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Beyond Emotion and Cognition

Luis Abreu
November 02, 2013

Beyond Emotion and Cognition

A talk about ethics and the purpose of our work as creators, presented at UX Camp Brighton (&redux) on January 14th 2014.

Relevant Links:

UX Camp Brighton - http://www.uxcampbrighton.org
You Are Not So Smart - http://youarenotsosmart.com/the-book
How Designers Destroyed The World - https://vimeo.com/68470326
Click Here To Save Everything - http://www.amazon.com/Save-Everything-Click-Here-Technological/dp/1610391381
McGurk Effect - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-lN8vWm3m0
Strip Search Prank Call Scam - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strip_search_prank_call_scam
Emotions in Decision-Making - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emotions_in_decision-making
Subliminal Stimuli - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subliminal_message

Luis Abreu

November 02, 2013
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  1. @lmjabreu "I felt like someone had hit me in the

    stomach with a bat" — Bobbi
  2. @lmjabreu "I'm just glad I live in a state where

    it'd be illegal to fire me, somehow I didn't think through the potential consequences of G+ embedding itself ever deeper into stock Android stuff." — Jane Doe
  3. @lmjabreu “Current Balance” doesn't tell the whole story. Answer the

    question 'how much can I spend now?' — Simple
  4. @lmjabreu "Software developers hold an exceptionally privileged place in society.

    
 …we fervently believe to whom much has been given, much is required." — &yet
  5. @lmjabreu - The data belongs to the user. We …

    have an obligation to protect it and use it responsibly. ! - Data can only be collected with explicit user permission. … ! - User must have a mechanism to disable access and to request that any collected data be deleted. — UP API Documentation
  6. @lmjabreu Nike+ data helps athletes know more - and do

    more.
 
 The Nike+ platform gives select partners access to the real activity data captured by the Nike+ FuelBand and Nike+ Running devices, used by millions of Nike+ users.
  7. @lmjabreu And… we are not or are we? But if

    nothing exists, then surely…
  8. @lmjabreu “[designer] will compromise up to a point but he

    refuses to budge on design principles he knows to be sound. Occasionally he may lose a client, but he rarely loses the client's respect”
 
 — Designing for People by Henry Dreyfuss
  9. @lmjabreu Thanks You Are Not So Smart How Designers Destroyed

    The World Click Here to Save Everything