Ben Matthews

@ben-matthews.bsky.social

[Frederick van Amstel @fredvanamstel]

design scholars are becoming aware that they are the oppressed in the publishing business https://t.co/FknFlPARFb

[DRS @thisisDRS]

We are extremely sad to announce that on the 10th July, Peter Lloyd, the Editor-in-Chief of Design Studies, together with the entire Editorial Board and other Editors, resigned their positions on the journal. Read more from the DRS Executive Board: https://t.co/0RRUpVluvv

[Wicked Thinking @_WickedThinking]

WHAT IF: Flood victims were offered tiny homes in lieu of house insurers renewing policies?
#AlternativeFutures #DesignThinking #SpeculativeNews #WickedProblems #DesignFiction #Futures #Floods #Disaster #Insurance #TinyHomes #ClimateChange

https://t.co/uHm8m2VZ5h

[Ben Matthews @benjayem]

@TrevorH26024268 Nice one, Trev. 🍦

[Ben Matthews @benjayem]

When Wordle becomes consonant Bingo: Wordle 234 5/6*

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[Ben Matthews @benjayem]

Wordle 229 2/6*

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this won’t happen again for a while.

[Ben Matthews @benjayem]

For my non-Aussie friends, our national indie radio station Triple j just released their ‘Hottest 100’ songs of 2021, which is like a blind, democratic version of Eurovision minus the international politics. 😉The Wiggles, an old Aussie children’s band, just took out the #1 spot.

[Ben Matthews @benjayem]

Like Jeff Buckley’s cover of Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah”, The Wiggles cover of Tame Impala’s “Elephant” shall henceforth be the definitive version, “Fruit Salad” mashup inclusive.

[Ben Matthews @benjayem]

@simultech That’s interesting… I guess you west coasters get an early preview of the difficulty level. But it’s cool the diagrams don’t give away much more.

[Ben Matthews @benjayem]

It’s a good thing there is only one of these a day. Wordle 205 4/6

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[Ben Matthews @benjayem]

@DesignAndDeath I’m glad they don’t also share how many minutes elapsed between guesses 3 and 4…

[Ben Matthews @benjayem]

Will have to track this one down.

[djk @multiwhirl]

“There is a difference between wanting to repair the world such that one’s current desires can flourish, and remaining open to the possibility that making a different world might mean that one’s current desires might have no place.” Patricia Stuelke

[Ben Matthews @benjayem]

The consolations of working late this time of year. The #uqbloom festival is underway.

[Ben Matthews @benjayem]

@DesignAndDeath Just asked her. She thinks yes definitively, but between us, she’s not quite the archetype of her demographic (a quality that makes her father especially proud, I might add)

[Ben Matthews @benjayem]

This is a still from my first ever professionally-recorded video lecture on human-centeredness in data analysis. And the early reviews are in! This from my 15yo daughter: “Don’t worry dad, when I’m on video I look like a vampire, too.”

[Ben Matthews @benjayem]

@simultech Thank heavens, no. :-), or not yet at any rate.