Léonie Watson is an accessibility engineer, W3C director, technology writer, and speaker. She’s director at TetraLogical, a consultancy focused on accessibility for emerging and existing technologies. In this conversation, we focus on the role of accessibility in producing experiences that work better for everybody.Show notesLéonie WatsonLéonie Watson - LinkedInLéonie @tink@front-end.social (@LeonieWatson) / TwitterLéonie Watson (@tink@front-end.social) - Front-End SocialTetraLogicalBlog - TetraLogicalScreen reader - WikipediaShow notes include Amazon affiliate links. We get a small commission for purchases made through these links.

David Rose, entrepreneur and pioneer in ambient computing, discusses SuperSight - enhancing human sight with augmented reality for better decision-making. He explores creating digital twins for yards, AR applications, and design principles for spatial computing.

Marcia Bates is Professor Emerita in UCLA’s Department of Information Studies. Over the course of a long career in both consulting and academia, Dr. Bates produced seminal work in user-centered information system design. Her paper on “berrypicking” as a user search strategy has been widely cited and is considered a foundational text in the field. In this conversation, we discuss search systems.Transcripthttps://theinformed.life/2023/01/01/episode-104-marcia-bates-on-search-systems/Show notesMarcia J. Bates Home PageMarcia J. Bates - WikipediaUCLA Department of Information StudiesThe Design of Browsing and Berrypicking TechniquesSelected Works Of Marcia J. Bates, Volume ISelected Works Of Marcia J. Bates, Volume IISelected Works Of Marcia J. Bates, Volume IIIThe Contemporary Thesaurus of Search Terms and Synonyms: A Guide for Natural Language Computer Searching, Second Edition, by Sarah KnappBoolean algebra - WikipediaCarol Kuhlthau - WikipediaU.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)Show notes include Amazon affiliate links. We get a small commission for purchases made through these links.

Scott Jenson has done strategic UX design work for some of tech’s most important companies, including Apple and Google. Now he’s semi-retired and focused on improving the experience of using open source software. In this conversation, we talk about what’s different about open source, how design can make it better, and how designers can benefit from participating in open source projects.Transcripthttps://theinformed.life/2022/12/18/episode-103-scott-jenson-on-open-source/Show notesScott JensonScott Jenson (@scottjenson@social.coop) - MastodonApple Newton - WikipediaSymbian - WikipediaGoogle ChromeAndroidFrog DesignGitHubUX Showcase - GitLab1984 by George OrwellAAA (video game industry) - WikipediaBlenderLAMP (software bundle) - WikipediaEmacs - WikipediaThe Cathedral and the Bazaar: Musings on Linux and Open Source by an Accidental Revolutionary by Eric S. RaymondExternality - WikipediaHCI Remixed: Reflections on Works That Have Influenced the HCI Community edited by Thomas Erickson and David W. McDonaldEdward TufteThe Paradox of Choice: Why More Is Less by Barry SchwartzInteraction Design Association – IxDAEternal September - WikipediaJeff Jarvis - WikipediaNextdoorElestioPenpotRed HatHome AssistantGhostShow notes include Amazon affiliate links. We get a small commission for purchases made through these links.

Amy Jiménez Márquez is Vice President of Experience Design at Zillow. Previously, she led design teams at Amazon and Compass. In this conversation, we focus on the role of information architecture in managing digital experiences at scale, with a particular focus on research and modeling.Transcripthttps://theinformed.life/2022/12/03/episode-102-amy-jimenez-marquez/Show notesAmy Jiménez Márquez - LinkedInAmy Jiménez Márquez (@amymarquez) / TwitterZillowAmazon AlexaMyers–Briggs Type Indicator - WikipediaSophia PraterObject Oriented UXSophia Prater on Object Oriented UX – The Informed LifeDesigning Connected Content: Plan and Model Digital Products for Today and Tomorrow by Carrie Hane and Mike AthertonConceptual Models: Core to Good Design by Jeff Johnson and Austin HendersonMuralContent management system (CMS) - WikipediaBoxes and ArrowsChristina Wodtke - WikipediaAlesha Arp - LinkedInShow notes include Amazon affiliate links. We get a small commission for purchases made through these links.

Bram Wessel and Gary Carlson are the founders of Factor, an information architecture and experience design consultancy. In this conversation, we discuss their practice of helping organizations gain alignment by defining the information layer that underpins their digital systems.Transcripthttps://theinformed.life/2022/11/20/episode-101-bram-wessel-gary-carlson/Show notesBram Wessel - LinkedInGary Carlson - LinkedInFactorFactor (@factorfirm) - TwitterMobile virtual network operator - WikipediaREIBackcountryCustomer relationship management - WikipediaEnterprise resource planning - WikipediaContent management system - WikipediaProduct information management - WikipediaDigital asset management - WikipediaRosenfeld MediaKMWorld 2022Taxonomy Boot Camp 2022IAC: Information Architecture conferenceShow notes include Amazon affiliate links. We get a small commission for purchases made through these links.

This is episode 100 of The Informed Life podcast. To celebrate, I decided to dedicate it to you, the show’s listeners. So today, I don’t have a guest. Instead, I will answer questions sent by listeners of the show.Transcripthttps://theinformed.life/2022/11/06/episode-100-listener-questions/Show notesIA: WTF? workshopVinish Garg’s question on LinkedInNigel Rawlins’s question on TwitterDigoamaje Refiloe Digoamaye’s question on TwitterRuben Stegbauer’s question on LinkedInGall’s LawRoam ResearchObsidianTechnology adoption lifecycleDALL-EStable DiffusionElicitShow notes include Amazon affiliate links. I get a small commission for purchases made through these links.Listener questions have been lightly edited for clarity. See links to the original questions in the show notes.

Mark Bernstein is chief scientist of Eastgate Systems, Inc. He’s been writing hypertexts and developing hypertext authoring software since the late 1980s. Mark is the creator of Tinderbox and other tools for thinking that “harness the power of the link.” In this conversation, we discuss thinking through connected notes.Show notesMark BernsteinEastgate SystemsTinderboxThe Tinderbox Way, Third Edition by Mark BernsteinTinderbox ForumNAKAKOJI, KumiyoRoger EbertCathy MarshallXerox PARCThe Digital Nature of Gothic by Lars SpuybroekShow notes include Amazon affiliate links. I get a small commission for purchases made through these links.

Alice Albrecht is the founder and CEO of re:collect, a software tool that helps knowledge creators focus and connect. Alice’s background is in cognitive neuroscience and machine learning. In this conversation, we explore how tools for thought such as re:collect can help augment our thinking.Show notesAlice Albrecht (LinkedIn)re:collect@recollect_ai (Twitter)RENDER(); Tools for Thinking conferenceAlice’s re:collect demo at the RENDER() conference (Vimeo)InstapaperPocketObsidianRoam ResearchEveryReadwiseSubstackGPT-3Stable DiffusionShow notes include Amazon affiliate links. I get a small commission for purchases made through these links.

Rob Ashton is a writer who focuses on the science of how the things we read and write influence what we think and do. Rob founded the global learning company Emphasis, and over the last six years, he’s focused on researching the science of reading and writing, ranging from cognitive and social neuroscience to behavioral and neuroeconomics. In this conversation, we discuss how science can make us more effective readers and writers.Show notesRob AshtonEmphasisRob’s Silent Influence courseTali SharotThe span of the effective stimulus during a fixation in reading by George W. McConkie & Keith Rayner SaccadePredictive codingDunning-Kruger effectFamiliarity heuristicAffect heuristicShow notes include Amazon affiliate links. I get a small commission for purchases made through these links.