Mobile && Me == It's Complicated
summary
Personal arc moves from iOS fangirl to disillusioned developer to design engineer advocating restraint and agency. Builds a dining app delicious campus app used by over 50% of students; deploys event-tracking pixels and funnels that tilt design toward engagement; experiments with hardware (laser-cut prototypes, Arduino Uno lamp) that expose fragility and unpredictability; observes mobile money M-Pesa accounting for ~50% of Kenya’s GDP; cites behavioral effects (nudge yields +6% tax compliance) and warns against dark UX like forced flows and hidden subscription cancellation.
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chapters (8)
- 0:00Introduction and background
- 2:01Early love for mobile apps
- 7:01First iOS job and disillusionment
- 11:17Dark UX and manipulative design
- 19:02Resentment toward mobile tech
- 22:18Switching to physical making
- 28:47Mobile’s power in Nairobi
- 31:19Responsible mobile development
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