Inclusive design; Bezos economy; Social audio
Milk, No Sugar #265
💡Think
Are you familiar with the Dunbar Effect? It’s a theory which places a number on the amount of relationships we can maintain at one time.
5 is apparently our limit for best friends, 15 good friends, 50 friends, and 150 acquaintances. Does this sound about right?
What about as we’re all inside and restricted by digital-only friendships? Have you noticed those numbers change?
I’ve certainly spent less time speaking with previously defined “close friends”, and more time talking with industry peers, which may align with my own goals but also definitely something to note.
What about you – do you talk to the same people you did a year ago?
📷 Look
📖 Read
❶ Inclusive design requires action, not just intention
With 15% of the world falling under the (way too broad) category of “disabled” it’s bonkers that the products we use on a daily basis aren’t set up to allow these people to thrive. As designers, engineers, and makers, we need to collectively step up and ensure that what we’re producing is usable by everyone as a standard rather than an afterthought.
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❷ Bezos swallowed our economy whole
Amazon’s scale is hard to comprehend, but it’s growth during the pandemic is on another scale entirely. The question we need to ask though, is what drives a person to want to own not just one industry, but every industry? If we think about the world’s richest, they typically sit within their lane, but not the B-meister.
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❸ The future of social audio
It’s okay to not know what Clubhouse is yet, we’re all in this together. The audio-only social network is not only booming, but forcing a new industry altogether – social audio. So in order for us all to feel a little less left out, this article take a strong look at what it means, why we’ll use it, and what’s in store for us.
🎧 Listen
Creating accountable trusting relationships
This one is with Bumble’s head of product design, Lara Mendonça, and she offers so much value it’s difficult to summarise. The podcast isn’t about design, more about the way we approach work and our relationships in that space. How can we have more effective working relationships, and why should we seek them?
Listen to this podcast (48 minutes)
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Have a great week,
Luis Ouriach
@disco_lu