Ich hatte ein bisschen gedacht, dass wir während der #DiWoKiel24#diwokiel und der #btconf mehr Neuanmeldungen bekommen würden. Entweder sind sie alle zur Hauptinstanz gegangen oder der Hype ist tatsächlich vorbei.
@barning Ich hatte gefühlt in diesem Jahr viel mehr Posts zum Hashtag #btconf als jemals zuvor. Ich folge dem hashtag, seit man bei Mastodon Hashtags folgen kann, und die Dichte erinnerte mich tatsächlich ungefähr an das, was ich früher von Twitter gewohnt war.
This video shared by David de Léon in his #btconf talk „The Gentle Art of Design Feedback“ is so so so good. Kids giving valuable design feedback without hurting the criticized ❤️https://youtu.be/E_6PskE3zfQ?si=OCcPz76FHRZeO0g8
Michael Trautmann is reading from "On the Way to New Work" - 7 Stories from a journey that has only just begun.
A quote he just read that stood out to me personally:
> If the ladder is not leaning against the right wall, every step we take just gets us to the wrong place faster.
Stephen R. Covey
Makes me feel validated now, that in my working life I have tried a lot of different bottom rungs.
Time is scarce. We have too much to do. We can't keep up. We can't mindfulness our way out of it.
How would the big creative minds of history have coped in today's time-scarce world? What are today's creative minds doing? Are some of them stuck tweaking buttons?
How can we use AI to reclaim our time? Can we use it to brainstorm ideas? Have we use it to boost our own learning?
Weird WC-based thought about #BTConf - how nice to be at a tech conference so well attended by women that I occasionally have to search for a free cubicle 😆
Not that the search is fun. But it's so nice to see that we're here in force :)
These Dyson taps can get in the sea, though. Terrible UX, hard to understand how they work. They also blow the water on my hands back at my waist area, and makes the edge of the sink all wet.
Sophie Tahran has quite the challenge on her hands, to represent a century-old magazine's branding and voice online.
She mentioned @gretchenmcc's book Because Internet, as it's not so simple just to move the print version word for word online, because the internet has changed the way we use language.
How to do this, while avoiding the "how do you do, fellow kids?" feeling?
Ferdinand Ulrich (@ferdinandulrich or @ferdinandulrich)'s journey to finding the history of digital type pre-postscript started when we spent time with 92 year old Jack Stauffacher at his Greenwood Press in San Francisco.
@laura I particularly liked this character, as one of the personas I could embody to help enact change (more agreeable characters were also suggested!):
Nope, I don't think I can do Oliver Schöndorfer's talk justice.
He artfully weaved between pro and con accessibility stances (and clearly came out on the correct side, of course) - while acknowledging the troubles people have trying to understand and implement accessible design.
There was so much more to this talk, I recommend you go watch the video once it's publicised!
Getting Factfulness (Hans Rosling, RIP) vibes from Stefan Sagmeister's closing talk today.
Negative stories get more traction, seem more true, sound more intelligent. They get shared more, they get more attention.
Taking the long view, life is better than it ever has been. We have great data from the last 200 years to prove it, and Stefan has made some wonderful art that represents it: https://sagmeister.com/work/now-is-better/
The fight for progress is working. We need to keep on fighting.
A couple of impression from day one at @btconf Düsseldorf 2024. Speakers today were Chris Campe, Adrienne Tacke, Oliver Schöndorfer, David de Léon, @maggie and Stefan Sagmeister.
Exhausted, but pretty happy with the results. See y'all tomorrow!
Impressions from day two at @btconf 2024 in Düsseldorf, featuring speakers @laura, Ferdinand Ulrich, Sophie Tahran, Natalya Shelburne, Michael Trautmann and David Thomas. The full gallery will be available in the coming days, so stay tuned!
Thanks @marcthiele for having me! It is always such a pleasure!