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What are affordances? An interview with Jenny L. Davis
Social psychologist and technology theorist Jenny L. Davis brings clarity to the question with her affordance framework.
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Vikram Singh
what's the point
of all the work we do? really, be honest.
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Vikram Singh
A diatribe against a mindset
But bear with me, it has to do with how we design technology
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Vikram Singh
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Is it possible to design emancipatory technology?
Why design and technology are constrained in the kinds of options they present.
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Vikram Singh
The best books about tech that *aren't* about tech
...don't read books about tech to learn how to best design and build tech.
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Vikram Singh
We need to un-flatten computation
Cause encoding human relationships in databases is a fraught process...
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Vikram Singh
Can design & tech question modernity?
Design and technology exist under capitalism. How can they challenge their master?
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Vikram Singh
On finding problems for solutions
And how this way of thinking comes about.
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Vikram Singh
The story so far!
A reflection on a story of digital technology, as clarified by philosophy.
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Vikram Singh
More than tools: making meaning from digital stuff
Digital artifacts have meaning only when we interact with them - yet our interactions with them are surprisingly limited.
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Vikram Singh
This newsletter is your memory
We cognitively interweave with digital objects in complex ways. How can designers design for this phenomena?
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Vikram Singh
oh no another client project what do i do
How can philosophy help us describe client and project needs?
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Vikram Singh
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