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📊 New post! Diving into FinTech 💰 and how it's revolutionizing finance for college students 🎓. From investing apps 📱 to digital banking 🏦, tech is making finance more accessible.

Full analysis: https://investing100blog.wordpress.com/2025/12/05/fintech-100-in-depth-analysis-of-financial-technology/

#FinTech #PersonalFinance #Investing #CollegeStudents #FinancialLiteracy
Read the full analysis: https://investing100blog.wordpress.com/2025/12/05/fintech-100-in-depth-analysis-of-financial-technology/

FinTech 100: In-Depth Analysis of Financial Technology

Photo taken by Clay Banks. It’s finals week, which means a lot of you are surviving on instant ramen and whatever energy drink caught your eye when you got groceries a week ago. At this point, you …

Investing 100

Tyler Quinn Dec 8

CTPeyton Dec 6

For my final post of the year, I will attempt to find out if anxiety really does have a cure or it is an eternal burden that people can only OVERCOME!!
Enjoy and thank you for the support!

https://ctpeyton72a8c91032-xvlie.wordpress.com/2025/12/06/does-anxiety-have-a-cure/

Does Anxiety Have A Cure?

By: Chaison Peyton Throughout my time writing articles, I have tackled the forms, origins, and disorders included in anxiety, all of which revealed the negativity it brings onto a person’s life. I’…

Here It Comes

Tyler Quinn Dec 8

Vision Beyond Sight Dec 5

"A Hazard: Why We Want Inclusion" A stark look at how lack of access turns a day of adventure into a painful reminder of exclusion, and a call to build spaces where everyone belongs. https://visionbeyondsightwpu.wordpress.com/2025/12/04/a-hazard-why-we-want-inclusion/
#com311 #BlindMatters #InclusionMatters #disabilityRights #accessibiltyForAll

A Hazard: Why We Want Inclusion

Published by: Danielle Chemae The sun had long settled over Orlando when I touched down, my first time ever on an airplane, heart racing with equal parts excitement and nerves. To my relief, every …

Vision Beyond Sight

Tyler Quinn Dec 8

Designing For Humans Dec 3

🤖 I just dropped a new blog post about designing with AI, because apparently the robots have moved from “tools” to “coworkers who never take lunch breaks.”

If you’ve ever wondered whether your Figma file is silently judging you… this one’s for you.

🔋 Read the full post: https://designingforhumans311.wordpress.com/2025/12/03/the-rise-of-human-algorithm-collaboration-what-it-really-means-to-design-with-ai/

#Com311 #UX #Design #AI #GenerativeAI #RobotsArePeopleToo (jk) #HumanCenteredDesign #UxProfessional #UXDesign #UI

The rise of human-algorithm collaboration: What it really means to design with AI

Photo courtesy of Daniel Korpai By Aidan McNeely We aren’t designing for AI. We’re designing with it. The design world is currently in a strange moment. On one hand, it’s never been easier to creat…

Designing For Humans

Tyler Quinn Dec 3

If the budget information of WSFCS overwhelms you check out my latest post about in-person vs virtual school.
#learning, #COM311, #education, #school

https://debtcounty.wordpress.com/2025/12/03/in-person-vs-virtual-school/

In-person vs Virtual School

Image was created by me using Figma Make Going to virtual learning during Covid was the starting point when the County budget started to go because when we went back to in- person learning they hir…

Tyler Quinn Nov 6

Vision Beyond Sight Nov 6

Step beyond sight and into the heart of inclusive dance. In my latest blog, I sit down with ShaLeigh Comerford of ShaLeighDanceWorks to explore how art, activism, and empathy move together.

https://visionbeyondsightwpu.wordpress.com/2025/11/05/illuminating-movement-a-conversation-with-shaleigh-comerford/

#InclusiveArts #DanceWithOutLimits #AccessibilityInMotion #COM311

Illuminating Movement: A Conversation with ShaLeigh Comerford

Published By: Danielle Chemae ShaLeigh Comerford and Danielle Chemae embracing at Envision: The Next Chapter performance. Photo provided by: Shaleigh Dance Works. When you watch a performance by S…

Vision Beyond Sight

Tyler Quinn Nov 6

Designing For Humans Nov 6

🧠 I sat down with Assistant Prof. of UX Design, Jackson Bostian, at William Peace University to talk about what it actually means to "Design for Humans."

Spoiler: it’s not about teaching empathy, it’s about understanding why your users cry when your app crashes.

🖊️ Read the full post:
https://designingforhumans311.wordpress.com/2025/11/06/design-that-empowers-a-qa-with-jackson-bostian-on-designing-for-humans/

#Com311 #HumanCenteredDesign #UX #UXDesign #DesignThinking #UXProfessional #ClassroomInsight

Design That Empowers: A Q&A with Jackson Bostian on “Designing for Humans”

Photo by Aidan McNeely By Aidan McNeely “Designing for humans is my approach to UX design. It’s my approach to all of the work I do,” says Jackson Bostian. Jackson Bostian is an Assistant Professor…

Designing For Humans

Tyler Quinn Nov 6

I had a chance to talk to a teacher that works in the county to get there perspective on WSFCS debit and how it affects within the schools.
#publicshools #com311 #Teaching #EC #teacher
https://debtcounty.wordpress.com/2025/11/06/insight-on-the-budget-from-a-teacher-perspective/

Insight on the Budget from a teacher perspective

The picture was taken by Dylan who is one of her students. I had a chance to interview Mary Quinn who is a teacher that works in Winston Salem Forsyth County School system. She is a special educati…

Tyler Quinn Oct 24

Designing For Humans Oct 23

👻 You don’t need a haunted house to feel fear, just try finding the “cancel subscription” button.

This Halloween, I’m digging into the real horror stories of bad UX: dark patterns, endless scrolls, and manipulative design tricks haunting our favorite apps.

💀 Read the full post:
https://designingforhumans311.wordpress.com/2025/10/22/scary-bad-ux-real-horror-stories-from-everyday-apps/

#com311 #UXDesign #DarkPatterns #BadUX #HumanCenteredDesign #UXNightmares #DesignEthics #HalloweenDesign #UIUX #DeceptiveDesign

Scary bad UX: Real horror stories from everyday apps

Photo courtesy of Hrushi Chavhan By Aidan McNeely You don’t need to be in a haunted house to experience real fear; instead, just try finding the “cancel subscription” button on your favorite stream…

Designing For Humans

Tyler Quinn Oct 24

RE: https://mastodon.social/@VisionBeyondSight/115426119349529031

this article is good on how the Raleigh community supports people that are blind during blindness awareness month.#community #com311 #awareness #blind