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Cheryl Platz

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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

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

Fall 2017 European Tour Itinerary

Posted on September 10, 2017 by Cheryl

After months of planning, part 2 of my European voice design speaking tour is upon us. I’m honored to be speaking 5 times across 3 cities: Copenhagen, Stockholm and Oslo. Many of the events are close to selling out, so if one

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Design, Speaking, Technology, Travel interaction design, talks, travel

UX Rants: Facebook and Notifications

Posted on December 11, 2016 by Cheryl

We need to talk about Notifications in Facebook. Notification systems are near and dear to my heart; I’ve worked in some capacity on 4 different notification systems across multiple teams. Unfortunately, Facebook is getting a bit too aggressive these days… Facebook, I

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Design, Technology interaction design

Breaking Up With Alexa: A Career Announcement

Posted on July 22, 2016 by Cheryl

My ability to acquire an augmented reality Pikachu is not the only reason July 2016 is a momentous month for me. Today marks my final day in just under 2 years at Amazon. I am genuinely grateful for the opportunity to work

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Biography, Design, Seattle, Technology, Work amazon, career, interaction design, Microsoft

User Testing: Unlocking Feedback with Post-Test Surveys

Posted on June 10, 2015 by Cheryl

For the first time in a while, I’m designing and running my own usability studies. Carnegie Mellon cross-trains its HCI students in both research and design, so it’s a bit like riding a bike – it comes back eventually. Post-university, I used

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Design career, carnegiemellon, interaction design, user research

Half the Blank Page

Posted on March 5, 2015 by Cheryl

In September 2014, I left Microsoft to join a new product team at Amazon. The project itself is still classified, but it’s a v1 technology product, which means we’re starting from scratch. An exciting opportunity, but it changes the way one has

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Design, Technology, Work amazon, interaction design

My Africa Diaries: Prologue

Posted on February 13, 2014 by Cheryl

Back in December, I was browsing the internal Microsoft forums (Yammer) and stumbled across an announcement for a new volunteer outreach program – MySkills4Afrika, part of the larger Microsoft for Afrika program. They were accepting applications from full-time employees to share their

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Design, Speaking, Technology, Travel, Work Africa, interaction design, Microsoft, MySkills4Afrika, travel

Fastpass is Dead, Long Live Fastpass+

Posted on February 11, 2014 by Cheryl

In the past 6 months I’ve had the opportunity to use the new Disney World MyMagic+ system as a guest at Animal Kingdom Lodge on two separate trips – my honeymoon in October and a trip at the end of January. In

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Biography, Design disney, interaction design, service design, theme parks

Design for DigiGirlz

Posted on August 17, 2012 by Cheryl

On Wednesday, I had the unique experience of teaching 110 high school girls an intro to interaction design workshop. Officially entitled “Making the World Easier With Interaction Design”, this was a course I built from scratch after offering to teach the subject

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