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Guy Segal @guysegal.com · 5d

We’re back!
In the first episode of season 4, @brownorama.bsky.social joins Design Downtime to talk about his love of board games.

(I’m shocked it took me this long to get to this topic…)

Dan Brown Loves Board Games | Podcast Episode on RSS.com

In the first episode of season 4, Dan Brown joins us to share about his love of hobby board games. He talks about transitioning from games like Monopoly to discovering the more advanced Carcassonne, w...

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Dan Brown @brownorama.bsky.social · 23d

Tylenol people be like:

First they came for the vaccines
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a vaccine...

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Dan Brown @brownorama.bsky.social · Sep 12

In this episode we talk to @cward1e.bsky.social, professor of communications and disinformation expert, about the state of disinformation. She shares insights from her research and outlines a “timeline of toxicity,” describing how online spaces evolved to support insidious disinformation techniques.

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Dan Brown @brownorama.bsky.social · Sep 12

📣📣📣Dropped today: Episode 6️⃣ of Unchecked: The Architecture of #Disinformation with @cward1e.bsky.social

In every episode of Unchecked, we talk to an expert, reflecting on our practice as designers and identifying novel perspectives to bring to our work.

unchecked.buzzsprout.com/2448940/epis...

Episode 6: Disinformation and its consequences, with Prof. Claire Wardle - Unchecked: The architecture of disinformation

SYNOPSISDr. Claire Wardle is a disinformation expert and communications professor at Cornell University. She joins Rachel and Dan to talk about the history of disinformation study, how new technology ...

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Dan Brown @brownorama.bsky.social · Sep 9

Coffee 100%

Dan Brown @brownorama.bsky.social · Sep 9

I am an early bird in a family of night owls AMA

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IAC - Information Architecture Conference @theiaconf.bsky.social · Sep 4

🚨 The #IAC26 Call for Speakers is OPEN! 🚨

We’re seeking talks + poster presenters for the 27th annual Information Architecture Conference.

📅 Deadline: Oct 5, 2025 (PST)
📍 Philly, Apr 14–18, 2026

Submit your talk today 👉 sessionize.com/IAC26
Learn more 👉 linktr.ee/theiaconf

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Dan Brown @brownorama.bsky.social · Sep 4

Gameplay + world building + story are all on point

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Dan Brown @brownorama.bsky.social · Sep 4

An independent video game that was first teased in 2019 is finally dropping tomorrow. They announced the release date two weeks ago, and my 14yo son has spoken of little else. You'd think the messiah was coming.

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Dan Brown @brownorama.bsky.social · Aug 28

Harris Teeter reading the writing on the wall.

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · Aug 28

Besides all the creative solutions people are discussing, there’s one thing everyone can do:

M A S K

Josh Fischman @jfischman.bsky.social · Aug 27

COVID vaccines-which saved 1.4 million lives 2020-2024 (jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...) won't be easy to get now, though the disease still kills 100 people weekly. Today FDA changed approval to cover only senior citizens; kids/adults w/ health problems will have to jump thru unknown hoops.🧪🩺

COVID Vaccines Are Still Saving Lives—But They Will Be Harder to Get This Year

Many questions still surround COVID vaccine access this fall, but here’s what we know so far

www.scientificamerican.com

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Dan Brown @brownorama.bsky.social · Aug 26

The hand behind the back is peak proficiency

Dan Brown @brownorama.bsky.social · Aug 16

“Most transparent administration ever”

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Dan Brown @brownorama.bsky.social · Aug 16

Listen to Unchecked: The Architecture of #Disinformation here, or wherever you get your podcasts

www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BVp...

Episode 5: Disinformation and cognitive bias, with David Dylan Thomas

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Dan Brown @brownorama.bsky.social · Aug 16

In Ep 5 of Unchecked, @rachelprice.bsky.social and I talk to @daviddylanthomas.bsky.social about the role of #cognitivebias in #disinformation.

We discuss the fundamental attribution error, framing effect, and confirmation bias, and how even true information can be misconstrued. Check it out!

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David Dylan Thomas @daviddylanthomas.bsky.social · Aug 15

Had a great time talking to @rachelprice.bsky.social and @brownorama.bsky.social about misinformation on the latest episode of their podcast. Check it out! www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BVp...

Episode 5: Disinformation and cognitive bias, with David Dylan Thomas

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Dan Brown @brownorama.bsky.social · Aug 14

Be honest:

When an LLM tells you that you're brilliant, that your ideas are great, that your insights are smart, how much does it affect you?

Before you answer, allow me to remind you of the Third Person Effect: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third-p...

Third-person effect - Wikipedia

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Dan Brown @brownorama.bsky.social · Aug 13

I don't know if he has, but I'm fairly confident Baltimore's mayor Brandon Scott would.

www.cbsnews.com/baltimore/ne...

Baltimore Mayor Scott rebuts President Trump's remarks on crime in the city, cites record-low violence

Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott dismissed President Trump's description of the city as "so far gone" on crime, saying Baltimore is experiencing its safest period in more than 50 years.

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Dan Brown @brownorama.bsky.social · Aug 13

Just wrote this and I think I found Brown's Paradox of Product IA:

As digital products become more complex, people have even higher expectations about how they can interact with information within those products.

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Dan Brown @brownorama.bsky.social · Aug 13

Love my governor

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Aug 13

Wes Moore on Fox & Friends: "Our National Guards are not trained for this ... we know the missions that they are trained for. Municipal policing is not one of them. If we want to be serious about making people safe, let's actually do the things that make people safe."

Dan Brown @brownorama.bsky.social · Aug 12

New game: Tell your spouse that you learned something cool from ChatGPT and then just repeat something that they've been telling you for years.

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Kyle Soucy @kylesoucy.bsky.social · Jul 31

🎉 One year ago, I launched The UX Consultants Lounge, a podcast about the real, messy, and meaningful work of UX consulting. Twelve months and eleven episodes later, it’s still going strong!

📍 You can find it on your favorite podcast platform or at uxconsultantslounge.com

Podcast covert art featuring pictures of all the guests from Season 1.

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Dan Brown @brownorama.bsky.social · Jul 29

Another day, another patient portal.

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Dan Brown @brownorama.bsky.social · Jul 23

Find the latest episode of Unchecked: The Architecture of Disinformation here, or wherever you get your podcasts:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WX3x...

Episode 4: Disinformation and federal information spaces with Dana Chisnell

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Dan Brown @brownorama.bsky.social · Jul 23

Have you listened to Unchecked, my podcast with @rachelprice.bsky.social about the architecture of disinformation?

In every episode we look at a different information ecosystem, identifying strategies to make our product designs more resilient.

Episode 4 features civic tech legend Dana Chisnell.

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