Notes: Anita Borg Sydney Retreat
I don't know what these are but I'm trying to throw out some notebooks before I go home. Transcribing the gold (or not). This will probably make no sense, my notes often make use of doodles and I'm limited in what I can do here.
-> learned C in grad school
Visualisation day2day (Something about picturing where you wanted to be)
Imagine a different type of world
Engineers have an obsession with a broken world - unique eng mindset, really deep frustration w/ creativity
Role changes everything. (Don't think about the role)
Women should create the culture.
Global phenomenon (decreasing women).
Build for tomorrow's world.
If you love what you're doing it's a life balance, not a work life balance.
Patrick Hoffmann
Started out in tech writing/illustration.
Boiling things down to pure form.
Very few designers -> Google Maps.
Loved data, shared the data - no distillation.
Dustbuster feedback.
Personas driven by encounters and experiences, not genetics.
Fuelled by research. Go to a bar "what does this look like?"
Study the workplace environment to improve.
Fishfood - early, small chunks.
Nobody reads linearly and we don't want them too.
Bad usability = poor trust.
Iraq, US government. Sand, sunlight, bad for phones.
3-5 choices, limit cognitive overload.
directed learners vs risk takers.
Follow the user.
Stereotyping, anti-persona.
Do the opposite of what people expect - Apple (create personas, user test).
balancing quantitative with qualitative
be pragmatic - care about users, follow feedback, put them first.
ICI
You are not here because somebody else did something. You're here because you did you. Claim success, take back attributions. You are more than what makes you diverse. The leaders of tomorrow are the people that get [diversity].
Love what you do, then work doesn't feel like work.
Know the woman you want to be, don't necessarily know WHERE you want to be.
Apply for the job you think you're never going to get.
Highlight and contemplate your uniqueness.
Surround yourself with people who want the best for you. Your journey is unique.
Reflect achievements and accomplishments. Projects w/ each employer (list). Personal projects, include OS.
"You've got 10 year olds running around explaining what quicksort is" - CSUnplugged.
Anything we can do to increase computer literacy in this country is hugely positive.