@bobulate

Part designer, part educator, full-time dog owner. Designing for humans @Microsoft. Former SVP Digital and VP Design @NPR, Founding Chair @SVAIxD. (she/her)

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Joined December 2006
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What do you listen to when you are in your car? When you are traveling? @moreaulee + @bobulate discuss the car radio and the sounds you are conditioned to hear. Plus @deaconpunnett Phylis Johnson, Karin Bijsterveld, @yurisuzuki + Olga Touloumi. designobserver.com/feature/t…
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Me: “It’s time for bed.” 6yo: “Dad, I’ll barter with you. I’ll brush my teeth if you play one iPad game with me.” Me: “Where’d you learn about bartering?” 6yo: “NPR’s Marketplace”
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Milton Glaser, the legendary graphic designer who co-founded New York Magazine and created the "I❤NY" logo, has died at the age of 91 nym.ag/3fXH2oY
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(THREAD) Someone asked me to address the #DefundNPR hashtag that circulated in the last day or so. My first thought was, "UGH: this again???" @NPR is a constant, convenient whipping boy for people across the political spectrum (right and left). Here are a few things to know.
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If you look at how housing segregation works in America, you can see how things ended up this way. And once you see it, you can't un-see it.

The Role Of Housing Segregation In America's Systemic Racism

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Does anyone know of any engineering and/or product managers who are willing to mentor black and brown folks? Feel free to comment! There is plenty of black and brown talent looking for mentors in technical roles too. It's the perfect time to help out! 👇
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🔊NEW EP ALERT🔊 "I will defer judgment on whether or not this is going to be the moment that everyone will suddenly understand what's going on with black communities and policing... After Ferguson, it's hard to hold your breath." -@JamilSmith npr.org/2020/05/29/865261916…

A Decade Of Watching Black People Die : Code Switch

The last few weeks have been filled with devastating news — stories about the police killing black people. At this point, these calamities feel familiar — so familiar, in fact, that their details...

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Seeing your team's work featured in a billboard on Times Square is pretty surreal. ✨ #nofilter instagram.com/p/B0UzR6yn2XN/
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It’s almost showtime! Thesis presentations happening today at @svaixd #shift2019 #thesisfestival19
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Emails from @MarkMemmottNPR remain one of the best things about working at @NPR:
I've bored many with the story that one of the first things an editor told me was that I should delete words that end with "ly." But it actually works. Stories really do read and sound better. Also, by eliminating those "throwaway intensifiers" you literally open up space for action words that definitely move a story along. Try it. You'll be totally surprised. Plus, many in the audience will surely thank you….

ALT I've bored many with the story that one of the first things an editor told me was that I should delete words that end with "ly." But it actually works. Stories really do read and sound better. Also, by eliminating those "throwaway intensifiers" you literally open up space for action words that definitely move a story along. Try it. You'll be totally surprised. Plus, many in the audience will surely thank you….

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PSA for New Yorkers: A library card can now get you into the Whitney Museum, the Guggenheim and 31 other prominent New York cultural institutions for free. nytimes.com/2018/07/16/arts/…

A Library Card Will Get You Into the Guggenheim (and 32 Other Places) (Published 2018)

Culture Pass, a new initiative from New York City’s public libraries, will offer free admission to prominent cultural institutions around the city.

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NYC has a higher than average ratio of female to male founders. Female investors are showing up to support you, the entrepreneurs! Sign up for office hours 1/9/2018: medium.com/female-founder-of…
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How does NPR make "radio" for a generation that doesn't use a radio? Listen: dogroup.co/2zBNW1R
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Does anyone else have a CEO who opens a champagne bottle like this to celebrate employees? @jarlmohn @NPR 🥂
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We’re hiring. Like a lot. n.pr/tech-jobs
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"The question: 'What do you mean?' is the single most powerful tool in journalism.'" @keithwoods xitter.cf/nprtraining/status/862…
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Back at it w/ CA #pubmedia editors. @keithwoods talking about an editor's role in surfacing assumptions, esp. in stories about race & class
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Loving the PURPLE @nprmusic homepage in honor of Prince. Looking good, @joshosbrn.
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"Alexa, Enable NPR One" - All @NPRone content now available on @Amazon's suite of smart home assistants n.pr/2m9H6tD
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One of the most important questions to ask yourself as you begin a storytelling project. #nprstorylab @bobulate
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