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1. Goodbye engagement vanity metrics

   One thing I’m really enjoying about the Mastodon reading experience is the concealment of a post’s engagement vanity metrics. With the number of Boosts, Favourites, Bookmarks and to some degree replies all hidden at the feed level, I find I focus more on the content.

2. Teaching how to fish

   I spent some of yesterday afternoon teaching my son some very basic principles of HTML and CSS. The delight on his face when he figured out where he was going wrong and fixed a few bugs by himself.

3. How to embrace inclusivity in UX research

   Kelly Erickson gives some useful tips on how to make our research more inclusive.

4. Recipeasly promised to ‘fix’ online recipes. After critics called it theft, the site shut down.

   @timcarman’s very thought provoking article about innovation, copyright, and cultural stories of underrepresented groups.

5. Writing UX Research Objectives — Using S.M.A.R.T. Goals Method

   Edward Beebe-Tron introduces the benefit of setting research objectives using the S.M.A.R.T. goals method.

6. Meet the Robowaiter APIs Serving Us Data

   @mappletons’s beautifully illustrated introduction to APIs.

7. The role of research in Design Systems

   A decent overview of design systems with a slight hintof how research could play it’s part.

8. New book! Dr. Smartphone: An Ethnography of Mobile Phone Repair Shops.

   An absolutely fascinating look at the the culture of mobile phone repair shops. I want this book!

9. What is Accessibility?

   The first of @HugoGiraudel’s 25 accessibility posts from their 2020 A11y Advent Calendar. This post offers a brief overview of what accessibility is.

10. How to pick the right UX research method

    Elisa Baliani shares her research cheat sheet for selecting the right research method and tips for better planning. Mixed methods FTW!