis and Norman. I can tell she’s becoming a little less responsive to my cues, which tells me she’ll be going into heat soon. I’m meeting Erin before Church. I gave myself a nice two-strand twist for the first time. Life is good.
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Liked https://milan.cvitkovic.net/writing/things_youre_allowed_to_do/
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We started watching the fourth season of True Detective (2014-), which seems, so far, like an enticing storyline, great acting, and the firm reminder that Jodie Foster’s ultimate role is as a homicide detective.
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Thanks for providing a quick summary of Cal’s video. Saved me a watch. At first glance, his idea resonates immediately, particularly the concept of the infinite buffer. I suppose it’s not difficult to get lost trying to distinguish this buffer from the cybernetic tools we use to populate it.
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Lemonade and I have reached the stage of dog-human relationship where we trust each other, and I confidently let her off leash at the park. I can’t think of a better way to start the year.
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Me in 2019: “If Anja ever wants to get a dog I will reevaluate our relationship.”
Me in 2024: “Do dogs understand movies especially those featuring dogs?”
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The Omnifocus 4 branding feels like it was created for a demisexual trans non-binary space wolf otherkin named Delivery.
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I edit my biography in a community app for Black professionals. Other people use the flags of their heritage, and I decide to do the same. Which one goes first, π³π± or πΈπΉ? I was born in the Netherlands, and consider myself not Dutch per se but definitely an Amsterdammer. Truth be told, I’ve never been to SΓ£o TomΓ© and Principe, and the parent who hails from there left when he was ten. I wonder, brushing my teeth before bedtime, whether it’s appropriation for me to use the flag. And then I think of all the brown and Black faces I know, doing just the same, and entirely dignified and correct in doing what they do. It’s one of the prices of growing up Black in a white environment: I wonder when I’ll stop feeling like I’m the racist.
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Hey dear Desi, a bit late, but as promised, here are some resources that may be helpful when diving deeper into UX:
- Don’t Make Me Think, The Design of Everyday Things, and 100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People are books most UXers would recommend. In addition, Interaction Design Foundation has a great overview of books.
- The Guide to Design by uxdesign.cc is a great starting point
- Career Foundry has a nice overview of How to become a UX designer
- UX Matters is perhaps my favorite resource on UX topics
- UX Research Field Guide by UserInterviews.com. It focuses purely on research practice, but it’s a comprehensive overview of all things involved in focusing on the U in UX.