Excited that I'll be the closing keynote for UXLX: User Experience Lisbon on 23rd May. The title is "AI vs UX - Fight!" as I can't ever get enough video game references into my talks.
https://www.ux-lx.com/speakers/scott-jenson.html
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I'm looking for any articles written about #AI and #UX. I'm looking for any thoughtful blog posts that give a good perspective on how to think about the problem.
My take is that we're not focusing enough on the human side, we're too enraptured with the tech to understand what we really need.
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I just got my Home Assistant Voice devices in the mail! So excited to try them out!
@homeassistant @madelena
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If your #UX suggestion increases cost, most companies will demand proof that it will boost sales. That's fair. What burns my biscuit is that they have ZERO concern about reducing cost, assuming cost reductions have no impact.
Now, I'm not against cost savings! My point is that 'cutting' doesn't trigger the same "demand proof" requirement that 'increasing' does.
The goal isn't to say "reducing costs is bad" but rather "quality is important". Measure the impact, for both directions.
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Book Lovers!
I just joined BookWyrm and am looking forward to learning how to use it. But I have a rather obvious getting started question: How do I manage having two "fediverse addresses"? (the one you're reading and my new Bookwyrm one)
If I post reviews using my BookWyrm account, I'm assuming no one will see my reviews as, not surprisingly, no one is following that account. Am I missing something obvious? For example, if I wanted to share a book review in BookWyrm, do I just share the link?
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In 2021 I read maybe 4 books. This year I read 27. The difference? I started doing a daily walk while listening to audio books. Two good things at once.
This is especially helpful as I have ADHD and I can just get through audio books so much easier than visual ones.
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I was working on a holiday project, laying it out in Figma and getting frustrated. So I used an LLM, in <1 min, to make this quick/dirty web page to help me along. It wasn't pretty and it didn't even solve the entire problem. But it helped me experiment and move on to another idea. It clearly helped I knew HTML and how to constrain the prompt. LLMs aren't magic, they only amplify what you understand.
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I've played with Elest.io in the past and loved it. Just curious if things have changed much recently
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[#]Cloud #hosting recommendation?
The world of cloud hosting is changing so rapidly. What I'd like is a provider where I could "one-click-install" a range of packages. For example, I'd like to try NextCloud or my own instance of PenPot. I realize not all services will provide a 1-click for EVERYTHING but I'd like one that has a robust set that would allow me to play. This does NOT need to be high performance, this is for personal exploration.
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HTML Friends!
I've been told that sending HTML emails is a "Dark Art" as the HTML parsers are so primitive in email clients. Is that still true? Especially with most people getting their email on their phones these days?
I was given a 'professionally produced' email that was a nightmare of nested elements. It should have just been flexbox.
Is this really still a problem? If so, where does it show up the most?
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Honestly, if I felt like starting a company (and I REALLY don't) it's the perfect time to create a local device that acts as my both my online cloud and assistant. Maybe it's a companion device to Apple/Google Home/Home Assistant. It seems so blindingly obvious I can't believe there aren't 10 companies doing it now.
It will start off a bit geeky andlikely won't be a consumer device initially. Too many barriers to make it interoperate easily.
But things are so moving in that direction.
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It also solves the two biggest issues with #LLMs today: It's just 25 watts so can run without killing the planet. It's also entirely local so all of the data remains on your machine so privacy is preserved.
The remaining issue, ethical training, is being addressed by man of the open source models. I'm hopeful that will also be addressed.
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Well.... things are moving a bit faster than I expected. The Nvidia Jetson mini PC is just $275 and can run most #LLMs today. This is going to start moving very quickly now...
https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/autonomous-machines/embedded-systems/jetson-orin/nano-super-developer-kit/?ncid=so-yout-121792-vt49
https://social.coop/@scottjenson/113647639353540214
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What I so enjoyed about the Finder team was that there was no string utility to remove the middle of the string. They had to write it themselves. It was extra work they just took on. I never heard a peep from them about "implementation complexity".
It's experiences like this that have spoiled me. When I hear over (and over) that UX needs to "work within business goals" I think back to this experience where I just had an idea... and they did it.
Why was it so easy then, and so hard now?
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One of my earliest UX wins was for Mac System 7. The Finder team wanted to truncate files names with '…' if it wouldn’t fit. I argued that too much critical info would be lost and suggested it be in the middle instead. The Finder team loved it and implemented it later that day. They were so easy to work with.
I'd totally forgotten about it until I overheard someone commenting it was an example of Apple's attention to detail. I'd didn't say anything at the time but yeah, that was me ;-)
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I'm active on both BlueSky and Mastodon and I have to say Mastodon, while smaller, is far calmer with far fewer "hot takes". My engagement is still very high and helpful.
There is something here, about crowd size. As a platform grows, the number of hot heads appears to grow even faster.
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Had a meeting with old #UX friends last night at one point I just blurted out "chatbot-itis" as a critique of 95% of the #LLMs concepts we're seeing. We all sadly shook our heads in agreement.
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This album came out 45 years ago yesterday. It was the gateway music to my freshman year. I had never heard anything like it. Being away from home from the first time, from conservative parents, made everything feel like a revolution. I felt guilty and exhilarated at the same time listening to it. It brings back such strong emotions.
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For years now, I've offered free consulting to any hardware company that has a product with buttons. Why? Because most companies don't have a UX department, and bad UX hurts their bottom line. Tiny and inexpensive changes, like a better label or a simple software tweak, could make a substantial difference.
I've written about it here: https://jenson.org/free3/
This isn't a gimmick. I'm lucky to be retired and don't want their money.
This is just me throwing my hat out there one more time...
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Who's on my #FediTree @FediTree
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