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Tag: human-computer interaction

October 28, 2026 Musings

Talking to AI: Can I say bollocks?

Lately have been using AI to bounce some new ideas around, to think them through, like a sounding board. I then look at it and go: That’s bollocks! Which in and of itself is very useful.

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September 15, 2026 Musings

Spotlit on VIA for the WI’s Eleventy-First Birthday

The WI helped me remember who I am. It showed me what women can do when we come together. Now I want us to bring that collective power to AI so that we don’t repeat the mistakes of technology’s past.

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August 23, 2026 Musings

What Do You Need? From Grassroots AI to HCI Research

A grassroots AI community built around one simple question — “What do you need?” — has led to new research. We all need to be seen and heard. We all matter. The spaces we build outside academia and industry are the real deal. The only deal. They are real life.

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August 18, 2026 Musings

Performative UX: Coding at the Circus in 2026

I am currently coding a small language model (SLM) – basically I am coding some AI to chat to me and use it to demonstrate how AI works – and it should feel fantastic, or it would if all the IDEs were so unnecessarily complicated. UX has ruined coding.

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July 5, 2026 Musings

You Can’t Fall Off: From Social Media Burnout to Buzzing New Designers and AI for ourselves

Well… it happened. Just one week into promoting my AI course and I hit complete social media burnout and spent

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