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UX consultant, strategist, designer, researcher, writer, speaker, reformed unicorn. I point out your bad design as examples, in hope of improving the world.
Jul 30, 2021 4 tweets 2 min read
So few owners of these multimillion dollar machines pay attention to the registry number I'm always pleased when they do try.

Medevac for Kansas: N911KS Image And they paid the (tiny) fee to transfer from their previous helicopter. Image
Jul 30, 2021 4 tweets 1 min read
Road construction. Sure. Fine.

But stop fucking lying about it.

Don't use ROAD CLOSED TO THRU TRAFFIC when your mean CLOSED. Don't put the first barricades well after there's anyplace to turn and take a detour.

Just weaved through a dead end neighborhood, but Lamar closure in @CityofMissionKS is so late you need to u-turn.
Jul 30, 2021 57 tweets 15 min read
Everyone who likes my detailed heuristic gripes, prepare yourself. Got 4 days of this coming up and, oh the joy of publicly hating things.

It's already, from the onboarding, very very "man, we can do better than this." Image When I get into this, I was gonna loop in who made it in case maybe they care for feedback, but… it’s @Medtronic so I assume they do not care all all.

medtronic.com/covidien/en-us…
Jul 12, 2018 15 tweets 5 min read
Mobile is not desktop. Stop trying to squeeze 1990s Web 1.0 PC paradigms into your mobile app and websites.

Understand how people interact with small, touchscreen devices to design them to work well.

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A good start is reading all about how people really touch and hold phones in this three part summary:

1) uxmatters.com/mt/archives/20…

2) uxmatters.com/mt/archives/20…

3) uxmatters.com/mt/archives/20…