Ryan Macklin ✒️📖

Tech/UX writer, GoodDocsProject contributor, recovering tabletop game creator & software dev, neurodiversity activist, queer leftist, ex-Googler

[Ryan Macklin ✒️📖 @adocgeek]

❤️ this thread. We should account for what causes "cogntive gravitational pull" (for lack of a better term) in ourselves and others. Folks who say "schedule the thing" are pulled by calendars and timeboxes. But that's not a universal human trait!

[Jessica McCabe @HowtoADHD]

What do you do if you identify an IBNU?

Schedule it, as Stephen Covey suggests.

But if you have ADHD, that’s likely NOT going to be enough.

Our brains are probably going to pull us back toward what feels urgent, regardless of what’s scheduled.

(🧵8/10)

[Ryan Macklin ✒️📖 @adocgeek]

Some folks remember my "life of the party" time when I was in tabletop games, which was definitely a coping mechanism. This list of adaptive behaviors hits home from the first example.

[Brendan Mahan, M.Ed., ADHD & Neurodivergent Coach @adhdessentials]

Example 1:  "ADHD people are the life of the party!"  This is a coping mechanism.  A lot of ADHDers learn to embrace their impulsivity and hyperactivity to distract people from their struggles. 
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[Ryan Macklin ✒️📖 @adocgeek]

Just gave a speedrun talk at @writethedocs Portland on Stop saying "Just be logical". The slides & script: https://t.co/NCKyosxWfg
(Will post the video whenever it's online)

[Ryan Macklin ✒️📖 @adocgeek]

When I gave talks about "hostile design" at my last job, which included hidden support escalation paths and neuroaccessibility issues that rarely were considered. So ethical developer for me means advocating against hostile design went we see it start to happen.

[Sara Soueidan is on Bluesky @SaraSoueidan]

Friends in the Twitterverse, I'm curious:

What does "ethical web design/development" mean to you? How do you define it? What exactly makes it ethical to you?

[Ryan Macklin ✒️📖 @adocgeek]

I do, notably in my shoulders and elbows but generally in most joints. Have had a bunch of physio to "learn" how to move like humans are suppose to, to keep from injuring myself.

[@Mollys_ADHD_mayhem @Mollys_ADHD]

Just out of curiosity.. Do any other Adhders have Hyper-mobility?

I was diagnosed at 8 and I’ve always had some type of physiotherapy…

[Ryan Macklin ✒️📖 @adocgeek]

@scribblingfox I'm not sure, but when I find out, I'll probably not let you know cuz that would involve communicating with humans. Unless somehow I decide to keep that as a hobby.

[Ryan Macklin ✒️📖 @adocgeek]

@scribblingfox What about, and walk with me on this journey: never having to communicate with humans again, but still getting paid?

[Ryan Macklin ✒️📖 @adocgeek]

Really happy to say my "7 Doc Techniques Rooted in Empathy Advocacy" video is up!
https://t.co/W8FfAVYW3p

[Marc Almodovar Jr. @marcalmodovarjr]

Refrain from any ADHD Coach out there who’s telling you some bullshit like “you need to be consistent to be successful”.

Nothing tells me more that they are clueless as far as what it takes for someone with an ADHD brain to succeed and just how different we are.

[Ryan Macklin ✒️📖 @adocgeek]

@kickoke I'm glad you survived it! I hope your husband did too, cuz I know y'all have some great life plans you're pushing toward.

[Ryan Macklin ✒️📖 @adocgeek]

Yup, I'm part of the Google layoffs. Mentioned elsewhere, figured I would here as well. Gonna take the energy I was using stubbornly advocating for my users into making free empathy advocacy material online.

But also hey, if you want a UX content strategist, hit me up! 🙂

[Ryan Macklin ✒️📖 @adocgeek]

@scribblingfox Right?! I have to remind myself that if I'm feeling sleepy at some point in the day and want to take a nap, I get more benefit out of 20 minutes outside in the sun than in a 45+ minute nap.

And by "remind myself" I mean I only tend to remember -after- the nap...

[Ryan Macklin ✒️📖 @adocgeek]

@rdonoghue Your tweet reminds me that I should have a saltwater solution around to aid de-icing. Apparently adding dish soap may help, but I've yet to experiment.

[Ryan Macklin ✒️📖 @adocgeek]

@blackcoat What sort of stuff did you do? I should probably do that, especially before I work on the lumbergym

[a n n a @hi_its_annaleah]

society: "Why didn't you just ask for accommodations?"

(1) receiving accommodations are never as simple as "just ask"

(2) I didn't realize/know I was disabled until my mid-30's

(3) I don't feel safe enough to disclose

(4) I struggle to believe I'm "worthy" of any help/support

[Ryan Macklin ✒️📖 @adocgeek]

I tell my bosses and coworkers this pretty loudly, because I choose to not hide it anymore 💕

[Jessica McCabe @HowtoADHD]

Question. Do you feel like your ADHD is a “superpower?” (I may share quotes in a presentation I’m giving to clinicians)

[Ryan Macklin ✒️📖 @adocgeek]

Thanks! 😃 I'm looking forward to giving it. See you there!

[Mary Connor @maryfconnor]

WTD East Coast Quorum will take a fascinating dive into "empathy advocacy" in documentation with @adocgeek (Google UX Content Strategist): https://t.co/wCiGhCxxTm

[Ryan Macklin ✒️📖 @adocgeek]

TMW you walk into a branding meeting expecting to be a minor player, and turn into the person running the entire effort. Being a tech writer/content strategist certainly opens some really interesting doors I never expect to see.