Brian Pagán (he/they) @brian@pagan.plus

Can #humanity know what happens when we die? Which role does #love play @ work? And what does #spirituality mean to you?
🎥 https://d3e.co/v3

Here's the video of our session with @Utrecht_CM, where I share my perspective & we discusses these questions & more as a group.

Many thanks to @marcelzwiers for inviting me, to @anous for introducing us, and to Vincent van der Velde for the video! 🙏🏼

All design is behavioral design.
Change my mind 😃

#UX #design #BehavioralDesign #EthicalDesign

Gentle rain washes
the friendly warmth of summer
back into our dreams.

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🙏🏼 Thank you @fabrique for the inspiring evening about #empathy & #socialdesign!

The story: a creative team including Froukje Sleeswijk-Visser & Jeroen van Erp used #VR & dialogue to help youths, residents, & city gov to co-design neighborhood improvements in Eindhoven.

My key takeaways:

🙌🏼 For #social change, it’s usually more effective to mobilize the silent majority than to try to ‘turn’ a radicalized minority.

🧭 If you want something done & no one’s doing it, then start it yourself.

🌍 We #designers need to work more holistically, creating systems, rather than just products, services, or experiences.

Thank y’all for inviting me!

@Crazypedia I 💚 your new profile pic! 🖖

The products & services we use can affect our #mentalhealth. Here are @ThePixelPoet’s #design tips for happier #UX🧘🏻‍♀️ https://d3e.co/v2

My Top 5
☑️ Give bulk editing options
🙅🏽 Reduce interruptions & #notifications
🧑🏽‍💻 Human customer support
🌳 Encourage focus & downtime
🙊 Discourage micromanagement

My 2 cents: I prefer to simplify the #UI instead of adding walkthroughs or mini-tutorials. They’re great when people ask for help. But when they appear automatically, they’re just another interruption.

Dieter Rams says “Good design is thorough down to the last detail.” 🔬 Yes! Why?

Because as Ram Dass points out: “We are all affecting the world every moment, whether we mean to or not.” 🔭

Every (#design) decision we make impacts someone else. It’s up to us to make sure that impact helps them, rather than causing them harm.

#UX 💚 #Mindfulness 😃

“The speaking of another person takes the shape of the container of your listening. - @PEBMD
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‘The #listening bowl’ is a profound #empathy insight for me, from The Conversation Factory #podcast. Thank you, @dastillman! 🙏🏼 #NarrativeMedicine

Yay! Just added the video/transcript for my #empathy talk at @Dublin_UX last year.
📺 https://d3e.co/dublinux

Great #UX addresses our deepest human needs. And #CreativeEmpathy for #MeaningfulUX helps us discover those needs.

Go raibh maith agaibh, @PatrickMooney 🙌🏼

Ha! Research by @UniSouthDenmark shows that lo-fi #study beats actually work.
🎧 https://d3e.co/v0

Relaxing #music can boost cognitive performance. It helps me with #work as well, as long as I’m doing something visual, not verbal. For #writing, I prefer quiet.

And you?

The current US/China situation “is very similar to that which existed between powers immediately prior to World Wars I and II...” @RayDalio
📉 https://d3e.co/u-

But, “…people still have #choices that will affect the outcomes.” Let’s choose #empathy or the #BigCycle wins.

Some days, I need to binge eat and watch Star Trek. Today is one of those days. 🍲 🍕🖖🏼