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David Kyle Johnson

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
736 total appearances

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The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1087 - May 9 2026

That's terrible.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1087 - May 9 2026

But here, you know, and again, I had this conversation with my wife.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1087 - May 9 2026

It's like, are we just getting old?

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1087 - May 9 2026

Because I don't want to be that old crotchety guy who's like, these newfangled technology.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1087 - May 9 2026

I don't think that's what it is.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1087 - May 9 2026

I really honestly am trying to be humble and, you know, unbiased here.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1087 - May 9 2026

I don't think that's what it is because it's not like I didn't understand anything.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1087 - May 9 2026

And, you know, we're pretty much all above average computer users.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1087 - May 9 2026

I don't think that's it.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1087 - May 9 2026

I was actually the quote-unquote super user in my department for computers.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1087 - May 9 2026

So it's not like I'm not tech savvy or I don't know how to install a freaking printer.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1087 - May 9 2026

But I honestly feel like there's so many different applications that are just not user-friendly anymore.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1087 - May 9 2026

And I think that a lot of tech companies are just no longer hiring user interface experts.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1087 - May 9 2026

You know what I mean?

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1087 - May 9 2026

They're just having engineers do it.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1087 - May 9 2026

You know, like all of the...

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1087 - May 9 2026

And again, I actually read a book on user interface principles like in the 1990s.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1087 - May 9 2026

And I used a lot of this working as the liaison to the EMR people in my department, etc.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1087 - May 9 2026

So again, I've been doing this at a very high end at some point.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1087 - May 9 2026

And it just seems like everything I do, every piece of software I'm interfacing with, especially new ones, they violate every law of a good user interface.