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@brownorama.bsky.social

Information Architect @ Curious Squid https://curious-squid.com (ex-EightShapes) Jewish dad • Family cook • Tabletop gamer Podcast: https://unchecked.buzzsprout.com/ Author: https://medium.com/greenonions/books/home Upcoming events: lu.ma/curioussquid

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#nokings bingo: Epstein

18.10.2025 14:23 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Episode 7: Disinformation and climate culture, with Brandon Schauer Podcast Episode · Unchecked: The architecture of disinformation · 10/15/2025 · 56m

Episode 7 of Unchecked, The Architecture of Disinformation features an interview with Brandon Schauer

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u...

17.10.2025 15:46 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Unchecked Episode 7!

@rachelprice.bsky.social and I talk to Brandon Schauer (ex-Adaptive Path and ex-Capital One) about his work on shifting behavior to help with climate change.

🏮🪰 Also, new look for Unchecked, featuring invasive species Spotted Lantern Fly.

Please listen, review, and share!

17.10.2025 14:05 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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Dan Brown Loves Board Games | Podcast Episode on RSS.com In the first episode of season 4, Dan Brown joins us to share about his love of hobby board games. He talks about transitioning from games like Monopoly to discovering the more advanced Carcassonne, w...

We’re back!
In the first episode of season 4, @brownorama.bsky.social joins Design Downtime to talk about his love of board games.

(I’m shocked it took me this long to get to this topic…)

09.10.2025 13:51 — 👍 5    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Tylenol people be like:

First they came for the vaccines
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a vaccine...

21.09.2025 20:27 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

In this episode we talk to @cward1e.bsky.social, professor of communications and disinformation expert, about the state of disinformation. She shares insights from her research and outlines a “timeline of toxicity,” describing how online spaces evolved to support insidious disinformation techniques.

12.09.2025 12:59 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Episode 6: Disinformation and its consequences, with Prof. Claire Wardle - Unchecked: The architecture of disinformation SYNOPSISDr. Claire Wardle is a disinformation expert and communications professor at Cornell University. She joins Rachel and Dan to talk about the history of disinformation study, how new technology ...

📣📣📣Dropped today: Episode 6️⃣ of Unchecked: The Architecture of #Disinformation with @cward1e.bsky.social

In every episode of Unchecked, we talk to an expert, reflecting on our practice as designers and identifying novel perspectives to bring to our work.

unchecked.buzzsprout.com/2448940/epis...

12.09.2025 12:59 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Coffee 100%

09.09.2025 14:08 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I am an early bird in a family of night owls AMA

09.09.2025 13:00 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
Graphic for IAC26 featuring the theme 'Navigating Complexity: Clarity and Understanding with IA.' Bold text reads ‘Speak at IAC26’ alongside photos of diverse speakers and audiences, with the IAC logo.

Graphic for IAC26 featuring the theme 'Navigating Complexity: Clarity and Understanding with IA.' Bold text reads ‘Speak at IAC26’ alongside photos of diverse speakers and audiences, with the IAC logo.

🚨 The #IAC26 Call for Speakers is OPEN! 🚨

We’re seeking talks + poster presenters for the 27th annual Information Architecture Conference.

📅 Deadline: Oct 5, 2025 (PST)
📍 Philly, Apr 14–18, 2026

Submit your talk today 👉 sessionize.com/IAC26
Learn more 👉 linktr.ee/theiaconf

04.09.2025 17:59 — 👍 11    🔁 12    💬 2    📌 4

Gameplay + world building + story are all on point

04.09.2025 11:12 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

An independent video game that was first teased in 2019 is finally dropping tomorrow. They announced the release date two weeks ago, and my 14yo son has spoken of little else. You'd think the messiah was coming.

04.09.2025 02:44 — 👍 8    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Harris Teeter reading the writing on the wall.

28.08.2025 16:57 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Besides all the creative solutions people are discussing, there’s one thing everyone can do:

M A S K

28.08.2025 12:29 — 👍 512    🔁 233    💬 16    📌 4

The hand behind the back is peak proficiency

26.08.2025 15:48 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

“Most transparent administration ever”

16.08.2025 17:02 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Episode 5: Disinformation and cognitive bias, with David Dylan Thomas
YouTube video by Curious Squid Episode 5: Disinformation and cognitive bias, with David Dylan Thomas

Listen to Unchecked: The Architecture of #Disinformation here, or wherever you get your podcasts

www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BVp...

16.08.2025 14:17 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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In Ep 5 of Unchecked, @rachelprice.bsky.social and I talk to @daviddylanthomas.bsky.social about the role of #cognitivebias in #disinformation.

We discuss the fundamental attribution error, framing effect, and confirmation bias, and how even true information can be misconstrued. Check it out!

16.08.2025 14:17 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0
Episode 5: Disinformation and cognitive bias, with David Dylan Thomas
YouTube video by Curious Squid Episode 5: Disinformation and cognitive bias, with David Dylan Thomas

Had a great time talking to @rachelprice.bsky.social and @brownorama.bsky.social about misinformation on the latest episode of their podcast. Check it out! www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BVp...

15.08.2025 17:43 — 👍 3    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
Third-person effect - Wikipedia

Be honest:

When an LLM tells you that you're brilliant, that your ideas are great, that your insights are smart, how much does it affect you?

Before you answer, allow me to remind you of the Third Person Effect: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third-p...

14.08.2025 18:41 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Baltimore Mayor Scott rebuts President Trump's remarks on crime in the city, cites record-low violence Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott dismissed President Trump's description of the city as "so far gone" on crime, saying Baltimore is experiencing its safest period in more than 50 years.

I don't know if he has, but I'm fairly confident Baltimore's mayor Brandon Scott would.

www.cbsnews.com/baltimore/ne...

13.08.2025 20:18 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Just wrote this and I think I found Brown's Paradox of Product IA:

As digital products become more complex, people have even higher expectations about how they can interact with information within those products.

13.08.2025 20:13 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Love my governor

13.08.2025 15:14 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

New game: Tell your spouse that you learned something cool from ChatGPT and then just repeat something that they've been telling you for years.

12.08.2025 21:25 — 👍 11    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0
Podcast covert art featuring pictures of all the guests from Season 1.

Podcast covert art featuring pictures of all the guests from Season 1.

🎉 One year ago, I launched The UX Consultants Lounge, a podcast about the real, messy, and meaningful work of UX consulting. Twelve months and eleven episodes later, it’s still going strong!

📍 You can find it on your favorite podcast platform or at uxconsultantslounge.com

31.07.2025 14:28 — 👍 10    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0

Another day, another patient portal.

29.07.2025 14:01 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Episode 4: Disinformation and federal information spaces with Dana Chisnell
YouTube video by Curious Squid Episode 4: Disinformation and federal information spaces with Dana Chisnell

Find the latest episode of Unchecked: The Architecture of Disinformation here, or wherever you get your podcasts:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WX3x...

23.07.2025 14:41 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Have you listened to Unchecked, my podcast with @rachelprice.bsky.social about the architecture of disinformation?

In every episode we look at a different information ecosystem, identifying strategies to make our product designs more resilient.

Episode 4 features civic tech legend Dana Chisnell.

23.07.2025 14:41 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

So much fun to chat with @kylesoucy.bsky.social about running small consulting firms, and the transition last year from EightShapes to Curious Squid.

Kyle is, no surprise, a great interviewer. She got me to spill a couple of gems and she made it seem effortless!

03.07.2025 13:46 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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STAGGERING: This new study of 133 countries is the first to estimate the impact of all USAID’s work. In 2 decades, it has saved *92M* lives. Current cuts, if not reversed, are forecast to cost up to *14M* lives thru 2030. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

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