Field Notes
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Honest, hedged dispatches from the work. What we tried, what held up, what didn't.
Field Notes
We were wrong about how kids would name things
Our naming flow assumed kids wanted help. They mostly didn't.
Sam Ortega 4 min
Field Notes
What the research does — and doesn't — say about screens and making
An honest accounting of the evidence we lean on, and the evidence we wish existed.
Dr. Maya Ellison 11 min
Field Notes
Three things we removed this quarter, and why
Subtraction as a design practice. Sometimes the kindest feature is the one you delete.
Sam Ortega 6 min
Field Notes
Why we don't measure 'time on platform'
And what we watch instead.
world by me 5 min
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