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Automobile Makers are Trying to Kill Us with Touchscreen Dashboards

Back in 2013 I gave a talk about design usability which included a slide about the then-new Tesla touchscreen dashboard. Everyone was…

3 min readMar 2, 2021

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Hashtag Accessibility, by Everyone for Everyone

I posted about hashtag accessibility on Mastodon and LinkedIn that got a lot of attention. There were so many replies from people who…

6 min readFeb 6, 2023

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Flat 2D illustration of faceless people in front of a collage of computer devices with social posts and a hashtag in bubbles, adjacent to a list of hashtags that read “UXDesign, UIDesign, WebAccessibility”

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What My Father’s Unironic Rampage About The Hulk in a Toy Store Taught Me About UX Design

I think I was six, which would have made my brother four. We were avid fans of The Hulk TV series, starring Lou Ferrigno. My dad, like…

6 min readJul 10, 2019

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What My Father’s Unironic Rampage About The Hulk in a Toy Store Taught Me About UX Design

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My Favorite Records of 2023

2023 brought the world some really spectacular music. Here is a list of my favorites (18 in total).

4 min readJan 2, 2024

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My Favorite Records of 2022

Music is a very significant part of my life. I was a full-time musician for a number of years, with a lot of records and shows under my…

3 min readMar 16, 2023

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Secret Solution to Improve SMS Messaging on macOS

Having an iPhone and a Mac makes for a lot of seamless transitioning between mobile and computer. One of those transitions is with…

2 min readNov 29, 2022

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Three UX Laws to Help IA and Navigation Work Together

The fundamental purpose of information architecture is to help us find information efficiently. This is influenced by how we structure…

4 min readSep 21, 2022

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ESPN’s Simple and Honest UX for Digital Subscriptions

One of the most prominent dark UX patterns is hiding paths to exit doors. Faint unsubscribe links, ambiguous language, and even forcing…

3 min readAug 15, 2022

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Screenshot of a subscription sign-up form on the ESPN website, highlighting language about how to cancel it.

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26 Years in the Making: the Exhumation of Cadaverous Quartet

Following is a story about my six-year journey as a drummer in a death metal band you’ve probably never heard of whose collection of…

7 min readNov 14, 2021

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Usability, Accessibility, and the Clickable Area of Digital Buttons

I want to tell you a story about how the usability and accessibility of a well-designed button can go south, and how you can avoid it with…

4 min readOct 10, 2021

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Two digital buttons, side-by-side, showing comparison of clickable areas, one small with “no thank you” below it and one large with “yes, please” below it

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Mark Wyner

Mark Wyner

Activist, family man, creative professional, technologist, soccer fanatic, meditator, lover, hater, potty mouth, mostly vegan.

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