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Ambiguity
wicked
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Colman
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Jonathon
@jcolman
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Bit.ly/raycats
video + slides + text
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Big problem
What’s the
in user experience?
They think we’re just
creatives
Oh, But I’m really a
._______!
Oh, But I’m really a
Designer
._______!
Oh, But I’m really a
Developer
._______!
Oh, But I’m really a
Researcher
._______!
Oh, But I’m really a
Information Architect
._______!
Oh, But I’m really a
._______!Content Strategist
Oh, But I’m really a
._______!Creative
creative
Designer
Content Strategist
Information Architect
Researcher
Developer
Our differences
Don’t matter
We’re united against
Ambiguity
Problems
Wicked
Problems
Wicked
Horst Rittel &
Melvin Webber
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John	
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Naw, That’s a
tame problem
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US	
  Federal	
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US	
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OMG WHADDA
wicked pissaH
René	
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Steffi	
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By	
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By	
  West	
  Midlands	
  Police	
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  Midlands,	
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US	
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John	
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By	
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UX
wicked problems in
Designing for
Alien beings
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HELLO
By	
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2 + 2 = 4
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EAT AT JOE’S
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EAT AT JOE’S
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𝑁=​ 𝑅↓∗ ∙​ 𝑓↓𝑝 ∙​ 𝑛↓𝑒 ∙​ 𝑓↓𝑙 ∙​ 𝑓↓𝑖 ∙​ 𝑓↓𝑐 ∙ 𝐿
The Drake Equation
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  Wikipedia	
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  hNp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drake_equa<on	
  
𝑁=​ 𝑅↓∗ ∙​ 𝑓↓𝑝 ∙​ 𝑛↓𝑒 ∙​ 𝑓↓𝑙 ∙​ 𝑓↓𝑖 ∙​ 𝑓↓𝑐 ∙ 𝐿
The Drake Equation
Lower bound:
8 x 10-20
Via	
  Wikipedia	
  -­‐	
  hNp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drake_equa<on	
  
Lower bound:
8 x 10-20
Upper bound:
36.4 M
𝑁=​ 𝑅↓∗ ∙​ 𝑓↓𝑝 ∙​ 𝑛↓𝑒 ∙​ 𝑓↓𝑙 ∙​ 𝑓↓𝑖 ∙​ 𝑓↓𝑐 ∙ 𝐿
The Drake Equation
Oona	
  Räisänen;	
  designed	
  by	
  Carl	
  Sagan	
  &	
  Frank	
  Drake;	
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  Linda	
  Salzman	
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Carl Sagan
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By	
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By	
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By	
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  (hNp://www.gnu.org/copyleo/fdl.html),	
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  via	
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  Commons	
  -­‐	
  hNp://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Arecibo_message.svg	
  
By	
  Arne	
  Nordmann	
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  (hNp://www.gnu.org/copyleo/fdl.html),	
  CC-­‐BY-­‐SA-­‐3.0	
  (hNp://crea<vecommons.org/licenses/by-­‐sa/3.0/)],	
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  Commons	
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  hNp://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Arecibo_message.svg	
  
By	
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  (hNp://www.gnu.org/copyleo/fdl.html),	
  CC-­‐BY-­‐SA-­‐3.0	
  (hNp://crea<vecommons.org/licenses/by-­‐sa/3.0/)],	
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  hNp://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Arecibo_message.svg	
  
NASA/JPL	
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NASA/JPL	
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  hNp://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Sounds_of_Earth_Record_Cover_-­‐_GPN-­‐2000-­‐001978.jpg	
  
NASA/JPL	
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  hNp://science.nasa.gov/media/medialibrary/2011/04/28/annsbrainwaves.jpg	
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NASA/JPL	
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  via	
  hNp://science.nasa.gov/science-­‐news/science-­‐at-­‐nasa/2011/28apr_voyager2/	
  
NASA/JPL	
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  hNp://science.nasa.gov/media/medialibrary/2011/04/28/annsbrainwaves.jpg	
  via	
  hNp://science.nasa.gov/science-­‐news/science-­‐at-­‐nasa/2011/28apr_voyager2/	
  
UX
wicked problems in
Designing a warning for
Nuclear Waste
JJanos	
  Korom	
  Dr.	
  from	
  Wien,	
  Austria	
  (Bécs	
  219	
  	
  Uploaded	
  by	
  darkweasel94)	
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  (hNp://crea<vecommons.org/licenses/by-­‐sa/2.0)],	
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  Commons	
  -­‐	
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JJanos	
  Korom	
  Dr.	
  from	
  Wien,	
  Austria	
  (Bécs	
  219	
  	
  Uploaded	
  by	
  darkweasel94)	
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  via	
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  Commons	
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JJanos	
  Korom	
  Dr.	
  from	
  Wien,	
  Austria	
  (Bécs	
  219	
  	
  Uploaded	
  by	
  darkweasel94)	
  [CC-­‐BY-­‐SA-­‐2.0	
  (hNp://crea<vecommons.org/licenses/by-­‐sa/2.0)],	
  via	
  Wikimedia	
  Commons	
  -­‐	
  hNp://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:B%C3%A9cs_219_(8135332496).jpg	
  
User:Fasqission	
  [Public	
  domain]	
  via	
  Wikimedia	
  Commons	
  -­‐	
  hNp://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Yucca_Mountain_crest_south.jpg	
  
Half-life:
24,100
years
239	
  
PU
Via	
  hNp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plutonium-­‐239	
  .	
  Photo	
  by	
  Los	
  Alamos	
  Na<onal	
  Laboratory	
  [Public	
  domain],	
  via	
  Wikimedia	
  Commons	
  -­‐	
  hNp://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Plutonium_ring.jpg	
  
Half-life:
24,100
years
Via	
  hNp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uranium-­‐235	
  	
  and	
  hNp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plutonium-­‐239	
  
239	
  
PU
235	
  
U
Half-life:
24,100
years
Half-life:
703,800,000
years
Via	
  hNp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uranium-­‐235	
  	
  and	
  hNp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plutonium-­‐239	
  
239	
  
PU
235	
  
U
By	
  Ed	
  Siasoco	
  (Flickr:	
  Trinity	
  007)	
  [CC-­‐BY-­‐2.0	
  (hNp://crea<vecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)],	
  via	
  Wikimedia	
  Commons	
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Goal
Stop people from
accessing nuclear waste
Strategy
Create a message that
lasts for 10,000+ years
Objective 1
Must communicate
“this is a message”
Objective 2
Must communicate
“this area is dangerous”
Objective 3
Must communicate
WHY
Publishers	
  of	
  the	
  1890	
  Holman	
  Bible	
  [Public	
  domain],	
  via	
  Wikimedia	
  Commons	
  -­‐	
  hNp://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Holman_Priest_High_Priest_Levite.jpg	
  
NASA	
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  via	
  Wikimedia	
  Commons	
  -­‐	
  hNp://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:GPS_Satellite_NASA_art-­‐iif.jpg	
  
By	
  Jon	
  Sullivan	
  (PdPhoto)	
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  Commons	
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  hNp://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Leaf_1_web.jpg	
  
Russell	
  Bernice	
  (russellbernice)	
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Alle	
  (pinkiwinki<nki)	
  [CC-­‐BY—SA-­‐2.0	
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  via	
  Flickr	
  -­‐	
  hNps://www.flickr.com/photos/55638925@N00/377299306/	
  
Ⓒ	
  Jonathon	
  Colman	
  	
  
Nicolas	
  Raymond	
  (82955120@N05)	
  [CC-­‐BY-­‐2.0	
  (hNps://crea<vecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)],	
  via	
  Flickr	
  -­‐	
  hNps://www.flickr.com/photos/82955120@N05/13094530583	
  
Sandia	
  Na<onal	
  Laboratories,	
  “Expert	
  Judgment	
  on	
  Markers	
  to	
  Deter	
  Inadvertent	
  Human	
  Intrusion	
  into	
  the	
  Waste	
  Isola<on	
  Pilot	
  Plant”	
  (1993)	
  -­‐	
  hNp://prod.sandia.gov/techlib/access-­‐control.cgi/1992/921382.pdf	
  
Sandia	
  Na<onal	
  Laboratories,	
  “Expert	
  Judgment	
  on	
  Markers	
  to	
  Deter	
  Inadvertent	
  Human	
  Intrusion	
  into	
  the	
  Waste	
  Isola<on	
  Pilot	
  Plant”	
  (1993)	
  -­‐	
  hNp://prod.sandia.gov/techlib/access-­‐control.cgi/1992/921382.pdf	
  
Sandia	
  Na<onal	
  Laboratories,	
  “Expert	
  Judgment	
  on	
  Markers	
  to	
  Deter	
  Inadvertent	
  Human	
  Intrusion	
  into	
  the	
  Waste	
  Isola<on	
  Pilot	
  Plant”	
  (1993)	
  -­‐	
  hNp://prod.sandia.gov/techlib/access-­‐control.cgi/1992/921382.pdf	
  
Sandia	
  Na<onal	
  Laboratories,	
  “Expert	
  Judgment	
  on	
  Markers	
  to	
  Deter	
  Inadvertent	
  Human	
  Intrusion	
  into	
  the	
  Waste	
  Isola<on	
  Pilot	
  Plant”	
  (1993)	
  -­‐	
  hNp://prod.sandia.gov/techlib/access-­‐control.cgi/1992/921382.pdf	
  
Sandia	
  Na<onal	
  Laboratories,	
  “Expert	
  Judgment	
  on	
  Markers	
  to	
  Deter	
  Inadvertent	
  Human	
  Intrusion	
  into	
  the	
  Waste	
  Isola<on	
  Pilot	
  Plant”	
  (1993)	
  -­‐	
  hNp://prod.sandia.gov/techlib/access-­‐control.cgi/1992/921382.pdf	
  
Sandia	
  Na<onal	
  Laboratories,	
  “Expert	
  Judgment	
  on	
  Markers	
  to	
  Deter	
  Inadvertent	
  Human	
  Intrusion	
  into	
  the	
  Waste	
  Isola<on	
  Pilot	
  Plant”	
  (1993)	
  -­‐	
  hNp://prod.sandia.gov/techlib/access-­‐control.cgi/1992/921382.pdf	
  
ambiguity
the Nature of
ambiguity
the Nature of
NASA/JPL,	
  Voyager	
  1	
  (hNp://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=601)	
  [Public	
  domain],	
  via	
  Wikimedia	
  Commons	
  -­‐	
  hNp://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pale_Blue_Dot.png	
  
NASA/JPL,	
  Voyager	
  1	
  (hNp://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=601)	
  [Public	
  domain],	
  via	
  Wikimedia	
  Commons	
  -­‐	
  hNp://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pale_Blue_Dot.png	
  
YOU ARE
HERE	
  
NASA/JPL,	
  Voyager	
  1	
  (hNp://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=601)	
  [Public	
  domain],	
  via	
  Wikimedia	
  Commons	
  -­‐	
  hNp://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pale_Blue_Dot.png	
  
EAT AT JOE’S
Our problems aren’t
meaningful because
they last forever
Our problems are
meaningful because
They don’t
They don’t
Wey don’t
creative
Designer
Content Strategist
Information Architect
Researcher
Developer
AMBIGUITY
Wikipedia:	
  “Uncertainty	
  Principle”	
  -­‐	
  hNp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncertainty_principle	
  
∆ 𝑥∙∆​ 𝑝↓𝑥 ≥​ℏ/2 
Wikipedia:	
  “Uncertainty	
  Principle”	
  -­‐	
  hNp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncertainty_principle	
  
∆ 𝑥∙∆​ 𝑝↓𝑥 ≥​ℏ/2 
we live in an
uncertain universe
Adam	
  Fowler	
  (adamfowler)	
  [CC	
  BY-­‐NC-­‐ND	
  2.0	
  (hNps://crea<vecommons.org/licenses/by-­‐nc-­‐nd/2.0/)],	
  via	
  Flickr	
  -­‐	
  hNps://www.flickr.com/photos/adamfowler/4841559945	
  
Wicked problems are
catalysts
Wicked problems are
Creativity
Wicked problems ignite our
Forward
Wicked problems pull us
Innovate
Wicked problems help us
Sebas<an	
  Mary	
  (giovannijl-­‐s_photohut)	
  [CC-­‐BY-­‐SA-­‐2.0	
  (hNps://crea<vecommons.org/licenses/by-­‐sa/2.0/)],	
  via	
  Flickr	
  -­‐	
  hNps://www.flickr.com/photos/giovannijl-­‐s_photohut/421051338	
  
Wicked
Problems
We can’t solve
Wicked
Problems
We can’t solve
But we can
Acknowledge them
Tim	
  J.	
  Keegan	
  (suburbanbloke)	
  [CC-­‐BY-­‐SA-­‐2.0	
  (hNp://crea<vecommons.org/licenses/by-­‐sa/2.0/)],	
  via	
  Flickr	
  -­‐	
  hNps://www.flickr.com/photos/49333819@N00/381634787	
  
Acknowledge them
But we can
Take risks
Wicked
Problems
We can’t solve
Mike	
  Bash	
  [CC-­‐BY-­‐NC-­‐ND-­‐2.0	
  (hNps://crea<vecommons.org/licenses/by-­‐nc-­‐nd/2.0/)],	
  via	
  Flickr	
  -­‐	
  hNps://www.flickr.com/photos/jbash/4223183281	
  
Take risks
But we can
Stop being perfect
Wicked
Problems
We can’t solve
©	
  Jonathon	
  Colman	
  
Stop being perfect
But we can
Reward learning
Wicked
Problems
We can’t solve
Laura	
  Ferreira	
  [CC-­‐BY-­‐NC-­‐ND-­‐2.0	
  (hNps://crea<vecommons.org/licenses/by-­‐nc-­‐nd/2.0/)],	
  via	
  Flickr	
  -­‐	
  hNps://www.flickr.com/photos/prayerfriends/4343362783	
  
Reward learning
But we can Try
Wicked
Problems
We can’t solve
But we can Dare
Coda
Coda
Our differences
Don’t Matter
Our problems
Do
We stand
United
And	
  so	
  when	
  we’re	
  faced	
  with	
  ambiguity,	
  
we’re	
  not	
  afraid.	
  We	
  don’t	
  run	
  away	
  from	
  it.	
  
	
  
Run away
We Don’t
From ambiguity
Sebas<an	
  Mary	
  (giovannijl-­‐s_photohut)	
  [CC-­‐BY-­‐SA-­‐2.0	
  (hNps://crea<vecommons.org/licenses/by-­‐sa/2.0/)],	
  via	
  Flickr	
  -­‐	
  hNps://www.flickr.com/photos/giovannijl-­‐s_photohut/421051338	
  
We Run toward it
Ambiguity
NASA/JPL	
  [Public	
  domain],	
  via	
  Wikimedia	
  Commons	
  
wicked
NASA/JPL	
  [Public	
  domain],	
  via	
  Wikimedia	
  Commons	
  
Bit.ly/raycats
video + slides + text
NASA/JPL	
  [Public	
  domain],	
  via	
  Wikimedia	
  Commons	
  
NASA/JPL	
  [Public	
  domain],	
  via	
  Wikimedia	
  Commons	
  
NASA,	
  ESA,	
  Hubble	
  Space	
  Telescope	
  [Public	
  domain],	
  via	
  NASA	
  Astronomy	
  Picture	
  of	
  the	
  Day,	
  hNp://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap101009.html	
  
EAT AT JOE’S

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