Buddhism and User Experience. It's not about religion

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Buddhism and UX - it’s not about religion EuroIA 2013 Lightning Talk Sigurjón Ólafsson funksjon.net / @sigurjono

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My five minutes lightning talk I gave at EuroIA in Edinburgh on 27 September 2013. It’s about the link I have found between Buddhism and user experience or broadly speaking the management of websites. More information about the talk on my website: http://www.funksjon.net/buddha-ux/

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Buddhism and UX- it’s not about religion

EuroIA 2013Lightning Talk

Sigurjón Ólafssonfunksjon.net / @sigurjono

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Follow the leaders?

Gerry McGovernremove...

Steve Krugremove

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Screenshot from Tintin movie

Dealing with stakeholders

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These books can help but...

My own bookshelf

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Tintin: The Blue Lotus

So opium is the solution?

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We don’t need more of this

Photo: Ólafur Eggertsson Þorvaldseyri

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Religion or philosophy?

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Common sense... practical

EmpathyCalmnessFocusMindfulnessSimplicityKnowledgeUnderstandingPractise

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Good Luck and Thanks!

More about this talkfunksjon.net/buddha-ux

@sigurjonofunksjon.netPhoto Slide 1: alphacoders.com