Takeaways from World Usability Day 2021: Trust, Ethics, and Integrity in Design

Trina Balbe in dark black sweater pauses while speaking about ethics, a brown and green artwork in the background.

For the 17th annual World Usability Day, UX Research and Strategy hosted a panel discussion featuring Morten Rand-Hendricksen, Trina Falbe, and Andy Vitale.

The panel discussion focused on the biggest ethical concerns the UX field faces, how to address ethical challenges in the workplace, and steps organizations can implement to avoid unethical practices.

While there were over three dozen online World Usability Day 2021 events this year, I was interested in attending the panel discussion for multiple reasons:

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3 Ways to Build Trust in Your Website

Trust engraved on a granite park bench, grass and trees in the background.

My friend Jeff posted on Facebook about a new kid-friendly visual search engine, commenting the search engine was launched by Google.

I was intrigued. And wanted to learn more.

Years ago, I worked in my son’s grade school library. Despite restrictions by the school district’s technology department for certain Internet sites, there were always searches that came up with questionable results for our students.

Off I went to explore the new site my friend talked about. Continue reading 3 Ways to Build Trust in Your Website