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Set in stone — the night trolls of software

There are software systems that are notorious for being hated by everyone. Their users hate them. They are hated by the people who pay for…

Nov 12, 2021

Set in stone — the night trolls of software

Nov 12, 2021

5–8 users walk into a usability test…

There’s a well-known truth in usability testing that in order to catch the vast majority of usability issues in a given software you only…

Nov 5, 2021

5–8 users walk into a usability test…

Nov 5, 2021

Mennsk ráðgjöf — fyrsta árið

Það var aldrei planið hjá mér að stofna fyrirtæki. Það var heldur aldrei planið að vera sjálfstætt starfandi, en þegar ég var búin að vera…

Dec 31, 2020

Mennsk ráðgjöf — fyrsta árið

Dec 31, 2020

Occupational health and safety of software

At the advent of the industrial revolution people didn’t even consider the worker when setting up shop, often with catastrophic results…

Sep 16, 2019

Occupational health and safety of software

Sep 16, 2019

Design thinking vs your organization’s culture

Earlier I submitted that design thinking assumes a certain mindset. If the organization’s culture does not foster this mindset, there will…

Feb 15, 2019

Feb 15, 2019

The Culture of Design Thinking

Organizational culture is a way to describe the joint mindset of an organization’s employees. It dictates the way that they behave and…

Feb 7, 2019

The Culture of Design Thinking

Feb 7, 2019

Tending the ego

Members of collaborative teams are expected to check their ego at the door because they cannot be effective collaborators if they are…

Oct 5, 2017

Oct 5, 2017

Check your ego at the door

As much as I loathe impostor syndrome and all the energy it takes away from me (physically and cognitively) I think it is important to…

Oct 5, 2017

Oct 5, 2017

Show your work

The idea that we are impostors is fascinating because it gives insight into the way that we think about how people operate and think.

Oct 5, 2017

Oct 5, 2017

Who in their right mind would read a Medium post by me?

It seemed fitting that my first medium post would be about impostor syndrome. I have been staring at this space for so long convinced that…

Jan 18, 2017

Jan 18, 2017

Magga Dora

Magga Dora

Independent experience design leader with 20 years of experience working with large and small orgs. Puts the psy in computer science. The soft in software.

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