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Markus Weber

@webermarkus

UX person. Trained psychologist.

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Regarding #Al in #education, there may be a bigger issue than cheating: Students losing their original and unique writing voices - or never finding them.

16.02.2026 12:57 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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OpenAI signs deal with UK to find government uses for its models | OpenAI | The Guardian Wide-ranging agreement with artificial intelligence firm behind ChatGPT comes after similar UK deal with Google

Solution in search of a problem? www.theguardian.com/technology/2... #AI #UX #HCD

24.07.2025 16:27 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Sometimes it seems like the main use case for #AI is writing about it.

23.07.2025 20:19 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

#AI does not β€žhallucinateβ€œ. It does not function properly. Words matter.

11.06.2025 12:14 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

So annoying when #psychology in #UX is regarded as a mere β€œbox of tricks” to sell stuff.

13.03.2025 23:05 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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25 Years of The Sims Turning Players Into Gods - The New York Times As the virtual dollhouse turns 25, the game designer Will Wright explains how The Sims was a sandbox for the American dream.

β€žA long time ago, I decided that game design is applied psychologyβ€œ
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/04/arts/the-sims-25th-anniversary-will-wright.html

This does, of course, not only apply to game design. #UX #design #psychology #games #thesims

20.02.2025 22:41 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Did we already have this yearβ€˜s discussion about whether #UX designers should be able to code?

06.02.2025 19:17 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Related mistake: Only looking at *solutions* when analyzing competing #UX without taking *context* into account. One cannot really assess competitors’ solutions without fully understanding the context (users, goals etc.) that they aim at.

02.02.2025 20:52 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Quote by Douglas Adams: β€œHuman beings, who are almost unique in having t...” Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination t...

β€žHuman beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.β€œ -Douglas Adams

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/96418-human-beings-who-are-almost-unique-in-having-the-ability

28.01.2025 20:55 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Douglas Adams' Technology Rules - Manage By Walking Around Douglas Adams' Technology Rules

β€œWe are stuck with technology when what we really want is just stuff that works.” -Douglas Adams

https://jonathanbecher.com/2014/06/30/douglas-adams-technology-rules/

#UX #usability

27.01.2025 19:42 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

#UX design is not about making people like what you want to sell them.

27.01.2025 19:20 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Life's daily struggles as witnessed in a #playtest.

Player: "This all happens too fast."
Moderator: "What?"
Player: "The world!"

#gamesUR
#UX

27.01.2025 17:25 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

β€žWho are you (really) working for?" - This question can spark all sorts of interesting discussions about #UX professionalsβ€˜ #ethics.

26.01.2025 23:30 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Reminds me of β€žOn the gradual completion of thoughts during speechβ€œ by Heinrich von Kleist spiekermann.com/en/wp-conten...

@uglygame.bsky.social
@niedermeyer.online
@fasterandworse.com

26.01.2025 18:21 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The Swiss Army knife of #UX professionals: Asking β€œWhy?”

26.01.2025 17:48 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Famous last words before a #UX project dies: β€œ(If I were the user) I would…” #UserResearch

16.01.2025 22:13 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

In interviews, users don't answer to your questions, but to what they perceive your questions to be. #userresearch #ux

13.01.2025 19:34 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Trying to understand users without actually observing them is like learning to ride a bike by reading about it. #UX #userresearch

11.01.2025 23:20 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0