Matt Balara

Head of UX at De Gruyter. Also photographer, TTRPGer, avid board gamer. All thoughts are my own, yadda yadda yadda.

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@rdonoghue As a UX designer who plays RPGs, I've often wished I had the time to take a stab at this problem.

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@ZachBurrell10 All buildings are mimics. What to do?

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I bust on Jira some, but honestly, Jira is not to blame for bad company policies that turn it from a powerful, flexible (if sometimes cumbersome) tool into shackles forged from bullshit.

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That's us! :) Thanks to @openathens for the recognition of our hard work.

[OpenAthens @OpenAthens]

Congratulations to @degruyter_lib and @67Bricks! #AccessLab2022

https://t.co/PPm6DsrN22

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@PeterSmedley1 @adamjury Some yanks apparently say “flipped”

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@CogsandCakes Never played it, but recently bumped into lots of crossover in Control.

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@dimbyd @_THE_KRAKEN_ Wow. That’s a terrible photo. Where the hell is that?

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@_THE_KRAKEN_ 😘

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@wheelyweb @nickf Not saying “this is the law of UX” of course. Just how I personally think.

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@wheelyweb @nickf The real thing is the actual software that people use. I love whiteboards for working out rough ideas quickly, but I hate wasting time creating complex prototypes in something that’s as far from the real thing as a whiteboard.

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It’s so easy to forget how comfortable we are due to very basic things, like electricity. Large power outages, like today in Berlin, are a kind of shocking reminder.

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Maybe interesting? Exciting time in our company... https://t.co/AfBuCcLONz

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@rdonoghue So bizarre. Every shelf lines up, just the top one’s slightly shorter? Criminal.

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@rdonoghue And, um, Urban Shadows is right in the middle of the Fate collection?

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@andybudd Wow. Tim's no Steve, is he?

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@RachelOldridge @hermesDE Standard for Hermes where I live now: doorbell doesn’t get rung, note doesn’t get left, package dumped at the tattoo/piercing shop around the corner.

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@spookshow71 Oooooh, so many good things you can look forward to. Enjoy! 🙂