Michael Kibedi

Michael Kibedi

@uxmichael.co

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

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Michael Kibedi
@uxmichael.co

Dropping off a summer beach read. 🏖️ F&F Fiction reviews Perfection by Vincenzo Latronico, published by @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social www.first-and-fifteenth.co/f-f-fiction-... #FirstAndFifteenth #FirstAndFifteenthFiction #uxmichaelco

first-and-fifteenth.coF&F Fiction: PerfectionA dawning realisation settles as I finish reading Vincent Latronico’s Perfection (2025). The novel’s symbiotic protagonists are an emblem of our futile attempts to use our cultivated taste as an exten...
Michael Kibedi
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This one’s special and has been many months in the making. Fifteenth #20: On algorithmically aggravated addiction, with Dr. Romy Gad el Rab www.first-and-fifteenth.co/fifteenth-20... #FirstAndFifteenth #CriticalAI #uxmichaelco

first-and-fifteenth.coFifteenth #20: On algorithmically aggravated addiction, with Dr. Romy Gad el Rab10:20am, and I have already picked up my phone 16 times. I have been awake four hours and have used my phone for an hour and a half. These numbers will only go up as the day progresses. The smartpho...
Michael Kibedi
@uxmichael.co

💥 New review! First no. 17: Research for People Who Think They Would Rather Create by Dirk Vis (with bonus review of BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions) www.first-and-fifteenth.co/first-17-res... #FirstAndFifteenth #BLKNWS #uxmichaelco

first-and-fifteenth.coFirst #17: Research for People Who Think They Would Rather CreateResearch for People Who Think They Would Rather Create is a slender manual written by Dirk Vis — a Dutch lecturer at Willem de Kooning Academy Rotterdam and the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague — who...
Michael Kibedi
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Fifteenth no. 16: On the Men (and sometimes Women) Who Corrupted Hadleyburg. Shady CEOs, Sianne Ngai's Theory of the Gimmick, why gimmicks are natural accessories of the tech industry, and a short story by Mark Twain. Link below. 👇🏾 #FirstAndFifteenth #TheoryOfTheGimmick #uxmichaelco

Michael Kibedi
@uxmichael.co

Distinct “tee-cher, tee-cher, tee-cher” call of a male great tit outside. First sign of spring, courtship, and breeding season. Now hearing a coal tit nearby. Competition is on for this patch of trees! #UKBirding #Birdwatch

Michael Kibedi
@uxmichael.co

Next stop, Scotland! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 I will be delivering a keynote to open day 2 of @uxscotland.bsky.social Wed 10 – Thu 11 June. Over thirty talks, workshops, and case studies across four tracks. Discounts for freelancers. Scholarships also available. uxscotland.net #UXScotland #UXScot #uxmichaelco

uxscotland.netUX ScotlandUX Scotland is a friendly international conference, established in 2013, for people working in UX, UCD, HCD, Service Design, or other digital specialisms
Michael Kibedi
@uxmichael.co

Design Beyond the Human: essays on activism, anthropology, conservation, creative writing, design practice, design theory, economics, education, environment, ethics, history, indigenous knowledge, law, philosophy, poetry, politics, regenerative agriculture, science, sociology and technology.

Michael Kibedi
@uxmichael.co

Couple of weeks to go before I’ll be doing a guest lecture at the RCA for their Design Ethics class, part of the Design Futures masters MDes. 🤗 #RCADesignFutures #DesignFutures #HumanDecentredDesign #uxmichaelco

Michael Kibedi
@uxmichael.co

Nuh-uh-uh, that’s a chalet. Duvet is the word that French people use when they want to go somewhere quickly or express encouragement.

Sybarite@sybarite1913.bsky.social

No beloved, that’s Strangé Duvet is the fancy French house people go to in the winter to sit on bear rugs and drink wine and ski