Holly Allen 🦔

Lead UX Designer for Opalescent

Co-organiser of @codebarNorwich

🎮🏈🎲 (she/her)

[Interaction Lab @cinteractionlab]

From now on when promoting #HCID2023 we will use the terms 'Deceptive Patterns' or 'Deceptive UX' over 'Dark Patterns' and 'Dark UX'. Find out why you should too in this enlightening article: https://t.co/csEj2ZCdJb. Together we can #DesignBetter.

[Interaction Lab @cinteractionlab]

Want to prevent your well meaning #designpatterns from becoming #darkpatterns? @theuserstory's @HedgehogHolly will explain how at #HCID2023 in her talk 'When does a UX Design Pattern become a Dark Pattern?' Get your tickets now: https://t.co/ATlViOzSCy #DesignBetter on 14th June

[Holly Allen 🦔 @HedgehogHolly]

And of course my fellow @codebarNorwich organiser Sevi Marshall's talk on Diversity in Tech 💖

[Holly Allen 🦔 @HedgehogHolly]

Excited to spend the day @Nordev con and catch up with people in the Norwich tech community 👩‍💻. Very much looking forward to the talk by @KimberleyCook91 from @codebar celebrating 10yrs of codebar 🎂

[codebar Norwich @codebarNorwich]

Another inspiring evening with the Norfolk tech community at @codebarNorwich, with some familiar and new students keen to learn more about programming.

Btw, registrations for the next event (16 March) will open soon! 👀🙌

#tech #LearnToCode #programming #womenintech

[codebar Norwich @codebarNorwich]

Less than 7 days to go until our first workshop of the year, hosted by @Artlist_io 🥳

There are still a few spaces available, so start the new year right and learn something new! Did we mention there will be pizza? 🍕

Sign up now for free 👉 https://t.co/x3hSmItKZq 👈

[Holly Allen 🦔 @HedgehogHolly]

I recently watched some talks by Kat Holmes on Inclusive Design and shared some of the highlights and what we can do to reduce exclusion in design ✨

[The User Story @theuserstory]

Sticky Note: Inclusive Design https://t.co/hXqdG5nLLR

[Holly Allen 🦔 @HedgehogHolly]

@pandatwinkles Thanks Katie 🥹💙

[Holly Allen 🦔 @HedgehogHolly]

@theuserstory

[codebar Norwich @codebarNorwich]

Our next workshop is on the 20th October at the very green and lovely office of @Artlist_io in Norwich!

💻Learn to code
🍕Eat pizza
🎓Free mentoring from amazing developers
🌈Promoting diversity in tech
🥳Have fun!

And it is free!

🔗https://t.co/aTMjdSrjOE

[Holly Allen 🦔 @HedgehogHolly]

@NorfolkDev @discord This is my new favourite gif 😍🦔

[Holly Allen 🦔 @HedgehogHolly]

@KimberleyCook91 Congratulations!! 👏👏

[Holly Allen 🦔 @HedgehogHolly]

I'll be going live soon to chat about gamification and why it's important to consider the ethics of its implementation ✨

[The User Story @theuserstory]

We're continuing our lunchtime talk series this week, with our designer Holly taking us through 'gamification', using game techniques and theories to make products more engaging.

Check it out on YouTube, Friday at 12:30, LIVE!

https://t.co/H8KKmLpNjM

[Holly Allen 🦔 @HedgehogHolly]

I'm doing another Sticky Notes talk this Friday! 🤓
I'll be discussing what gamification is, and why a solid set of design ethics is crucial to its implementation.

[The User Story @theuserstory]

We're continuing our lunchtime talk series this week, with our designer Holly taking us through 'gamification', using game techniques and theories to make products more engaging.

Check it out on YouTube, Friday at 12:30, LIVE!

https://t.co/H8KKmLpNjM

[codebar Norwich @codebarNorwich]

Do you want to learn to code? Are you from a minority group in tech?

If so, sign up for our FREE workshops and get 1:1 help learning HTML/CSS, JavaScript, Ruby, or Python in a safe and collaborative environment.

Next workshop➡️20th July at @candouragency https://t.co/iH6viX6dH3

[Holly Allen 🦔 @HedgehogHolly]

@alexandrathedev @smashingconf So jelly! Looks like you had an amazing time ✨

[codebar Norwich @codebarNorwich]

@HedgehogHolly went out on her lunch break to ask cafes and shops in the city to put up codebar flyers and help spread the word. Luckily we have an amazing community in Norwich and we ran out of flyers quickly! 😊✨

[codebar Norwich @codebarNorwich]

We're excited to announce the next
@codebarNorwich
workshop will be on the 20th July at
@candouragency

👩‍💻Learn to code
🍕Eat pizza
🎓Free mentoring from amazing developers
🌈 Promote diversity in tech
🥳 Have fun!

Sign up here - https://t.co/iH6viX6dH3

[Holly Allen 🦔 @HedgehogHolly]

@pandatwinkles Thanks friend! 💙

[Holly Allen 🦔 @HedgehogHolly]

@pandatwinkles 🙌