Oen Michael Hammonds is an experienced designer, advocate, and lifelong educator. For over three years, Hammonds has been working with cross-functional teams at IBM as their Design Principal. As the lead facilitator, Hammonds has designed across the gamut. From services and advertising to graphic and interaction design, Hammonds collaboratively directs IBM global employee experiences’ creative…
Forget the cubicles!
Whenever the word “workplace” pops up, the first image that comes to your mind might be a company with many square identical cubicles. But the modern workplace can be totally different as many organizations turn to mainly run on digital platforms. Stack is an instant messaging platform that combines chat and emails. According to Christopher…
Devices of the Future
This is how I imagine John Scalzi’s futuristic device looks like + his BrainPal
Self Care for UX Researchers – Vivianne Castillo
Vivianne Castillo is a UX Researcher with more than 8 years of psychology and research experience spanning multiple contexts, cultures, and industries. She has experience working as a UX researcher at Weight Watchers, Google, and Salesforce with a background in counseling and human services. She is also an active writer on multiple platforms like Medium….
The similar patterns in digital applications
Comparing to Slack, there are many similar key points in the “work community” pattern written by Christopher Alexander. In the reading, Christopher suggests that the workspace should contain a mix of jobs, such as desk jobs, craft jobs, and selling. In slack, we are able to create subdivisions(channels) that form different groups. In these Sub-groups,…
Xia Peisu
Xia Peisu, b. 1923 in Chongqing, Sichuan Province, came from a literary family. She is a specialist in computer science and technology. Xia Peisu started attending primary school at the age of four and a half and studied at home under a private tutor for six years, from the age of eight. Her excellent academic…
Hironobu Sakaguchi: From Zero to Game Hero
Hironobu Sakaguchi is a well-known Japanese game designer, producer, writer and former film director. He was born in 1962 in Hitachi, Japan. Although he started out studying to become an electrical engineer while attending Yokohama National University, he decided to drop out in 1983. He then began working for Square, which was part of Denyusha…
