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scottjenson

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UX Strategy: Apple System 7, Newton, and Apple Human Interface guidelines. UX Director at Symbian, manager Mobile UX at Google, creative director frog design San Francisco. Head of Product for two startups. Returned to Google to lead the Physical Web in Chrome and explore multiple UX research projects in Android. Left 2024, sort of retired.

mastodon.social: 2017-2022

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scottjenson, to programming
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Web Developer friends, is there a quick way to determine if a web page is using React? I'm hoping I can just pop open the dev console and look for something specific that's a dead giveaway?
#webdev #react

scottjenson, to random
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My evolving list of personal Fediverse rules

  • If I agree, explicitly say so in my reply
  • Don't assume, ask questions first
  • Remember, most people aren't jerks
  • Question the idea, not the person
  • if the reply is very odd, just don't reply... really
  • if the reply is very bad, block liberally, you owe them nothing
davew, to random
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I'm staying away from BlueSky unless it becomes inevitable, and I hope that never happens.

The idea of hooking up with another Jack Dorsey sell-out at this point seems the most ridiculous idea ever.

He made his billions, he sold out to Musk, and now he wants another shot. No. Not unless we have no choice.

scottjenson,
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@davew Given how the works, we're already seeing a wide range of quite varied apps all connecting together. I believe that is technically possible with BlueSky (yes?) buit it appears to be far far behind what is happening with ActivityPub (with apparently less thought to moderation)

My reason for staying is counting on this explosion.

scottjenson,
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@tchambers I realize now I actually meant two things:

  1. Can bluesky join the fediverse?
  2. Could a collection of apps be built on top of bluesky's protocol?

The first is an invitation, the second is a risk

scottjenson,
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@tchambers

Re: #2
Sigh, they appear to be doing it exactly the opposite of Mastodon: make sign up ridiculously easy, then opening up to multiple instances/apps.

As a UX designer, this seems likely to pull in lots of "don't make me think" users. (Assuming they aren't doing anything stupid to drive them away (very few know much about Jack))

scottjenson,
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@quirk @GregCirillo @tchambers "Sign up could be easier" is a reasonable goal that doesn't compromise the goals of Mastodon.

Saying these people "generate content of little value" or forcing them into your process as "a price to pay" is both judgmental and short-sighted.

scottjenson,
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@mjf_pro @quirk @GregCirillo @tchambers "beating them" isn't the issue, it's about making it Mastodon/Fediverse a big tent, allowing people to join easily. BlueSky is taking this seriously. Mastodon is starting to which is good. It likely can do more.

josh, (edited ) to opensource
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Join us in Portland, OR this July for the first annual #FOSSY! :boost_rainbow:

I'm proud to be program chair for the Community: Open Source in Practice track, in collab with @juliaferraioli, @communiteatime, and @alpacaherder.

We're seeking proposals from prospective speakers, covering a wide range of topics: community management, program management, contributor experience, governance, sustainability, succession planning, you name it!

Deadline MAY 18TH ⏰

Learn more: https://2023.fossy.us/pages/tracks/#community

scottjenson,
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@josh @juliaferraioli @communiteatime @alpacaherder
Would a talk on fit? Use the wildcard track?

scottjenson,
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@josh @juliaferraioli @communiteatime @alpacaherder Yes, specifically UX in open source. Not sure I follow, which track are you recommending? And... what is EG?

scottjenson,
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@josh @juliaferraioli @communiteatime @alpacaherder Got it! Thank you

scottjenson, to random
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Interesting development (if it continues)
After my server nearly melted down last year when I published my little rant against Tesla's v11 update (https://jenson.org/tesla/) This has always been a touchy issue in the UX community.

Excited to see some sanity returning
#UXDesign #UX #tesla

https://slate.com/business/2023/04/cars-buttons-touchscreens-vw-porsche-nissan-hyundai.html

scottjenson,
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@eyrea Yeah, I was MAD I had to use voice to make it work. I was moving along at 65mph and really didn't want to have to deal with that! (hence my post ;-)

alcinnz, to random
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A common point of friction in opensource is that we promise people greater influence over the software they choose to use, but then maintainers already overworking themselves often fail to take all the input onboard. This often leaves both camps feeling disillusioned.

But moving past this dynamic is challenging.

And onboarding new help takes special skill that rarely pans out.

I don't what to advise (contributing money or skill helps), so something to be aware of?

scottjenson,
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@alcinnz I've been trying to discuss this for many months now. Unfortunately, calling out the negative examples doesn't work well as someone always calls your definition of 'wrong' and it spins nowhere (Also SOOO many "but not all repos!!" silliness)

What I've been focusing on instead are the repos that are doing great work and are much more inclusive, focusing on the positive. This feels much better and doesn't get any pushback (yay?) yet still makes the point in a more positive way.

scottjenson,
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@lucasgonze @alcinnz These are all very valid points. Why I got involved is that these rules weren't always applied to UX contributors: e.g. the maintainers weren't in sync with UXer's working style and weren't generous to them even though they too were volunteers.

I'm NOT disagreeing with you. Just pointing out the 'being generous' needs to go both ways. For the record, the majority of repos already DO this. It's not a blanket statement but a goal I hope we all can aspire to.

scottjenson,
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@lucasgonze @alcinnz Which is another side of the same argument that @alcinnz and I are making. There is an ARMY of UX people dying to help in systems but feel their is just some odd mismatch that no one can figure out. This is why I've given 3 talks on this at FOSSBack, trying to get maintainers to understand how to reach out to UX folk (and for UX folk work better in these environments) Many positive examples, but it feels like there is a lot left to do.

scottjenson,
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@alcinnz @lucasgonze if I had a nickel for every maintainer that asked me to "fix the icons"...

scottjenson,
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@lucasgonze @alcinnz This is an important insight. I have to assume engineering projects like "reduce tech debt" have a similar challenge. How do OSS projects address this? Are there any good examples of them successfully tackling big picture work?

scottjenson,
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@vertigo @lucasgonze @alcinnz This is where were are:

Maintainers are overworked and have to deal with a small number of complete idiots. It's exhausting.

Contributors are exhausted trying to figure out how to contribute, defend and land a change.

The point of my talks (so far) has been to avoid laying blame at either side but to talk about ways to fix this, e.g. better contributor guidelines, suggested starter problems, keywords for issues (eg. ) , Do/Don't lists, and likely much more

scottjenson, to random
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Anyone have experience with https://audiopen.ai/ ?

As someone that likes to go on 'thinking walks', I frequently take short audio notes with Google Keep. It transcribes them into text but what I get is a bit jumbled and messy.

AudioPen let's me ramble into the mic for several minutes, pausing and rephrasing yet it still manages to produce a clean summary. This feels like a proper use case for #chatgpt ! I've been very impressed so far. Looking for any others comments on the tech.

alcinnz, to random
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I've seen other terms, but I use the label "fossbro" to refer to a set of toxic attitudes which through their vocalness defines the software freedom movement to those outside it.

Comprising:

  • Ableism, thinking everyone should have the skills & desire to modify their software.
  • Entitlement, thinking they're the entirety of the community a FOSS project may wish to serve. Harassing you if you e.g. reduce the visibility of configuration options.

1/2

scottjenson,
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@alcinnz I agree with some of the replies that this could cut the wrong way (over labeling) but at the same time, I've clearly seen this (lightly) when I've tried to contribute (or even post here) e.g:

  • UX "dumbs down" products
  • UX is mostly "capitalist bullshit"
  • If I like it, it's a good enough UX

I don't want to overuse your word but the common thread in both our uses is hubris, an overly confident mindset that dismisses other points of view without discussion.

scottjenson,
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@alcinnz I'll be using the term #FOSSBro as I want the #FOSS community to discuss this type of negative behavior.

But to be clear, I'll never use this term towards any one person as that is just as bad! I'm not here for a fight.

The FOSS community should be talking about it's culture and what it wants to see more of. Labeling what we don't want is a step in the that direction.

scottjenson, to random
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I get why people are loving #Picard, there is over-the-top fan service in this last season. So... many... in-jokes.

But can we just admit that the plot and overall story telling was just ham-fisted and unoriginal?

Oh no, star fleet is taken over (again)
Oh no, Picard is struggling with his emotions (again)
Oh no, Data has emotions (again)
Oh no, they're all going to die for stupid reasons... sike!

scottjenson, to opensource
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Can I do a reverse #FollowFriday request?

I'm looking for folks discussing the overall quality of open source software, either from the product, privacy, or design perspective. Any recommendations? Thank you in advance
#ux #uxdesign #privacy #ProductManagement #foss #OpenSource

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