Brian Pagán (he/they) @brianpagan@social.privacytools.io

“I am supposing, or perhaps only hoping, that our #future may be found in the past’s fugitive moments of #compassion rather than in its solid centuries of warfare.”
- Howard Zinn

We create online accounts all the time, but how many do we ever delete? 🔓

Since each new account leaves us vulnerable to #hacking, here’s @somenerdliam’s simple #security advice for cleaning up your online footprint (via @lornagoulden)

http://d3e.co/od

Too many designers & developers see #accessibility as a burden or think it’s too hard to make accessible websites/apps beautiful. But the standards are nuanced & allow plenty of room for creativity!

@uxmovement busts common #a11y myths (via @svknyc)

http://d3e.co/oc

Note to self: Don’t avoid discomfort, embrace it - that’s what growth feels like.

🙏🏼 #running #mindfulness #nonmonogamy #sobriety #learning

Games like #PokémonGO track you up to 13 times per minute.

@NianticLabs’s CEO: ”...there’s tremendous opportunity for businesses that might want to change the behavior of people to get them to go places...”

#surveillancecapitalism via @PrivacyMaverick

🕵️‍♂️ http://d3e.co/o5

The true value a #UX professional brings to the #design process doesn’t come from tech knowledge, but from humanity-centered skills.

In order for UX to keep evolving, we need to develop our fluency in empathy, storytelling, and ethics. #designhumanism

http://d3e.co/o4

The next time your phone pings you a notification, ask yourself: “Is this trigger serving me, or am I serving it?”

@nireyal invokes @bjfogg’s B=MAT model to explain how to hack external triggers to work for US, not for #BigTech.

📖 #Indisctractable
https://d3e.co/o3

#Empathy is listening with emotion, while #storytelling is speaking with it, and our #ethics tell us what to say.

Teaser for my new blog post about the future of #UX - live (hopefully) next week!

Note to self: every conversation is an opportunity to #learn and be inspired. Stay curious, ask questions, and take notes 📝

This #book was dangerous for me to read before bed, because I kept getting exited to start putting it into action!

📖 https://d3e.co/ny

The #DesignOps Handbook: great, practical, actionable advice by @daveixd, et al. And thank y’all for making it available as #epub 🙏🏼

#Privacy isn’t important to me; I have nothing to hide...

🤔 Yeah? What about your name, photos, phone numbers, age, and occupation? Or those of your kids?

https://d3e.co/nx

"The bitterness of poor quality remains long after the sweetness of low price is forgotten." - Benjamin Franklin

#UX #Design #ROI

Edward @Snowden says of his wife @lsjourneys what I feel about @hesterbruikman:

“She’s so much more than I’ll ever deserve.”

Watch his wonderfully touching interview below ✊🏼❤️🎥

https://d3e.co/nu

“You might think your privacy is safe because you are a nobody... If you weren’t that important, businesses and governments wouldn’t be going to so much trouble to spy on you.”

@carissaveliz on #privacy & the dangers of #surveillancecapitalism

https://d3e.co/nt