We’re talking with the authors of A Boot Apart’s latest book: Design for Real Life. Sara Wachter-Boettcher and Eric Meyer chat about designing for stress cases as opposed to edge cases: does your app or website take into account what a person might be going through when they’re trying to use it?

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Design for Real Life

SaraWB.com / Sara Wachter-Boettcher on Twitter

MeyerWeb.com / Eric Meyer on Twitter

Sara’s article on Medium.com: Dear Tech, You Suck at Delight

Gmail Pulls Mic Drop Button

VoiceAndTone.com

How to Build and Care for Your Own Quirky Funny Interface Robot

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