Trick question, you can't tell them apart, and the asker has their own expectations. UX isn't a field, it's an assortment of stolen practices from actual fields to paper over whatever dysfunctions an organization has, and everyone's "expertise" is biased by that.

Who wants to come hear me blabber about career, life choices, and stuff? ☺️

Austin Design Week (Austin Design Week) is taking 2022 off: austindesignweek.org/blog/important…

I mentioned this in the Lex interview, but it is official now: Keen Technologies, my new AGI company, has raised a $20M round, led by Nat Friedman and Daniel Gross, with Patrick Collison, tobi lutke, Sequoia Capital, Capital Factory ⚙️, and Jim Keller participating.

In Austin! CFP closes mid-September.

You can still register for this Friday’s talk by Naomi Duckworth Naomi Duckworth Join us for free coffee, breakfast tacos, live music and inspiration. creativemornings.com/talks/naomi-du… #CMcritical #CMATX

Watch that talk here: creativemornings.com/talks/sam-kapi…

🗓 Next week! We're excited to host a special author series of our Speaker Stories event! 📚 Join us on October 6 at 4:00 pm PT to sit down with sam / to discuss her new book: Inclusive Design Communities. You can pre-order a copy here: abookapart.com/products/inclu…

“Inclusion means respecting the way people interpret their value within a community.” —sam / abookapart.com/products/inclu…

✩ How do we make sure our communities are designed to welcome all who wish to be a part of them? The answer’s in sam /’s wonderful new book, fresh off the A Book Apart press. abookapart.com/products/inclu… #inclusion #design #community #ux

We have a new podcast episode live with sam /, Senior Product Designer at Netlify, on how to create inclusive spaces within the design community! Take a listen! designtobeconversation.com

How can we build inclusive spaces through everyday allyship? Take a look at @avainie's conversation with sam /, an Austin-based product #designer, speaker, and author of Inclusive Design Communities. bit.ly/3fN5VJT

Loved hearing about sam /'s career journey and learned a ton around design education. Check out our newest episode 👇!

🚨~30 hrs and ~ $7K from goal! This book is a much-needed resource to help amplify the voices of folks we don't normally see in public speaking spaces! Present Yourself: A Public Speaking Book by Women Talk Design on Kickstarter kickstarter.com/projects/women…

Please back this kickstarter! It’s so close. This community provides immense value and supports a diverse range of speakers! I can’t wait to read this book.

This week’s newsletter discusses Inclusive Design Communities, sam /’s great new primer, as well as Shopify’s recent “calendar purge.” What does an inclusive workplace look and feel like? magazine.frontier.is/p/the-daily-st…