# UX Reading Group

**URL:** <https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/ux-reading-group/717>\
**Category:** Design & UX\
**Created:** [May 4, 2021, 7:04pm UTC](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/ux-reading-group/717 "2021-05-04T19:04:25Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![RichardLitt](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex032/user_avatar/discourse.sustainoss.org/richardlitt/32/8_2.png) [@RichardLitt](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/u/RichardLitt)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2021, 7:04pm UTC](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/ux-reading-group/717/1 "2021-05-04T19:04:25Z")

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One of the things we’ve suggested doing in the UX WG was a reading group.

I suggested we read [https://www.tragicdesign.com](https://www.tragicdesign.com). I have a copy. Would anyone else be interested in reading it, together, and then commenting on it? I’m not sure of the best way to do that.

I won’t be able to meet up until June, but perhaps that would give us time to order it and read some of it before staging the first discussion.

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**Author:** ![scottjenson](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex032/user_avatar/discourse.sustainoss.org/scottjenson/32/547_2.png) [@scottjenson](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/u/scottjenson)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2021, 8:11pm UTC](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/ux-reading-group/717/2 "2021-05-04T20:11:12Z")

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Totally up for this! I think June is perfect timing for us to order and read it. Who else is in?

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**Author:** ![Erioldoesdesign](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex032/user_avatar/discourse.sustainoss.org/erioldoesdesign/32/142_2.png) [@Erioldoesdesign](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/u/Erioldoesdesign)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2021, 8:34am UTC](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/ux-reading-group/717/3 "2021-05-05T08:34:46Z")

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if maybe it was more like - read chapters 1-3 then i would definitely be up for it.

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**Author:** ![RichardLitt](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex032/user_avatar/discourse.sustainoss.org/richardlitt/32/8_2.png) [@RichardLitt](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/u/RichardLitt)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2021, 3:06pm UTC](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/ux-reading-group/717/4 "2021-05-05T15:06:53Z")

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That works for me! How about we set up a meeting at the end of the first week of June, to review chapters 1-3?

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**Author:** ![Erioldoesdesign](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex032/user_avatar/discourse.sustainoss.org/erioldoesdesign/32/142_2.png) [@Erioldoesdesign](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/u/Erioldoesdesign)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2021, 3:36pm UTC](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/ux-reading-group/717/5 "2021-05-05T15:36:07Z")

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Sure - let me take that meeting action from you since you’re vacationing 😉

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**Author:** ![Erioldoesdesign](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex032/user_avatar/discourse.sustainoss.org/erioldoesdesign/32/142_2.png) [@Erioldoesdesign](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/u/Erioldoesdesign)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2021, 4:29pm UTC](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/ux-reading-group/717/6 "2021-05-05T16:29:50Z")

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Made a whenisgood for June!

[https://whenisgood.net/sustainbookclub](https://whenisgood.net/sustainbookclub)

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**Author:** ![scottjenson](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex032/user_avatar/discourse.sustainoss.org/scottjenson/32/547_2.png) [@scottjenson](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/u/scottjenson)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2021, 4:52pm UTC](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/ux-reading-group/717/7 "2021-05-05T16:52:47Z")

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Excellent! I just put in my availability

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**Author:** ![jwf](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex032/user_avatar/discourse.sustainoss.org/jwf/32/1093_2.png) [@jwf](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/u/jwf)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2021, 12:57pm UTC](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/ux-reading-group/717/8 "2021-05-13T12:57:40Z")

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I love the idea. We should highlight this in the Slack and in today’s meeting. I wonder if anyone in the Open Source Design community would be interested in participating in this reading group just because of the overlap of interests too.

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**Author:** ![Erioldoesdesign](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex032/user_avatar/discourse.sustainoss.org/erioldoesdesign/32/142_2.png) [@Erioldoesdesign](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/u/Erioldoesdesign)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2021, 8:16am UTC](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/ux-reading-group/717/9 "2021-05-24T08:16:39Z")

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Okay! looks like the best date is in early June!

We’re looking at these time (in UK BST time):

 ![Screenshot 2021-05-24 at 09.16.02](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex032/uploads/sustainoss/original/1X/10c65f391580744cff6fbf666d8048ae5dfb9de5.png)

@RichardLitt any preference?

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**Author:** ![RichardLitt](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex032/user_avatar/discourse.sustainoss.org/richardlitt/32/8_2.png) [@RichardLitt](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/u/RichardLitt)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2021, 12:06pm UTC](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/ux-reading-group/717/10 "2021-05-24T12:06:11Z")

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Tuesday at 3pm on the 8th works best for me. 🙂

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**Author:** ![scottjenson](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex032/user_avatar/discourse.sustainoss.org/scottjenson/32/547_2.png) [@scottjenson](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/u/scottjenson)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2021, 2:30pm UTC](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/ux-reading-group/717/11 "2021-05-24T14:30:26Z")

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Works for me! (adding chars to exceed 20!)

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**Author:** ![Erioldoesdesign](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex032/user_avatar/discourse.sustainoss.org/erioldoesdesign/32/142_2.png) [@Erioldoesdesign](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/u/Erioldoesdesign)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2021, 8:05pm UTC](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/ux-reading-group/717/12 "2021-05-24T20:05:10Z")

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Great! I’ve made a calendar invite that if you want me to send out I can but also I suggest we use [https://meet.jit.si/opensourcedesign](https://meet.jit.si/opensourcedesign) and hang out there on June 8th at 15.00 UK BST time // 10.00 East Coast USA EDT // 07.00 West Coast USA PST!

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**Author:** ![RichardLitt](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex032/user_avatar/discourse.sustainoss.org/richardlitt/32/8_2.png) [@RichardLitt](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/u/RichardLitt)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2021, 8:25pm UTC](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/ux-reading-group/717/13 "2021-05-24T20:25:00Z")

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Go ahead and send that, if you could! 🙂

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**Author:** ![scottjenson](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex032/user_avatar/discourse.sustainoss.org/scottjenson/32/547_2.png) [@scottjenson](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/u/scottjenson)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2021, 1:07pm UTC](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/ux-reading-group/717/14 "2021-06-03T13:07:37Z")

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Invite for the book club meeting next week?

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**Author:** ![Erioldoesdesign](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex032/user_avatar/discourse.sustainoss.org/erioldoesdesign/32/142_2.png) [@Erioldoesdesign](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/u/Erioldoesdesign)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2021, 12:16pm UTC](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/ux-reading-group/717/15 "2021-06-04T12:16:47Z")

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I think I made the calendar invite public now: [https://calendar.google.com/event?action=TEMPLATE&tmeid=XzZvcDNpZTFpODhzajJiYTI2aDFqY2I5azZwMTRhYjlvOGdvajBiYTI3MHJqYWNwajZsMms4aGEzODQgZXJpb2xkb2VzZGVzaWduQG0&tmsrc=erioldoesdesign%40gmail.com](https://calendar.google.com/event?action=TEMPLATE&tmeid=XzZvcDNpZTFpODhzajJiYTI2aDFqY2I5azZwMTRhYjlvOGdvajBiYTI3MHJqYWNwajZsMms4aGEzODQgZXJpb2xkb2VzZGVzaWduQG0&tmsrc=erioldoesdesign%40gmail.com)

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**Author:** ![Erioldoesdesign](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex032/user_avatar/discourse.sustainoss.org/erioldoesdesign/32/142_2.png) [@Erioldoesdesign](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/u/Erioldoesdesign)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2021, 6:03pm UTC](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/ux-reading-group/717/16 "2021-06-08T18:03:46Z")

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So we had our first meeting of the UX book club today (yay!) and we’ll continue with monthly drop-in sessions at the same time: **The second Tuesday of the month at 15.00 BST.**

Here’s the published calendar event for the book club: [https://calendar.google.com/event?action=TEMPLATE&tmeid=M2djN29wMWlnbzJzbWppMG02czlmMjd2MTBfMjAyMTA3MTNUMTQwMDAwWiBlcmlvbGRvZXNkZXNpZ25AbQ&tmsrc=erioldoesdesign%40gmail.com&scp=ALL](https://calendar.google.com/event?action=TEMPLATE&tmeid=M2djN29wMWlnbzJzbWppMG02czlmMjd2MTBfMjAyMTA3MTNUMTQwMDAwWiBlcmlvbGRvZXNkZXNpZ25AbQ&tmsrc=erioldoesdesign%40gmail.com&scp=ALL)

Just to note we were all at different places in the book, we were between 0-6 chapters so we had a nice casual chat about our thoughts about what we’ve currently read with kindness and understanding 😃

The further books that were suggested could be part of the club are:

> **[Technically Wrong](https://wwnorton.com/books/Technically-Wrong/)**
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> “An entertaining romp that tells us where and why the tech industry, once America’s darling, went wrong, and what it might do to recover its good graces.” —Tim Wu, author of The Master Switch, Technically Wrong, Sexist Apps, Biased Algorithms, and...

> **[BIS Publishers | Sustainist Design Guide](https://www.bispublishers.com/sustainist-design-guide.html)**
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> This book provides a framework for social design in the sustainist era, a perspective for co-designing a life-world that is more connected, more shared, more...

> **[Accessibility for Everyone by Laura Kalbag](https://abookapart.com/products/accessibility-for-everyone)**
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> Get sure footing on the path to designing with accessibility.

> **[Discussing Design](https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/discussing-design/9781491902394/)**
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> Real critique has become a lost skill among collaborative teams today. Critique is intended to help teams strengthen their designs, products, and services, rather than be used to assert authority … - Selection from Discussing Design \[Book\]

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**Author:** ![Erioldoesdesign](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex032/user_avatar/discourse.sustainoss.org/erioldoesdesign/32/142_2.png) [@Erioldoesdesign](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/u/Erioldoesdesign)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2021, 3:38pm UTC](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/ux-reading-group/717/17 "2021-07-08T15:38:50Z")

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The next Sustain Design & UX book club meeting is

**Tuesday, July 13⋅15:00 – 16:00 UK Time BST**

This happens monthly on the second Tuesday of every month. We meet on the Open Source Design Jitsi room: [https://meet.jit.si/opensourcedesign](https://meet.jit.si/opensourcedesign)

[Link to the published event](https://calendar.google.com/event?action=TEMPLATE&tmeid=M2djN29wMWlnbzJzbWppMG02czlmMjd2MTBfMjAyMTA3MTNUMTQwMDAwWiBlcmlvbGRvZXNkZXNpZ25AbQ&tmsrc=erioldoesdesign%40gmail.com&scp=ALL)

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**Author:** ![RichardLitt](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex032/user_avatar/discourse.sustainoss.org/richardlitt/32/8_2.png) [@RichardLitt](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/u/RichardLitt)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2021, 12:51am UTC](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/ux-reading-group/717/18 "2021-07-09T00:51:38Z")

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I can’t seem to find the published event that is linked; is it public? Could you invite richard at [burntfen.com](http://burntfen.com) so that I can add it to the Sustain calendar? Thank you.

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**Author:** ![Erioldoesdesign](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex032/user_avatar/discourse.sustainoss.org/erioldoesdesign/32/142_2.png) [@Erioldoesdesign](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/u/Erioldoesdesign)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2021, 1:14pm UTC](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/ux-reading-group/717/19 "2021-07-13T13:14:41Z")

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I won’t be able to host the sustain design & UX book club today. I’m in a very small rural town with awful internet ☹

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**Author:** ![RichardLitt](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex032/user_avatar/discourse.sustainoss.org/richardlitt/32/8_2.png) [@RichardLitt](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/u/RichardLitt)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2021, 1:27pm UTC](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/ux-reading-group/717/20 "2021-07-13T13:27:50Z")

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Oh no! Do you want us to postpone until next week? I want you to be there!

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