Imran Hussain and Suleman Shahid discuss World Usability Day which is commemorated around the world every year in November. The theme for this year’s event was ‘Design for Good or Evil’.
KEYWORDS
world usability day, usability professionals association, upa, symposium, lums, lahore, pakistan, design, usability, good, bad, evil, three mile island, addiction, apple, screen time, whatsapp, instagram, twitter, facebook, data, scandal, google, protest, drone, ai, defence, military, pentagon, google glasses, privacy, road sign, hospital, medical equipment, injury
LINKS
Design for Good or Evil - World Usability Day 2018 by Imran Hussain https://www.slideshare.net/imranhussain/design-for-good-or-evil-world-usability-day-2018
World Usability Day https://worldusabilityday.org
User Experience Professionals Association (UXPA) (formerly Usability Professionals Association [UPA]) https://uxpa.org
Three Mile Island Accident https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCJbmUGoXXU
The war against Silicon Valley’s evil design https://www.livemint.com/Leisure/rnhiPxzkZBiTeETHEaZWGI/The-war-against-Silicon-Valleys-evil-design.html
How to use Apple’s new Screen Time and App Limits features in iOS 12 https://www.theverge.com/2018/9/17/17870126/ios-12-screen-time-app-limits-downtime-features-how-to-use
Facebook scandal 'hit 87 million users' https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-43649018
Google quietly removes 'don't be evil' preface from code of conduct https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/google-dont-be-evil-code-conduct-removed-alphabet-a8361276.html
Thousands of Google Employees Protest Company's Involvement in Pentagon AI Drone Program https://gizmodo.com/thousands-of-google-employees-protest-companys-involvem-1824988565
Google Glass: is it a threat to our privacy? https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/mar/06/google-glass-threat-to-our-privacy
Bad road sign design - America's 10 Most Confusing Traffic Signs https://jalopnik.com/5044869/americas-10-most-confusing-traffic-signs
Dangerous By Design: How the U.S. Builds Roads That Kill Pedestrians https://usa.streetsblog.org/2011/05/24/dangerous-by-design-how-the-u-s-builds-roads-that-kill-pedestrians/
Road kill https://www.economist.com/united-states/2015/07/04/road-kill
Jeep Grand Cherokees Recalled for Confusing Gear Shifters https://www.morris4x4center.com/blog/jeep-gear-shift-recall/
Scalpel injuries in the operating theatre https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2376008/
Bad Hospital Design Is Making Us Sicker https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/22/well/live/bad-hospital-design-is-making-us-sicker.html
These students redesigned scalpel packaging to prevent injuries https://www.medicaldesignandoutsourcing.com/college-students-redesigned-scalpels/
ABOUT THE HOSTS
Imran Hussain https://twitter.com/imranhussain
Suleman Shahid https://twitter.com/sulemans
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