Silvia Maggi

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Designer, Developer, Archiver.

I'm specialised in building accessible and usable products. Curator of the inspiration series and newsletter Design, Digested.

Bilingual in Italian and English. Currently brushing up my French and started to study Swedish.

Photography is my life-long passion. Knitter.

Websitehttps://silviamaggidesign.com/
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LinkedInhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/silviamaggi/
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Silvia MaggiJun 23, 2023
Jochen WoltersJun 23, 2023

Quick addendum to @PavelASamsonov’s thread:

Focus your #UX practice on methodology, not tools!

Adopting a new tool is simple if you have your design workflows down: explore the new tool, understand its limitations and new-to-you possibilities, and map your activities to its feature set — done.

If, in contrast, your process is deeply entangled with one particular tool — regardless of how powerful that tool is! —, and that tool is no longer available, you might just end up back at square one.

Silvia MaggiJun 22, 2023

Design, Digested 45 is out! On this issue:

– Performing Goodness: The rise of ‘ethical theater’ in UX
– What we’ve learned about designing for accessibility from our users
– Swearing and automatic captions
– The good line-height
– Amazon duped millions into enrolling in Prime, US regulator says in lawsuit

#Accessibility #UX #DeceptivePatterns #Ethics

https://silviamaggidesign.com/design-digested/design-digested-45/

Design, Digested 45 — Performing goodness in UX, automatic captions and more - Silvia Maggi

Design, Digested 45. Performing goodness in UX, automatic captions and more

Silvia Maggi
Silvia MaggiJun 14, 2023
Kevin MarksJun 14, 2023
“People are being distorted by very finely trained AIs that figure out how to distract them,” said Berners-Lee… “One of the problems with climate change is getting people to realise it was anthropogenic – created by people. It’s the same problem with social networks – they are manmade. If they are not serving humanity, they can and should be changed,” he said.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/nov/15/tim-berners-lee-world-wide-web-net-neutrality
Tim Berners-Lee on the future of the web: 'The system is failing'

The inventor of the world wide web remains an optimist but sees a ‘nasty wind’ blowing amid concerns over advertising, net neutrality and fake news

The Guardian
Silvia MaggiJun 13, 2023
Mykie Frankenstein 🎃🦇🕸️Jun 13, 2023
Nothing humbles you quite like using a screen reader to test the stuff you built.
Silvia MaggiJun 12, 2023
Simone Silvestroni (M2M)Jun 12, 2023
Super sweet being back in London with @silviamaggi
Show threadSilvia MaggiJun 10, 2023
A travelling firefighter, part of the military body in Italy, had a word with the teenagers and basically risked a beating. He also called the local police, which arrived a little later. Then, when we finally got on our train, other teenagers boarded without tickets and kept running up and down trying to avoid being caught. Also, a woman told the train manager that two boys, who were drinking alcohol were verbally harassing a girl. I've had enough for today.
Show threadSilvia MaggiJun 10, 2023
As a person born and raised in th province, I know that boredom can make some people act dangerously, but this is another level. And these are the children of my generation ffs
Silvia MaggiJun 10, 2023
Saddened and appalled by what I saw today. Waiting for our train, which was delayed, teenagers kept crossing the train tracks, despite warnings and approaching trains. Then threw rocks at the tracks and, when an intercity that wasn't supposed to stop pulverised the rocks, the driver had to break suddenly and get everything checked for security. Because of these reckless actions, platforms were switched, and trains further delayed. I never saw anything like this and don't even feel old saying it
Silvia MaggiJun 8, 2023

@rolle

Hi Roni, the compose box elements (placeholder, icons, letter count) and the username and edit profile link above, have a low colour contrast against the background.

This, plus the lack of borders a few pointed out, is likely going to be less accessible for people with low vision.

It’s a matter of accessibility rather than usability.

@m2m @tchambers @stux @adxlv

Silvia MaggiJun 8, 2023
Luka Prin/ce LucijaJun 8, 2023

I struggle with inner voice suggesting that my blog posts should be more relevant to readers. I wonder how other feel when they're writing an entry.

when you're writing a blog/gemlog/log or public journal entry, you try to make it...

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very relevant to the readers
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somehow relevantan to others
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not necessarily relevant to others
30%
i don't think about relevance at all
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