Digital Wellness in UX Series (Part II): Revisiting and expanding the Nielsen/Norman tiered UX model to build more sociable and responsible experiences
Last week, I took a deep dive and internally reflected on my rich experience over [...]
Jan
Digital Wellness in UX Series (Part I): Something Happened on the Way to Heaven
I have been working in the field of User Experience for two decades now. During [...]
Jan
The Heart of the Matter: How improving EHR usability can be the key to higher quality care, improved patient safety, and a better healthcare system for all
“User-friendly” is a term that comes up increasingly often in the context of Electronic Health [...]
Apr
A Return to Critical Thinking
The well-known journalist and political commentator, Walter Lippman, believed that the general population does not [...]
Apr
Social Media: Harnessing the Power of “Social Objects” and Constructivism
Climbing the Social Ladder Clay Shirky spoke at Harvard Law School two years ago and [...]
Apr
Consumer Psychology: When Will the Villagers Grab Their Pitchforks?
The word “advertising” has a rather benign and practical definition. According to Merriam-Webster, advertising is [...]
Apr
Web Bias: Biased By What We Don’t See
In my past couple of blog posts, I discussed, in considerable depth, the nature of [...]
Mar
Web Bias: Hacks, Hammers, and Hate
Discovering Bias Through Reverse Engineering and Hacking I find it interesting that determining bias in [...]
Mar
Urban Legends: The Biases Inherent in “Authoritative” Sources
One of the first things that Michael Shermer says in his “Baloney Detection Kit” video [...]
Urban Legends: The Nature of Authenticity on the Web
By now, it is cliche to say that the internet has fundamentally changed how we [...]
Mar
Sound Effects on Affect
United by Music Early this morning – 2 am to be exact – most Americans [...]
Mar
A Personal Definition of Critical Thinking
Critical Thinking as a Holistic Practice For almost three weeks now, my new classmates and [...]
Mar
My Introduction…
How Did I End Up Here?? I first discovered the field of Media Psychology and [...]
Mar