#designtwitter your help requested in making (#UR, #design & #ResearchOps &) design a more inclusive place to be! A short thread and call to action👇

A lovely example of your service doing the hard work and making it easier for users.

Thank you for sharing!

Content Design 101

Lots of insight from our design lead on why discovery matters and how we do it at Truss. truss.works/blog/cms-disco…

Something I've learned while in law school is about the social construction of crime. I work in a legal clinic on wage theft cases, where employers have "improperly paid" workers by not paying, paying below min wage, withholding overtime, paid sick time, etc. 1/

Today, my dad cried over the phone, he wanted one week where he could use his computer without my help. He's blind. Each inaccessible webpage tells him, "you aren't welcome in this world." If you don't know whether your website or app is accessible: it's not. Start learning.

The secret of design being useful in many places is not talking about design too much and just getting on with it. I sometimes think we create significant language barriers with job titles, design theory and making people learn a new language for the privilege of working with us

Opt-in and opt-out are still individual consent-based frameworks. They burden the individual to make endless impossible choices based on asymmetrical knowledge, resources, and power. As the digital realm grows, so too will the quantity and complexity of these "choices."

Reminds me of this series medium.com/technically-ju… by amber w-s about the role technology plays, digital access and comfort of those who leave prison.

💯 this!

Can we please popularise the idea of giving your researchers room for a ‘research spike’ the way you would a developer? It’s just as skilled and nuanced a craft to estimate.

And this is why it isn't a good idea to skip research, or have someone else do it who either isn't experienced or is doing another job.

Errors are red Links are blue But don't only rely on color Not everyone sees like you