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An annotated collection of 2 books & articles on ux, spanning 2018 to 2019. Featuring works by Slava Polonski, John Whalen — each with editorial commentary oriented to digital product practice.

What No One Tells You About Personalization

Slava Polonski, 2018 · UX Collective (uxdesign.cc)

Polonski's essay argues the uncomfortable point behind "personalisation" as a product feature: most implementations reduce user agency rather than extend it, and many produce filter bubbles and perceived surveillance wit…

Whalen's book is a careful application of cognitive science to product design — attention, memory, decision-making, emotion — presented through frameworks that product teams can actually use. The book avoids the two comm…