Dominique Joseph

@Clearerworld
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Curious. Always exploring, percolating, connecting ideas. Fan of stuff that works! #ClearCommunication #design #Usability / Vive les comms claires et efficaces!
Dominique JosephNov 4
Sean BootsNov 4
“The bridge to nowhere: Why your ‘Target Architecture' won’t ever deliver” From Dafydd Vaughan: https://dafyddvaughan.uk/blog/2025/the-bridge-to-nowhere-why-your-target-architecture-wont-ever-deliver/ #GCdigital
The bridge to nowhere: Why your ‘Target Architecture' won’t ever deliver

Stop funding fictional target architecture blueprints and start funding empowered, long-lived teams. The traditional, rigid approach is too slow for the age of AI and will never solve your real-world legacy tech problems. It’s time to trade the fiction for empowered teams and clear principles.

Dafydd Vaughan
Show threadDominique JosephNov 4

@sboots
Good read, with lots of insights and a practical way forward!

One of my fave ideas:
‘ … managing technology isn’t like building a bridge. It’s like gardening. You don’t “finish” it. It requires constant tending, pruning, and adaptation to a changing environment.’

Dominique JosephOct 24, 2024
Derek van VlietOct 23, 2024

riding bikes every day until I can’t for some reason, day 1521

#Cycling #BikeTO #Photography #BikeTooter #BikeStreak #Autumn

Dominique JosephOct 24, 2024
Ben WerdmullerOct 24, 2024

Some reflections on the magic and the promise of the early web: https://werd.io/2024/the-web-and-i

#technology #web #netscape

The web and I

I grew up on the web. The web grew up with me.

Werd I/O
Dominique JosephOct 18, 2024
Senator Paula Simons🇨🇦Oct 18, 2024
Happy Persons Day! Here’s my annual reminder of the complicated legal and moral legacy of the Famous 5 - a video I shot during the “high COVID” times of 2020. (Hence the outdoor mask and the very uncut hair.) But I don’t think the message is at all out of date. https://youtu.be/a_HhQP3HoxU?si=3SxCTSwsCH6_O9ly #SenateofCanada #PersonsDay #Famous5 #Alberta #FamousFive #Vriend #LGBQT
Persons Day 2020 greetings from Alberta Sen. Paula Simons

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Show threadDominique JosephOct 17, 2024
@lightweight
@sboots : may interest you!
Dominique JosephOct 16, 2024
Global MuseumOct 15, 2024

On this day in 1893, silent superstar Lillian Gish was born in Springfield, Ohio. In 1988, I wrote to her asking if silent films had actual dialogue written out in the scripts or if there was just a general description of what was being said. This was her remarkable reply.

@StoliarSteve #Silentmovies #LillianGish #letters

Dominique JosephOct 15, 2024
mandy brownOct 15, 2024
I think about this “How to Work Better” mural at least once a week. (“DO ONE THING AT A TIME” and “ACCEPT CHANGE AS INEVITABLE”) https://www.guggenheim.org/articles/checklist/how-to-work-better-making-a-mural-on-houston-street
How to Work Better: Making a Mural on Houston Street | The Guggenheim Museums and Foundation

Peter Fischli and David Weiss’s iconic mural How to Work Better is offering passersby food for thought on New York City’s Houston Street.

The Guggenheim Museums and Foundation
Dominique JosephOct 15, 2024

I first read the phrase ‘Fall in love with the problem, not with a solution’ about 10 years ago, on Twitter.

And as I often think about clear communication (a.k.a. clear writing, modern plain language), it made me wonder what ‘falling in love with the problem’ would look like in that context. That led to intriguing questions… and intriguing bits of answers, too!

You’ll find some of my thoughts in this post:

https://101fragments.wordpress.com/2024/10/08/youre-creating-info-that-people-need-to-understand-and-use-make-it-easy-to-understand-easy-to-use/

Please share with people who could be interested!

You’re creating info that people need to understand and use? Make it easy to understand, easy to use.

I first read the phrase ‘Fall in love with the problem, not with a solution’ about 10 years ago, on Twitter.  And as I often think about clear communication (a.k.a. clear writing, modern plain…

101 fragments
Dominique JosephJun 20, 2024
Emmett MacfarlaneJun 19, 2024
I have spent the last six months serving on the University of Waterloo's Task Force on Free Expression. This was many, many hours of work. The President has released our report. You can find it here (pdf): https://uwaterloo.ca/freedom-of-expression/sites/default/files/uploads/documents/foe-tf-report-20240608final5-final-ua33.pdf