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Michael Kibedi

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👊🏾💥 critical technologist // design researcher // 📨 writes First & Fifteenth // 🦆 birdwatcher // 🍽️ collects menus (no, really) // 🔗 https://linktr.ee/uxmichaelco // 🌐 uxmichael.co

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Michael Kibedi @uxmichael.co · 10d

Human Decentred Design (2025 edition): A trilogy in four parts, presented at @contentrising.bsky.social earlier this year at @rbgkew.bsky.social in Wakehurst. 🍃 💚

www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTlz...

#FirstAndFifteenth #ContentRising #uxmichaelco

Human decentred design | Michael Kibedi

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Michael Kibedi @uxmichael.co · 8m

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Michael Kibedi @uxmichael.co · 1h

One more thing... if you like the expanse of topics told from multiple perspectives, encouraging inclusion in equal parts on and off stage, free from corporate capture and AI obsessives, come to @ffconf.org which is on Friday 14 November in sunny Brighton! 👉🏾 2025.ffconf.org #WDC2025 #ffconf

Luke Murphy of Bristol's Web Dev Conf, presenting a slide showing the full lineup of ffconf in Brighton, which will be on Friday 14 November.

Michael Kibedi @uxmichael.co · 1h

@jhey.dev closed the day. Have you ever used a website and come away with a quiet satisfaction you can't quite name? The little transitions, the springiness of a button. It's because of people like Jhey spending hours pushing web code to the limits of what it can do. 🌟 #WDC2025

Jhey Tompkins introducing his talk at Bristol's Web Dev Conf which will probably teach you more about design, engineering and the marrying of the two than most courses, bootcamps, or books. Seriously.

Michael Kibedi @uxmichael.co · 1h

@remysharp.com of @ffconf.org next, and he gave us an intro to how we can fix a broken GameBoy (or 200). We obsess over shiny new things too much. There are lots of unshiny older things that can still work. We are probably better at fixing things than we imagine. 👾

Remy Sharp presenting at Bristol's Web Dev Conf on how he got into fixing Gameboys with a few simple tools, and a bit of patience. A mindful hobby that is also a parable for how we should all make do and mend more, in an industry urging to buy the shinier marginally better thing that we probably don't need.

Michael Kibedi @uxmichael.co · 1h

@whitep4nth3r.com I REALLY like what you did there. In "An Introduction to the World Wide Web for Very Senior Programmers", Salma told us the story of the future of the internet, told from the past, about the present. Dammit, I was so deep in your story I only remembered to take a photo at the end!

Salma Alam-Naylor presenting at Bristol's Web Dev Conf. The slide shown is the final one showing Salma's various web links and project pages, gloriously rendered in the classic Netscape browser in Times New Roman, reminiscent of the early 90's web.

Michael Kibedi @uxmichael.co · 1h

@scott.is had a blistering quickfire talk that crammed more wisdom and common sense in 15 minutes than I've taken from most all day events of recent years. I forgot to take any photos but I clearly remember: DESIGNERS, learn to code. DEVELOPERS, learn to design. Both of you: LEARN TO COLLABORATE. 🙌🏾

Michael Kibedi @uxmichael.co · 1h

@loftio.co.uk guided us through a masterclass on Design for Developers. Design isn't easy. It isn't just words and text. Lex gave us some important cheatcodes to avoid making really horrible design mistakes. Also, s/o to you for being a proud Comic Sans evangelist!

Lex Lofthouse presenting a masterclass in Design for Developers at Bristol's Web Dev Conf. The slide shows is a bright turquoise background with some commonly used symbols: heart, rotating arrow, question mark in a circle, which are all highlighted as common ambiguous icons we should always label.

Michael Kibedi @uxmichael.co · 1h

Next up, @strange.website who presented a poetic tale of how we can win back the soul of the internet. As someone deeply invested in communicating online, it made me question how much longer I let private corporatised platforms mediate the relations I seek to nurture online. So much to delve into. 👨🏾‍💻

Henry Desroches, a creative design engineer, presenting at Bristol's Web Dev Conf. On screen is a black slide with giant white san serif letters "THAT'S PERSONAL WEBSITES BABEY."

Michael Kibedi @uxmichael.co · 1h

First up was Tey Bannerman urging us to keep hold of the creative passions that energise us; to find balance in the things that give us joy. In short: Do that project. Release it to the world. Spend time doing hobbies away from your screen. 👏🏾https://teybannerman.com/ #WDC2025

Tey Bannerman speaking at Bristol's Web Dev Conf, impeccably dressed in high-waisted straight leg white trousers, white short sleeved shirt and dark green tank top presenting important life lessons on finding balance between joy and discipline in work to reignite your passion for creativity.

Michael Kibedi @uxmichael.co · 1h

What a day @webdevconf.com #WDC2025 #uxmichaelco

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henry ✷ @strange.website · 23h

some fairly twisted examples of AI actors in the "grief tech" space

electric talk so far from @uxmichael.co

Michael Kibedi giving a talk on stage. The screen behind him shows examples of companies that use AI to resurrect sick puppets of dead loves ones

Michael Kibedi @uxmichael.co · 3h

"Death, and how tech forgot about mortality", WDC2025 edition: drive.google.com/file/d/1YWDa...

WDC2025_ Death, and how tech forgot about mortality.pdf

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Michael Kibedi @uxmichael.co · 3h

Thank you @lurkmoophy.bsky.social for being a brilliant host, and to @alexolder.com for bringing us all together for this year's @webdevconf.com 💛🖤

Link to my deck in comments below. 👉🏽

📀 DVD extra: video of my talk at @ffconf.org last year: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fKs...

#WDC2025 #ffconf

Luke Murphy, co-organiser of Bristol's Web Dev Conf, introducing Michael Kibedi and his talk "Death, and how tech forgot about mortality"

Michael Kibedi @uxmichael.co · 2d

me too! an @ffconf.org reunion! 🙌🏾

Michael Kibedi @uxmichael.co · 2d

@webdevconf.com forgot to tag you in the original post! 🤦🏾

Michael Kibedi @uxmichael.co · 2d

This Friday. Bristol. There still a few tickets left 🏃🏾💨

My talk? “Death, and how tech forgot about mortality”

webdevconf.com

WDC2025 - October 10 2025, Watershed, Bristol, UK

WDC is the web conference based in Bristol, taking place in autumn each year. With great speakers and attendees alike.

Michael Kibedi @uxmichael.co · 10d

Thank you Rowenna! Oh and this paper… 👌🏾 I feel like I’m going to disappear into a research rabbit hole 🙌🏾

Michael Kibedi @uxmichael.co · 10d

Human Decentred Design (2025 edition): A trilogy in four parts, presented at @contentrising.bsky.social earlier this year at @rbgkew.bsky.social in Wakehurst. 🍃 💚

www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTlz...

#FirstAndFifteenth #ContentRising #uxmichaelco

Human decentred design | Michael Kibedi

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Michael Kibedi @uxmichael.co · 11d

nouvelle arrivée dans ma bibliothèque: APOCALYPSE NERDS écrite par @nastasiahadjadji.bsky.social et @oliviertesquet.bsky.social publié par @divergences.bsky.social

#FirstAndFifteenth #PremierEtQuinzième #uxmichaelco #CriticalAI

Top-down photo of a critical technology non-fiction book published in French by éditions divergences, on plain white table, called APOCALYPSE NERDS by Nastasia Hadjadji and Olivier Tesquet. The book has plain bright yellow cover with both the title and authors in large text and the rest of the cover taken up with a blurb in French.

Michael Kibedi @uxmichael.co · 23d

Throwback and reminiscing The Conference, Malmö in 2024: Human Decentred Design, 15 minutes.

#HumanDecentredDesign #uxmichaelco #CriticalAI

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Michael Kibedi, a tall Black man wearing a rather fetching yellow black and white striped sleeveless knitted top, onstage at The Conference 2024, delivering a talk in the cavernous Slaghuset venue space in Malmö. It was a two day conference and, I've got to be honest, a career highlight. It was such a vibe!

Michael Kibedi @uxmichael.co · 27d

Thank you @klingebeil.bsky.social for introducing me to HYPE: A Critical Field Guide. 🙌🏾

This will be a very useful pocket-sized reference as I begin to navigate @hypestudies.bsky.social

johannesklingebiel.de/portfolio/a-...

A POV shot showing a hand holding a small passport sized self-published booklet called HYPE: A critical field guide by the German design researcher Johannes Klingebiel.

Michael Kibedi @uxmichael.co · 27d

@hypestudies.bsky.social is/was a conference with a difference. Non-hierarchical, welcoming and stimulating. After party at a cool little club, and many other (serious) memories. 🕺🏾 👨🏾‍💻 #FirstAndFifteenthOnTheRoad #uxmichaelco

Hype Studies party in the Sants neighbourhood of Barcelona, a small club lit with red light and lots of hypers having after hours getting down!

Michael Kibedi @uxmichael.co · Sep 10

Pulling up to @hypestudies.bsky.social at UOC Barcelona #uxmichaelco #TomorrowsEssaysBeingWrittenToday

Photo of a redbrick building that has been newly renovated so that it contains a glass front and modern interior, which is one of the buildings of Universitat Oberta de Catalunya in Barcelona.

Michael Kibedi @uxmichael.co · Sep 7

Friday 10 October, I will be speaking at @webdevconf.com in Bristol.

Tickets and lineup: webdevconf.com

My talk “Death, and how tech forgot about mortality” explores digital existence, archival capture, and the fragility of our technological infrastructures.

#WebDevConf #WDC2025 #uxmichaelco

WDC2025 - October 10 2025, Watershed, Bristol, UK

WDC is the web conference based in Bristol, taking place in autumn each year. With great speakers and attendees alike.

Michael Kibedi @uxmichael.co · Aug 25

I'm doing work in an adjacent are of interest, so I have added quite a few bits. 👌🏾 Many other great papers and resources in here too. Will keep an eye on this!