John Maeda

Global Head of Design at Automattic, Inc.

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John Maeda: “In reality, design is not that important”
Fast Company - Katharine Schwab
The head of inclusion and computational design at WordPress parent company Automattic thinks that designers should be more like supporting actors to the leading characters at tech companies–the developers
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How To Speak Machine
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Phew. I just finished the final draft for HTSM, or “How To Speak Machine,” so it looks like it’ll get published by the end of this year. I’ve been …
2019 Design In Tech Report
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Cities
A meditation on the open web
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What is the world of the open web like, beyond the walls of dominant social media platforms? How do our experiences of the internet differ depending …
Income Mobility Charts for Girls, Asian-Americans and Other Groups. Or Make Your Own.
The New York Times
Watch men and women of any race grow up in the United States.
Escaping Poverty Requires Almost 20 Years With Nearly Nothing Going Wrong
The Atlantic - Gillian B. White
The MIT economist Peter Temin argues that economic inequality results in two distinct classes. And only one of them has any power. A lot of factors have contributed to American inequality: slavery, economic
Brainstorming
For Designers, Inclusion Can Be a Source of Innovation
Fortune - Robert Horn
Inclusion: It’s a worthy concept to encourage political participation, improve economic policy, and make life fairer in myriad other ways. But in the …
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Watching David Bowie Argue With an Interviewer About the Future of the Internet Is Beautiful
Gizmodo - Matt Novak
In 1999, Davide Bowie sat down for a TV interview with BBC host Jeremy Paxman. Bowie explains that if he were a kid of the 1990s he wouldn’t have …
Personal Data
When Big Data Marketing Becomes Stalking
scientificamerican.com - Kate Crawford
SA Forum is an invited essay from experts on topical issues in science and technology. Many of us now expect our online activities to be recorded and …
Messaging
Automating Asset Creation
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The first thing a child draws looks like a circle. People spontaneously arrange themselves in a circle when they need to observe something close up, …
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Microsoft Excel will now let you snap a picture of a spreadsheet and import it
The Verge - Tom Warren
Microsoft uses AI to boost Excel features Microsoft is adding a very useful feature to its Excel mobile apps for iOS and Android. It allows Excel users to take a photo of a printed data table and convert
Virtual Reality
The history of virtual reality and its role in theatre
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A very brief history of virtual reality Virtual reality has been a trending topic for quite a while. Headsets and cardboards for smartphones have been …