Surprise Maps: Showing the Unexpected – Medium
medium.com/@uwdata/surprise-maps-showing-the-unexpected-e92b67398865In 1977, Jerry Ehman — an astronomer working with the SETI project to seek out alien life — came across an interesting radio signal, one needle in the haystack of all of the electromagnetic signals…
Reflecting on one very, very strange year at Uber — Susan J. Fowler
susanjfowler.com/blog/2017/2/19/reflecting-on-one-very-strange-year-at-uberAs most of you know, I left Uber in December and joined Stripe in January. I've gotten a lot of questions over the past couple of months about why I left and what my time at Uber was like. It's a strange, fascinating, and slightly horrifying story that deserves to be told while it is still fresh in my mind, so here we go.
So You Want to Learn Physics... — Susan J. Fowler
susanjfowler.com/blog/2016/8/13/so-you-want-to-learn-physicsOver the past few years, ever since writing "If Susan Can Learn Physics, So Can You", I've been contacted by people from all backgrounds who are inspired and want to learn physics, but don't know where to start, what to learn, what to read, and how to structure their studies...this post is a condensed version of what I've sent to people who have contacted me over the years, outlining what everyone needs to learn in order to really understand physics.
kamranahmedse/design-patterns-for-humans: Design Patterns for Humans™ - An ultra-simplified explanation
github.com/kamranahmedse/design-patterns-for-humansdesign-patterns-for-humans - Design Patterns for Humans™ - An ultra-simplified explanation
Design for the feedback you want
blog.prototypr.io/design-for-the-feedback-you-want-1a65d58ff74fDetails like colour, copy, and spacing are obvious and easy to point out. If that’s what you want to discuss, then high fidelity mockups work well. But if you’re looking for feedback on the less obvious parts of your design (e.g., how it functions or how a user interacts with it) it might get overlooked.