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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

New Keynote: Carousel of Progress

Posted on September 2, 2021 by Cheryl
An illustration that depicts a carousel with a horse, a washer, a syringe, a masked person, and a smartwatch.

Cheryl is pleased to share that her newest keynote, “The Carousel of Progress: Adapting to a (Post) Pandemic World” is now available for bookings. First presented online for CHIFOO (Computer Human Interaction Forum of Oregon), recordings are only available privately at this

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Design, Speaking, Technology

Design Beyond Devices at UX Salon: Video now available

Posted on June 17, 2021 by Cheryl

What a great international turnout we had for the UX Salon “UX Night: Design Beyond Devices with Cheryl Platz” event on June 16! Hundreds of folks tuned in live across both Zoom and YouTube from around the globe to hear Cheryl bring

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Design, Speaking, Technology

Design Beyond Devices is available for purchase worldwide!

Posted on December 1, 2020 by Cheryl
The print and digital copies of Design Beyond Devices - both feature a graphic design with blue background and blocky print depicting a figure ascending a staircase of technology inspired by the Star Trek LCARS interface.

Now available: Design Beyond Devices Available now from Rosenfeld Media and all major online booksellers from author and renowned user experience designer Cheryl Platz: Design Beyond Devices: Creating Multimodal, Cross-Device Experiences. This groundbreaking book provides designers, product managers, entrepreneurs, and engineers an

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Design, Technology, Writing

Cheryl at UX Days Seoul and UX Days Tokyo 2019

Posted on April 23, 2019 by Cheryl

Cheryl was deeply honored this month to speak at both UX Days Tokyo and the inaugural UX Days Seoul! UX Days 2019 marked the debut of Cheryl’s new brand new talk, Voice User Interface Design: New Solutions for Old Problems. (Click here

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Design, Speaking, Technology, Travel

Spring 2019 Appearances

Posted on January 27, 2019 by Cheryl
A cast photo for the Star Trek parody Where No Man Gas Gone Before. It features Cheryl as Nurse Chapel and actors portraying Spock, Kirk, Uhura, Bones, and other original crew members.

It’s been a long year! 2018 brought an exciting speaking calendar on two continents, including Interaction 18 in Lyon; a workshop at Microsoft’s Office AI Design Days; a workshop and talk at UX London 2018; DEVit 360 in Thessaloniki, Greece; UX Week

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Acting, Seattle, Speaking, Technology, Travel

RADIO: Cheryl on BBC Radio 4 – The Digital Human

Posted on October 23, 2018 by Cheryl
An illustration of a robot doing the hair of a Victorian woman looking into a mirror.

Should our digital devices be coded fema le? What is the impact to our psyche and our society of a generation observing predominantly female digital assistants inside and outside the home? And what does etiquette and politeness mean in a digital world,

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Design, Speaking, Technology, Women in Technology

The Traitor Within: A call for reproductive health

Posted on December 31, 2017 by Cheryl
A stock photo graphic of a uterus, fallopian tube and an ovary, illustrated.

 Women across the nation – and the world – are fighting an epidemic of reproductive ills. From fibroids and dermoids to polycystic ovarian syndrome and endometriosis, women’s reproductive systems are sabotaging our health. Women suffer daily, and countless children – wanted, desired,

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Medical, Seattle medical

The Glitch in my Matrix

Posted on December 2, 2017 by Cheryl
The author Cheryl Platz is wearing a race bib from a half marathon as she poses holding Mjolnir with an actor playing Thor at Disneyland.

This long post adds another chapter to this year’s medical saga, and it contains some medical details you may not want. Buckle up, folks – it’s been a hell of a year. As many of you know, the first half of this

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Biography, Medical biography, medical, running

Voice Design Articles on Medium

Posted on November 2, 2017 by Cheryl
A first generation Amazon Echo and remote.

Over the past year, I’ve published a series of posts on the topics of voice user interfaces and conversational user interfaces. While not quite equivalent, these two topics are fundamentally linked, and over the coming years the two experience classes will likely

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Design, Technology, Writing alexa, career, interaction design
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