Author name: Amanda Yee

reSTORE for Witness to Mass Incarceration

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OVERVIEWreSTORE is a storytelling marketplace where formerly incarcerated people (FIP) businesses can promote and sell their products and services. We’re an initiative started by Witness to Mass Incarceration, a non-profit dedicated to improving and empowering the lives of incarcerated and formerly-incarcerated people. ABOUT WITNESSFrom invisibility and victimization to empowerment through documentation, leadership training, organizing, and […]

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Assistive Technology: Birdsong in Japanese Train Stations

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Introduction: While waiting for your train to arrive in Japan, you may notice bird chirping across the station. This birdsong is meant to be an audio guide to point the visually impaired towards the ticket gates and exits. Depending on the direction of the escalators, a different type of birdsong is being played – one

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Design Critique: HelloTalk (Android App)

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HelloTalk is a language learning and language exchange app that connects language learners with native speakers on their mobile devices. Users can post Moments to share and ask questions about language/culture. The app also serves as a messaging application that allows users to send text messages, make video and voice calls, and share attachments and user location. In this post, I will be taking concepts from Don Norman’s The Design of Everyday Things to examine the app in more detail.

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