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

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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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Remembering Christopher Schmitt

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Our web community is mourning one of of our own, web designer, author, speaker, and teacher Christopher Schmitt, who died April 10, 2020.

His books, podcasts, conferences, articles, and online events were known to designers, developers, accessibility professionals, user experience specialists, content strategists throughout the web community. Continue reading Remembering Christopher Schmitt