Out of our minds: externalized cognition and UX design

Imagine an app that feels like it thinks along with you, rather than for you. Instead of simple automation, it selectively offloads tasks requiring significant mental effort—the ones that slow you down. That’s a well-known concept in UX called “cognitive offloading,” usually referring to intuitive design of the type that […]

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Leveling up in the DOOM pile that was 2024

2024 was…a learning experience. Every day I learned something, whether I wanted to or not. It was a crash course in elder care, and an object lesson in patience, resilience, and creative problem-solving. It was, and is, a DOOM pile (a pile which you Didn’t Organize, Only Moved) of a […]

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