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Cheryl Platz

Designer, Author, Speaker, Actress: A Twenty-Sided Woman.

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“The Perfect Pivot”: New talk debut at Games UX Summit 2024

Posted on December 19, 2024 by Cheryl

I was honored to share insights from two recent video game design engagements at the Games UX Summit 2024, which was hosted online December 19, 2024. Video will be available and updated here later, but for folks looking for the slides, you

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Design, Games, Speaking, Technology

Fail Limit Exceeded: Cheryl on the Decline of Twitter

Posted on July 25, 2023 by Cheryl
Cheryl poses wearing a satirical t-shirt depicting the Twitter fail whale as a zombie.

Cheryl’s recent post for Medium on June’s rate limit “feature” release was promoted as a Staff Pick, sent out in several large-distribution Medium newsletters including Longreads, and met with some great discussion and discourse. In this piece, Cheryl breaks down the potentially

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Cheryl’s Nebula Awards Toastmaster Speech

Posted on May 17, 2023 by Cheryl
An image of Cheryl's Nebula Awards tiara on top of the run script.

On May 14, 2023, Cheryl served as Toastmaster for the 58th Annual Nebula Awards. Her work included a 15-minute monologue she wrote herself, along with a series of scripted interludes in partnership with her husband David Foubert as the Computer Voice. She

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Acting, Southern California, Speaking

Cheryl is a Verified Author on Medium!

Posted on April 23, 2023 by Cheryl

Verifications may be so 2022 on Twitter, but we’re delighted to share that Cheryl has now been designated a Verified Author on Medium. My Medium author verification is particularly meaningful as I owe quite a few major career moments to connections and

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I’m hosting the 2023 SFWA Nebula Awards!

Posted on April 12, 2023 by Cheryl

Sometimes life seems like fiction – but I’m thrilled to announce that I have been honored by an invitation to act as the Toastmaster for the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association‘s 58th annual Nebula Awards in Anaheim, California on May 14,

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Acting, Southern California, Speaking, Writing

New Medium Post: The UX Behind #THEUNLOCK Part 1

Posted on April 3, 2023 by Cheryl

Newly available at both cherylplatz.medium.com and the Riot Games UX Design Medium publication is my latest detailed behind the scenes piece about the exciting and groundbreaking design work we’re doing on behalf of players here at Riot Games. In this first of

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Games, Technology, Writing

New Medium Post: Alexa’s Sub-Prime Era

Posted on January 6, 2023 by Cheryl

Next up on Cheryl’s Medium publication – a look at the cooling wave of digital assistants amid a stalling economy, and what it may mean for voice and multimodal design as an industry. Highlight from the article So what’s changed? What led

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Design, Technology, Writing

PODCAST: Wordbirds — How Consistent Content powers Speech Recognition & UX w/ Cheryl Platz

Posted on January 2, 2023 by Cheryl
Cheryl tells a story to Chris Willis on Zoom, and both have smiles on their faces

New year, new podcasts! We start out with an interview focused on content design – what role does it play in voice design, and what role has it been playing in Cheryl’s work in the video game industry? Hear some unique stories

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Design, Games, Technology

I’m returning to the Games industry: Director of UX at Riot Games

Posted on November 1, 2021 by Cheryl
The Riot Games logo next to mocks for the new Riot Mobile app.

I left the video game industry in 2007 after shipping over half a dozen titles on every platform you can think of – PC, Game Boy, Nintendo DS, Xbox, PlayStation, GameCube… I was ready for new challenges. I didn’t expect the journey

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Design, Games, Work

Video from Opti-Pessimism keynote: Interaction Latin America 2019

Posted on September 14, 2021 by Cheryl

Cheryl is delighted to share after long last the video from Cheryl’s very well-received keynote presentation at the largest design conference in the Southern Hemisphere, Interaction Latin America. Her 2019 “Opti-Pessimism” keynote inspired many local designers to start thinking and talking about

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Design, Speaking, Technology Africa, interaction design
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  • “The Perfect Pivot”: New talk debut at Games UX Summit 2024 December 19, 2024
  • Fail Limit Exceeded: Cheryl on the Decline of Twitter July 25, 2023
  • Cheryl’s Nebula Awards Toastmaster Speech May 17, 2023
  • Cheryl is a Verified Author on Medium! April 23, 2023
  • I’m hosting the 2023 SFWA Nebula Awards! April 12, 2023

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  • “The Perfect Pivot”: New talk debut at Games UX Summit 2024
  • Fail Limit Exceeded: Cheryl on the Decline of Twitter
  • Cheryl’s Nebula Awards Toastmaster Speech
  • Cheryl is a Verified Author on Medium!
  • I’m hosting the 2023 SFWA Nebula Awards!

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