Ambiguity wicked
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Colman
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Jonathon
@jcolman
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Bit.ly/raycats video + slides + text
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Big problem What’s the
in user experience?
They think we’re just
creatives
Oh, But I’m really a
._______!
Oh, But I’m really a
Designer ._______!
Oh, But I’m really a
Developer ._______!
Oh, But I’m really a
Researcher ._______!
Oh, But I’m really a
Information Architect ._______!
Oh, But I’m really a
._______! Content Strategist
Oh, But I’m really a
._______! Creative
creative Designer
Content Strategist Information Architect
Researcher Developer
Our differences
Don’t matter
We’re united against
Ambiguity
Problems Wicked
Problems Wicked
Horst Rittel & Melvin Webber
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John Snow/C.F. Cheffins (Rewardiv at en.wikipedia) [Public domain], from Wikimedia Commons -‐ hNp://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Snow-‐cholera-‐map-‐1.jpg
John Snow/C.F. Cheffins (Rewardiv at en.wikipedia) [Public domain], from Wikimedia Commons -‐ hNp://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Snow-‐cholera-‐map-‐1.jpg
John Snow/C.F. Cheffins (Rewardiv at en.wikipedia) [Public domain], from Wikimedia Commons -‐ hNp://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Snow-‐cholera-‐map-‐1.jpg
Naw, That’s a tame problem
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OMG WHADDA wicked pissaH
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UX wicked problems in
Designing for
Alien beings
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HELLO
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2 + 2 = 4
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EAT AT JOE’S
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Via Wikipedia -‐ hNp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drake_equa<on
𝑁= 𝑅↓∗ ∙ 𝑓↓𝑝 ∙ 𝑛↓𝑒 ∙ 𝑓↓𝑙 ∙ 𝑓↓𝑖 ∙ 𝑓↓𝑐 ∙𝐿 The Drake Equation
Via Wikipedia -‐ hNp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drake_equa<on
𝑁= 𝑅↓∗ ∙ 𝑓↓𝑝 ∙ 𝑛↓𝑒 ∙ 𝑓↓𝑙 ∙ 𝑓↓𝑖 ∙ 𝑓↓𝑐 ∙𝐿 The Drake Equation
Lower bound:
8 x 10-20
Via Wikipedia -‐ hNp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drake_equa<on
Lower bound:
8 x 10-20 Upper bound:
36.4 M
𝑁= 𝑅↓∗ ∙ 𝑓↓𝑝 ∙ 𝑛↓𝑒 ∙ 𝑓↓𝑙 ∙ 𝑓↓𝑖 ∙ 𝑓↓𝑐 ∙𝐿 The Drake Equation
Oona Räisänen; designed by Carl Sagan & Frank Drake; artwork by Linda Salzman Sagan [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons -‐ hNp://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pioneer_plaque.svg
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Carl Sagan
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UX wicked problems in
Designing a warning for
Nuclear Waste
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Half-life:
24,100 years
239 PU
Via hNp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plutonium-‐239 . Photo by Los Alamos Na<onal Laboratory [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons -‐ hNp://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Plutonium_ring.jpg
Half-life:
24,100 years
Via hNp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uranium-‐235 and hNp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plutonium-‐239
239 PU 235 U
Half-life:
24,100 years
Half-life:
703,800,000 years
Via hNp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uranium-‐235 and hNp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plutonium-‐239
239 PU 235 U
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Goal Stop people from
accessing nuclear waste
Strategy Create a message that
lasts for 10,000+ years
Objective 1 Must communicate “this is a message”
Objective 2 Must communicate
“this area is dangerous”
Objective 3 Must communicate
WHY
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Ⓒ Jonathon Colman
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Sandia Na<onal Laboratories, “Expert Judgment on Markers to Deter Inadvertent Human Intrusion into the Waste Isola<on Pilot Plant” (1993) -‐ hNp://prod.sandia.gov/techlib/access-‐control.cgi/1992/921382.pdf
Sandia Na<onal Laboratories, “Expert Judgment on Markers to Deter Inadvertent Human Intrusion into the Waste Isola<on Pilot Plant” (1993) -‐ hNp://prod.sandia.gov/techlib/access-‐control.cgi/1992/921382.pdf
Sandia Na<onal Laboratories, “Expert Judgment on Markers to Deter Inadvertent Human Intrusion into the Waste Isola<on Pilot Plant” (1993) -‐ hNp://prod.sandia.gov/techlib/access-‐control.cgi/1992/921382.pdf
Sandia Na<onal Laboratories, “Expert Judgment on Markers to Deter Inadvertent Human Intrusion into the Waste Isola<on Pilot Plant” (1993) -‐ hNp://prod.sandia.gov/techlib/access-‐control.cgi/1992/921382.pdf
Sandia Na<onal Laboratories, “Expert Judgment on Markers to Deter Inadvertent Human Intrusion into the Waste Isola<on Pilot Plant” (1993) -‐ hNp://prod.sandia.gov/techlib/access-‐control.cgi/1992/921382.pdf
ambiguity the Nature of
ambiguity the Nature of
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YOU ARE HERE
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EAT AT JOE’S
Our problems aren’t meaningful because they last forever
Our problems are meaningful because
They don’t
They don’t
Wey don’t
creative Designer
Content Strategist Information Architect
Researcher Developer
AMBIGUITY
Wikipedia: “Uncertainty Principle” -‐ hNp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncertainty_principle
∆𝑥∙∆𝑝↓𝑥 ≥ ℏ/2
Wikipedia: “Uncertainty Principle” -‐ hNp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncertainty_principle
∆𝑥∙∆𝑝↓𝑥 ≥ ℏ/2
we live in an uncertain universe
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Wicked problems are
catalysts Wicked problems are
Creativity Wicked problems ignite our
Forward Wicked problems pull us
Innovate Wicked problems help us
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Wicked Problems We can’t solve
Wicked Problems We can’t solve
But we can Acknowledge them
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Acknowledge them
But we can Take risks
Wicked Problems We can’t solve
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Take risks
But we can Stop being perfect
Wicked Problems We can’t solve
© Jonathon Colman
Stop being perfect
But we can Reward learning
Wicked Problems We can’t solve
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Reward learning
But we can Try
Wicked Problems We can’t solve
But we can Dare
Coda
Coda
Our differences
Don’t Matter
Our problems
Do
We stand
United
And so when we’re faced with ambiguity, we’re not afraid. We don’t run away from it.
Run away We Don’t
From ambiguity
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We Run toward it
Ambiguity
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wicked
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Bit.ly/raycats video + slides + text
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NASA/JPL [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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