NOMADS: The HCI Podcast!
Connie and Sunny, two HCI grad students talk to professionals from diverse and rich backgrounds in the field of Human-Computer Interaction. As you see, we'd like to call ourselves NOMADS as we have been moving from place to place, away from our comfort zones, friends and family not only for opportunities and wisdom, but mainly because we want to make these societies more Equitable, Humane and Accessible through HCI and Technology! While HCI, Design and Tech are considered to be niche and fancy, I think we are responsible to create outreach about what we do and why it matters for all the 7 billion people(in the long run, of course).
NOMADS: The HCI Podcast!
Burnout, Fake News, and Learning, Listening, & Finding Your Voice w/Kian Lavi
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In today's episode of NOMADS: The HCI Podcast, Kian Lavi (Product Designer for Privacy at Facebook) shares his own journey into HCI from building his own UX curriculum at the University of San Diego, California to where he is today. We touch on topics like burnout, fake news, (K-pop?!), and finding your voice and standing up for yourself as a junior designer.
Connect with Kian:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/kianlavi?lang=en
Medium: https://medium.com/@kianlavi
Website: http://kianlavi.com/
Links & Things:
- Don Norman: https://jnd.org/
- "The Design of Everyday Things" book: https://jnd.org/the-design-of-everyday-things-revised-and-expanded-edition/
- Dark UX Patterns: https://darkpatterns.org/
- Facebook and Twitter plan to fight Disinformation: shorturl.at/jlEL1
- WhatsApp and fake news: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/apr/07/whatsapp-to-impose-new-limit-on-forwarding-to-fight-fake-news
- Fake News in K-pop: https://www.papermag.com/k-pop-twitter-clearing-the-searches-2646962493.html?rebelltitem=4#rebelltitem4
- Homeopathy and COVID-19 in India and around the world: https://theprint.in/science/forget-coronavirus-homoeopathy-cant-cure-anything-its-a-placebo-at-best/363174/
- False claims about COVID-19 cure in India: https://bestmediainfo.com/2020/07/asci-investigates-complaints-against-251-ads-in-may-2020/
- Jean Baudrillard https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Baudrillard
About Us:
Sunny and Connie are grad students majoring in Human-Computer Interaction who are passionate about designing experiences to empower people around the world.