PinnedErin BeelThe insidious myth of “permanent” employmentLearnings of a newly unemployed person after 26 years in continuous employment.Nov 30, 2023Nov 30, 2023
PinnedErin BeelinUX CollectiveCAPTCHA is a drag and should be dropped — WCAG 2.2 in the wildOnce you know what inaccessible is, you’ll encounter it everywhere.Oct 18, 20234Oct 18, 20234
Erin BeelDoorDash wants you to get a side hustle to maintain your financially unsustainable gaming addictionDoorDash normalises gaming addiction, hustle culture & the highly unregulated gig economy into one egregiously unethical 10 second adJul 6, 2023Jul 6, 2023
Erin BeelCyber Car 2010 — An eerie prediction of today’s automotive industryAlt title: That Musk has some ’splainin’ to doJun 19, 2023Jun 19, 2023
Erin BeelinUX CollectiveVirtually unpopular: lessons From Second LifeHow biases and social norms persist in metaverses, and factors to consider before implementing a virtual world.Jun 17, 2023Jun 17, 2023
Erin BeelinBootcampHALT! Before you continue your journey, I’d like to introduce you to the worst CAPTCHA I’ve ever…As a self-proclaimed connoisseur of awful CAPTCHAs, this is a significant find. I imagine this is what it feels like for a biologist to…Jun 1, 2023Jun 1, 2023
Erin BeelinBootcampCAPTCHA and the BIT.C.H-100After I finished giggling at this ridiculous CAPTCHA (see first image), I pondered the nature of how culturally-specific CAPTCHAS can be…Nov 1, 2022Nov 1, 2022
Erin BeelThe mental health impact of disabling products.This piece was previously published on LinkedIn in 2021.May 29, 2022May 29, 2022