Hello, I'm Usama.
I work at the intersection of research, design, psychology, and technology.
(Any more lanes and it'd be a pretty terrible intersection)
UX Stuff
I founded an agency called dli5 (design like i’m 5)
where I'm the primary researcher.
Here's some of my case studies:
I also do UX audits for fun.
They're bite-sized and educational.And they have memes.
And they have memes.
My research work has won me awards.
Well, one award:
Well, one award:
Teaching
I like to pass on what I learn.
So I teach undergraduate courses in psychology and design.
My courses include:
One of my teaching goals is to make UX education accessible for everyone.
So I've compiled The Mega Resource List for All Things UX™
I got an award for my teaching, too.
(that's two awards now, I'm on a roll)
This one's the Vice Chancellor's Award for Teaching Excellence.
You can check out my teaching philosophy if you're really short on reading material.
Writing
Sometimes I write about psychology and design.
Key word: sometimes.
I was published in the Views International research magazine:
And here's a peek at my newsletter:
This is a live feed so I have no idea what you're seeing right now.But it's probably me ranting about some mundane design problem
Why not subscribe?
Do it. It's free.
Other stuff
Talks
Occasionally I do workshops and presentations. Here's a selection:
Humanizing technology
Panelist at Lahore Design Festival · 2023
The psychology of Notion: Insights for product design and education
Speaker at Notion community meetup · 2023
The importance of research in designing for security & privacy
Presenter at ReCYP:HER - Rethinking Cybersecurity, Germany · 2022
Challenges in survey design
Guest speaker for SS187: Applied Statistics for the Humanities · 2021
Always question the data
Guest speaker for SS172: Programming and Data Analysis · 2020
Films
In a past life, I used to design video content.
Here's a couple of them.
The rest are past their expiry date 🙁
Puns
In my current life, I annoy people with puns.
Here's me at the semifinals of the Punderdome in Brooklyn, New York:
Want to read some of my finest punning work?
I told you they had puns.
Contact
✉️ usama (at) dli5 dot com
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