Writing
How to do counter-UI/UX design
Interfaces help manipulate your sense of reality. As a designer/developer who is part of the plural “user” being manipulated, you need a better curriculum than “Design Thinking” Continue reading How to do counter-UI/UX design
Adding Bluesky comments to your Jekyll Site
Emily and then Cory demonstrated a way to add Bluesky comments and replies to a post as comments to your blog. I tried to add it to the Hydejack site Continue reading Adding Bluesky comments to your Jekyll Site
How to simply set up IIIF images for your small archive
… it felt wrong, that something like this wasn’t a native web standard, but could only easily be made in walled-garden platforms. Continue reading How to simply set up IIIF images for your small archive
How I use speculative design
Methods as practice Continue reading How I use speculative design
List of Articles I wrote
A list of the pieces that I wrote, co-wrote and edited Continue reading List of Articles I wrote
Establishing a community network
A speculative framework to imagine contributors to a community network Continue reading Establishing a community network
Technofutures from Bidar
Published in Compost.Mag Continue reading Technofutures from Bidar
Selecting tools for Indian Collectives
When selecting tools for use by the collectives I worked with in India, we had to consider the following factors due to the unique context and limited resources available Continue reading Selecting tools for Indian Collectives
Care-full Collectives and their Care Practices
My thesis explores the intricate relationship between care, collaboration, and networks within various collectives, delving into my experiences in Team YUVAA, Living Labs Network and Forum, Design Beku, and the InterCity Covid Apps Network. Through thick descriptions and reflective analysis, it observes diverse care-giving roles and proposes alternative organizational structures rooted in mutual aid principles. Continue reading Care-full Collectives and their Care Practices
Designing a Connected Archive
Thoughts on designing a democratic archive Continue reading Designing a Connected Archive