Stephen Farrugia

Faster and Worse

Technology EN ↓ 31 episodes

Quick 3-5 minute dispatches which focus on a single idea or concept related to tech product design

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Stephen Farrugia

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S1E6 - Here, See What You Can Do With This 30.01.2025 3:19

Software as an amorphous blob The gist: Software as a service providers leave us to find purpose in their product's collection of features. They escape accountability by only asserting vague purposes like "collaboration" or "productivity" SaaS products are merging into something that, rather than being an "everything app", is more of a "general app" - made up of individually useful things that bec...

S1E5 - The Cycle of Tech Products 28.01.2025 5:12

How commercial tech products have turned design into antidesign Tech organisations take a concept or thing which began with a sole purpose to benefit people and, through iterative antidesign, turn it into something that is both bad for people and bad for their business. These things begin in the area of, supposed, human-centered design where the needs of people are the only concern, but within com...

S1E4 - Software is Vapour 22.01.2025 4:59

SaaS products don't deliver anything specific because they don't promise anything specific Video also available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJuXUpuFOGM This podcast is powered by Pinecast .

S1E3 - Snake Oils 20.01.2025 3:23

The aspect of snake oils which rarely gets mentioned Video also available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_EhTVBR9Js This podcast is powered by Pinecast .

S1E2 - User Experience is the Product (now) 15.01.2025 3:30

UX is how we are sold things that don't have much else to offer Video also available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_S_hwTKeE8c This podcast is powered by Pinecast .

S1E1 - Innovation is a Reaction to Stifles 14.01.2025 4:27

Why innovation can't be stifled Video also available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBKnOagRXqA This podcast is powered by Pinecast .