Presenting another installment of a collection of most-highly-recommended articles and websites that shaped my thinking throughout the past few weeks on the following topics: design, research, business, organizational culture, technology, careers, and culture [change] and society.
Design
A panel of UX professionals dish on UX certifications | Elaine Matthias, UX Magazine
An interview with Zeesha Currimbhoy of the Augmented Intelligence team at Evernote | Kristina Hjelsand, Evernote
Design and the Corporation: First Wild, Now Tame? | Grant McCracken, Cultureby
Design and the Corporation: A Reply from Darrel Rhea | Darrel Rhea, Cultureby
Unexamined privilege is the real source of cruelty in Facebook’s “Your Year in Review” | L. Jeffrey Zeldman
Research
10 tips for better survey design | Caroline Jarrett, Rosenfeld Media
Gaining better insights through dyads and triads | James Breeze, UX Magazine
No more no-shows: how to make sure your research participants actually show up | Michael Margolis, Google Ventures
Stop accosting people in coffee shops | Laura Klein, Medium
Building Rapport With Users is Building Rapport With People | Steve Portigal, Portigal Consulting
Soft Skills for UX Researchers | Jane Justice Liebrock, Medium
Business
Benchmarking LinkedIn’s S-1: How 7 Key SaaS Metrics Stack Up | Tomasz Tunguz
Beyond MVP: 10 tips for creating your Minimum Loveable Product | Lawrence McCahill, Medium
Organizational Culture
The End of Bitchy: Addressing Stereotypes of Women at Work | Judith Humphrey, Fast Company
“Do Some Good” and Other Lessons from Practice for a New AAA Code of Ethics | Elizabeth K. Briody and Tracey Meerwarth Pester, American Anthropological Association
Organizational Culture 101: A Practical How-To for Interaction Designers | Sam Ladner, Medium
The Ritual of Lean | Julia Haines, EPIC
How much does corporate culture matter? | Liz Ryan, LinkedIn
Technology
The Sixth Stage of Grief is Retro-Computing | Paul Ford, Medium
Tech Trends 2015 | Frog
The Future of Medicine is in Your Smartphone | Eric Topol, The Wall Street Journal
Careers
If You Don’t Design Your Career, Someone Else Will | Greg McKeown
Where are UX careers headed? | Matthew T. Grant, Aquent
6 questions you should ask about the company’s culture before you accept a job | Meghan Rabbitt, Fast Company
Culture [Change] & Society
The Sociology of Unfollowing on Twitter | Zuleyka Zevallos, The Other Sociologist
Unmournable Bodies | Teju Cole, The New Yorker
Other Posts of Interest that Don’t Quite Fit into the Above Categories but Which I Can’t Not Share
A Skymall Exit Interview | Kira Garcia, The New Yorker
some good stuff . . . thanks