Uday Gajendar

" Courage is the new charisma. "

" The hardest talk of all time is five minutes, not 30 or 45. "

" Craft means intent and care even in digital products; for example, the bounce animation of Google Maps’ pin shows someone cared. "

" Hopefully the internet stays strong and holds steady despite the stormy weather here in Louisiana. "

" Manuel Herrera is creating sketch notes for every session; you’ll have access to those. "

" Newness isn’t necessarily a new methodology—it can be a new way of looking at something familiar. "

" We held an open dialogue on how designers deal with imperfect and incomplete data amid delivery pressures. "

" We want to ensure that there is continuity of a conversation that engages the themes and various perspectives. "

" Trauma is such a loaded word, and it’s a psychological experience shaped by our individual perception of an event. "

" Trauma is not the external event, but how that event embeds in an individual's body. "

" Trauma is not so much an external event as it is the way that event embeds in individual bodies. "

" Agile as trauma is a useful essay to understand how agile can harm design practices. "

" Accessibility and inclusivity are not afterthoughts; they must be baked into the design from the start. "

" When I see users saying, oh my goodness, I didn’t know it did that, that’s a clear sign of too much complexity. "

" Enterprise UX is fraught with ambiguity, complexity, and a lot of people who may be skeptical, cynical, or apathetic. "