digital ethics
I was recently interviewed by Lisa Welchman and Andy Vitale for their Surfacing Podcast [https://www.surfacingpodcast.com/per-axbom], where they "have conversations with the people who design and create experiences for our world." It's such a warm, reflective podcast and I felt really welcome and
digital guidance
I love a good meme and have been looking through many of the different versions of the "Types of Scientific Paper [https://axbom.com/types-of-ai-ethics-paper/]" meme on Twitter. Not a single one I've come across has had an image description in the form of ALT (alternative)
digital ethics
Political philosopher Dr Annette Zimmermann [https://www.annette-zimmermann.com/] published a very piercing cartoon on Twitter [https://twitter.com/drzimmermann/status/1388526687814656004?s=21]. It is a pastiche of the XKCD cartoon Types of Scientific Paper [https://xkcd.com/2456/], and creatively reimagines titles of papers that expose flawed thinking
digital ethics
This week, Apple launched a new physical product aimed at keeping track of your belongings: AirTag [https://www.apple.com/airtag/]. These are small round tiles that you can attach to keys, bags and vehicles, allowing you to see where they are on a map. They also introduce a risk
digital ethics
A chart to help guide moral considerations in the tech space.
newsletter
Balancing what's remote and what's nearby with planetary health When I started working as a web designer at Ericsson in 1998, glocal was a buzzword. "Think global, act local" the managers would exclaim. In essence it asks that we consider the global impact of
digital ethics
Once we recognise digital harm as a form of abuse it becomes clear how the same patterns of victim-blaming that we see in all abusive relationships tend to be repeated.
newsletter
Hey friend, What a year it's been. For many: devastating. For many: healing will take time. And at a time when families come together to share traditional experiences, many won't. The unfamiliar is overwhelming. And exhausting. It's okay — expected even — to feel tired, low-spirited,
surveillance
A rarely talked about field of research, known as keystroke dynamics, involves identifying individuals based on how they type on a keyboard. It's getting better, and also easier for anyone to implement.
digital ethics
Zoom is a nine-year old company with growing pains. When I mention that I don’t use Zoom people tend to respond: “well they’ve fixed all their problems now”. Yes, they started fixing some of the problems they had for nine years after the flood of criticism started… not
digital ethics
My talk from UX Copenhagen earlier this year – First, design no harm –is now online. It’s an emotional talk that takes its start in a story of abuse and the systems that support that abuse. As designers we have the power to abuse, but how aware are we of
surveillance
Many companies, media outlets and bloggers enjoy sharing YouTube videos on their sites. The problem is that YouTube sets a tracking cookie (for marketing purposes) by default. This poses all kinds of problems when it comes to GDPR and the ePrivacy Directive – because generally people have not consented to this