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Reading Discussion 04 – May 13, 2020

Something to note (from INF2240); collaborative tools like Figma are taking away agency of work from designers Collaborative (and especially web based) software act as…
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Chapter 6: Cultivating network analysis: Rethinking the concept of ‘community’ within ‘communities of practice’

Jewson, N. (2007). Chapter 6: Cultivating network analysis: Rethinking the concept of ‘community’ within ‘communities of practice.’ In Communities of Practice: Critical Perspectives (pp. 68–82). Abingdon: Routledge.…
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Community of practice or practices of a community?

Gherardi, S. (2009). Community of practice or practices of a community?. In S. J. Armstrong & C. V. Fukami The SAGE handbook of management learning, education…
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Chapter 5: On Solid Ground: Essential Properties for Growing Grounded Theory

Phyllis Noerager Stern May 8, 2020 This paper shares practical advice and tips on performing GT (115) Stern emphasizes the importance of making sense; developed…
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Chapter 4: Doing Formal Theory (Barney G. Glaser)

Part II: Grounded Theory Method and Formal Grounded Theory May 7, 2020 Overall, I have a lot of questions on the abstract concepts raised by…
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User Experience Careers Report (NN Group)

https://www.nngroup.com/reports/user-experience-careers/ Link to 90-page report This 90-page report explores what a UX career looks like today, including what UX professionals make of it, and how best to…
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What a UX Career Looks Like Today (NN Group)

https://www.nngroup.com/articles/ux-career-advice/ Summary: Our latest research on UX careers looks into specialization, explores unique backgrounds of practitioners entering the field, and details the skills and responsibilities needed…
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Reading Discussion 03 – May 6, 2020

Note: In the past 2 weeks, I focused on diving deeper into CoPs, VCs, and CoPs for UX designers. CoP: Chapter 7: Downsides of CoPs…
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Towards Professionalization in an Online Community of Emerging Occupation (Kou & Gray)

Kou, Yubo, and Colin M. Gray. “Towards Professionalization in an Online Community of Emerging Occupation.” Proceedings of the 2018 ACM Conference on Supporting Groupwork –…
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Virtual Communities – Part 3: Development of Virtual Communities (Leimeister, Rajagopalan)

Chapter 9: Design Considerations for Virtual Communities (132) Balaji Rajagopalan May 3, 2020 Uses Ridings et al.’s (2002) definition of virtual communities:“A virtual community is…