technique
@thisistechnique.bsky.social
No BS. Just concrete digital design solutions. UX research, strategy, design, & writing. Born in Brooklyn. Principle consultant: stribs.bsky.social
Website: thisistechnique.com
Website: thisistechnique.com
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NEW BOOK 📖🎉 Design for Privacy: Keeping Personal Information Private by Robert Stribley is officially here!
Discover the practice of “privacy by design," and why a book like this is a must-read for designers in the modern age.
Get your copy here: rosenfeldmedia.com/books/design...
Discover the practice of “privacy by design," and why a book like this is a must-read for designers in the modern age.
Get your copy here: rosenfeldmedia.com/books/design...
November 11, 2025 at 1:01 PM
NEW BOOK 📖🎉 Design for Privacy: Keeping Personal Information Private by Robert Stribley is officially here!
Discover the practice of “privacy by design," and why a book like this is a must-read for designers in the modern age.
Get your copy here: rosenfeldmedia.com/books/design...
Discover the practice of “privacy by design," and why a book like this is a must-read for designers in the modern age.
Get your copy here: rosenfeldmedia.com/books/design...
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New from me on an increasingly important topic for everyone: It’s Time to Update Your Threat Model
You may not know it but you have a threat model and it can change overnight. Are you tracking it? What can you do to protect yourself?
Friend link: stribs.medium.com/its-time-to-...
You may not know it but you have a threat model and it can change overnight. Are you tracking it? What can you do to protect yourself?
Friend link: stribs.medium.com/its-time-to-...
It’s Time to Update Your Threat Model
You may not know it but you have a threat model and it can change overnight. Are you tracking it? What can you do to protect yourself?
stribs.medium.com
August 4, 2025 at 8:55 PM
New from me on an increasingly important topic for everyone: It’s Time to Update Your Threat Model
You may not know it but you have a threat model and it can change overnight. Are you tracking it? What can you do to protect yourself?
Friend link: stribs.medium.com/its-time-to-...
You may not know it but you have a threat model and it can change overnight. Are you tracking it? What can you do to protect yourself?
Friend link: stribs.medium.com/its-time-to-...
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New piece from me on how toxic masculinity affects digital design, including why we should add "self-as-user syndrome" to our design vocabulary.
medium.com/@stribs/defa...
medium.com/@stribs/defa...
Default Men & Self-as-User Syndrome: How Toxic Masculinity Affects Design
It may help to state from the outset that, no, “not all” masculinity is “toxic.” “Toxic” is an adjective modifying a noun, so not all versions of that noun require that particular adjective. But…
medium.com
July 31, 2025 at 2:28 PM
New piece from me on how toxic masculinity affects digital design, including why we should add "self-as-user syndrome" to our design vocabulary.
medium.com/@stribs/defa...
medium.com/@stribs/defa...
Technique will be in attendance at RightsCon in Taipei, February 24-27. Hope to see you there! - Robert
February 14, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Technique will be in attendance at RightsCon in Taipei, February 24-27. Hope to see you there! - Robert
I'm excited to announce our partnership with Open Technology Fund's User Experience and Discovery Lab. The Lab provides free user-experience research and design support to internet freedom projects via its partners. If you working on such a tool and could use UX support, reach out for more info.
User Experience & Discovery Lab
Our partners improve the user-experience design of internet freedom technologies.
www.opentech.fund
June 24, 2024 at 11:14 PM
I'm excited to announce our partnership with Open Technology Fund's User Experience and Discovery Lab. The Lab provides free user-experience research and design support to internet freedom projects via its partners. If you working on such a tool and could use UX support, reach out for more info.
Is IA coming for your UX work?
Soon, "AI could simply rebuild Airbnb’s entire website into exactly what you need it to be—surfacing and presenting the information you care about most."
Soon, "AI could simply rebuild Airbnb’s entire website into exactly what you need it to be—surfacing and presenting the information you care about most."
fastcompany.com
www.fastcompany.com
October 30, 2023 at 6:34 PM
Is IA coming for your UX work?
Soon, "AI could simply rebuild Airbnb’s entire website into exactly what you need it to be—surfacing and presenting the information you care about most."
Soon, "AI could simply rebuild Airbnb’s entire website into exactly what you need it to be—surfacing and presenting the information you care about most."
A human being with UX expertise still beats AI at UX audits and it's not even close.
"Testing ChatGPT-4 for ‘UX Audits’ Shows an 80% Error Rate & 14–26% Discoverability Rate"
"Testing ChatGPT-4 for ‘UX Audits’ Shows an 80% Error Rate & 14–26% Discoverability Rate"
Testing ChatGPT-4 for ‘UX Audits’ Shows an 80% Error Rate & 14–26% Discoverability Rate
We tested ChatGPT-4’s ability to do a UX Audit of 12 webpages, and compared it to the results of 6 human UX professionals. GPT-4 had a 20% accuracy rate, 80% error rate, and discovered just 14–26%...
baymard.com
October 20, 2023 at 5:49 PM
A human being with UX expertise still beats AI at UX audits and it's not even close.
"Testing ChatGPT-4 for ‘UX Audits’ Shows an 80% Error Rate & 14–26% Discoverability Rate"
"Testing ChatGPT-4 for ‘UX Audits’ Shows an 80% Error Rate & 14–26% Discoverability Rate"
If you haven't seen Sara Wachter-Boettcher’s excellent (and wildly popular) new piece “Hey designers, they’re gaslighting you,” yet, reward yourself with a read.
Hey designers, they’re gaslighting you.
“Prove your value.” “Justify your presence.” “Demonstrate impact.” Too many organizations have convinced designers that they’re the…
medium.com
October 11, 2023 at 2:35 PM
If you haven't seen Sara Wachter-Boettcher’s excellent (and wildly popular) new piece “Hey designers, they’re gaslighting you,” yet, reward yourself with a read.
[T]he right question is, “Will the user’s current knowledge help them understand how to use what I’m designing?” Current knowledge is the knowledge the user has when they approach the design. It’s the sum of all their previous experiences with relevant products and designs.
– Jared Spool, UIE
– Jared Spool, UIE
Consistency in Design is the Wrong Approach
Current Knowledge is a much better way to think about the problem.
Consistency in design is about making elements uniform—having them look and behave the same way. We often hear designers talk abo...
articles.centercentre.com
October 6, 2023 at 5:59 PM
[T]he right question is, “Will the user’s current knowledge help them understand how to use what I’m designing?” Current knowledge is the knowledge the user has when they approach the design. It’s the sum of all their previous experiences with relevant products and designs.
– Jared Spool, UIE
– Jared Spool, UIE
Technique is a new LLC formed by @stribs.bsky.social.
We focus on concrete, but elegant solutions for user experience research, strategy, design, and writing.
Reach out to learn more about how I can help your business or organization develop effective user experience solutions.
♥️
We focus on concrete, but elegant solutions for user experience research, strategy, design, and writing.
Reach out to learn more about how I can help your business or organization develop effective user experience solutions.
♥️
September 20, 2023 at 11:50 PM
Technique is a new LLC formed by @stribs.bsky.social.
We focus on concrete, but elegant solutions for user experience research, strategy, design, and writing.
Reach out to learn more about how I can help your business or organization develop effective user experience solutions.
♥️
We focus on concrete, but elegant solutions for user experience research, strategy, design, and writing.
Reach out to learn more about how I can help your business or organization develop effective user experience solutions.
♥️