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New hikers are flocking into the backcountry in unprecedented numbers and apps are their tool of choice. Let's take a look at how some of the most downloaded hiking apps help (and hinder) novice outdoor enthusiasts make safe decisions. While a lot of industries have suffered in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, outdoor recreation has seen a veritable boom.
Throughout my professional career as a designer, I’ve struggled with guilt. Because while I find user experience fascinating and enjoy the work I do, I don’t devote a lot of time outside of the office to it, and that makes me feel like a fraud. After all, I come from the generation that lives and breathes “side hustle” culture, that was taught to pursue our passions, to shoot for the moon and, short of that, land among the stars.
Note: This article was first conceived of as a talk for Interaction 2016, entitled Nature’s Notifications: What Technology Can Learn from a Buzzing Bee and a Thunderclap, which was co-presented with Phillip Tiongson of Potion. Illustrations by Julia Thummel Outside of speech, humans have relied on notifications for almost as long as we’ve been human; a dog’s bark to warn us when something was lurking beyond the reach of our campfires, a rooster’s crow to mark the morning.
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