Robert Stribley

Brooklyn, New York

Contributor at Freelance

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Some Tips for Today’s Protestors

2 weeks ago | stribs.medium.com | Robert Stribley

A middle-aged white man offers some thoughtful advice around how protestors in the United States should behaveFolks, there are a lot of protests going on right now across the country, and I thought it might be helpful, given that there are so many beginner protesters out there, for some of y’all to hear some tips from a middle-aged white man on how to protest. First of all, no foreign flags, OK? So, no Mexican flags. No Palestinian flags. We don’t want any bad optics.
This Product Isn’t Real

1 month ago | stribs.medium.com | Robert Stribley

What a fake image of a new OpenAI product tells us about misinformation onlineJust over a week ago, Jony Ive and OpenAI announced their partnership in a release featuring a photo of Jony and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman with an accompanying cuddly photo possibly calculated to resemble a classic Simon and Garfunkel album cover.
The Hypernormalisation of Awful Immigration Policy

Oct 31, 2024 | stribs.medium.com | Robert Stribley

Trump isn’t the only politician to ever encourage the mistreatment of immigrants but he put the lies and policies encouraging their mistreatment into overdriveRobert Stribley·Follow10 min read·--Original photo by Gage Skidmore | Photoshop by Robert StribleySorry for the three-dollar word: Hypernormalisation. I’m alluding to the provocative and somewhat depressing documentary of the same name, which Adam Curtis directed for the BBC in 2016.
Searching for Ramón Casiano

Oct 7, 2024 | stribs.medium.com | Robert Stribley

It all started with the borderAnd that’s still where it is todaySomeone killed Ramón CasianoAnd the killer got away— “Ramon Casiano,” Drive-By TruckersIf you’ve never heard the name Ramón Casiano, you may more likely have heard the name of the man who murdered him. There’s no photo of Casiano to include with this piece, either, since, near as anyone can tell, no such photo exists. And there’s precious little I could find to tell his life story either. Harlon Bronson Carter, though?
AI is undermining our privacy. What can we do about it?

Apr 22, 2024 | uxdesign.cc | Robert Stribley

AI is undermining our privacy. What can we do about it?
Give Me Something to Believe In

Feb 22, 2024 | medium.com | Robert Stribley

Book Review: The Bible Code by Michael DrosninOriginally published in Creative Loafing in August 1997. I am reprinting some of my early writing here, which is no longer available online. We’re forever looking for signs.
Disappearing Girl

Feb 22, 2024 | medium.com | Robert Stribley

Caucasia by Danzy SennaOriginally published in Creative Loafing. I am reprinting some of my early writing here, which is no longer available online. “I disappeared into America, the easiest place to get lost.”Danzy Senna’s first novel Caucasia is the story of a disappearance, not just the disappearance of Birdie and her mother, Sandy, but of Birdie’s identity.
Seeing through Sacks’ eyes

Feb 21, 2024 | stribs.medium.com | Robert Stribley

Book Review: The Island of the Colorblind and Cycad Island by Oliver SacksOriginally published in Creative Loafing. I am reprinting some of my early writing here, which is no longer available online. “There is a grandeur in this view of life.” — Charles Darwin, Origin of the SpeciesIn The Island of the Colorblind, Oliver Sacks embarks upon an adventure that must have been nearly as exciting for him as Darwin’s enlightening journey to the Galapagos Islands.
Designing for Privacy in an Increasingly Public World

Feb 14, 2024 | uxmag.com | Robert Stribley

DUMBO neighborhood street corner in Brooklyn — Photo by Robert StribleyA watershed privacy moment in the United StatesIn July of 2023, a Nebraska court convicted a teenage girl and her mother after the mother assisted her daughter in procuring an illegal abortion. the previous year in June—the same month that the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.
Cultivating a design culture

Feb 1, 2024 | uxdesign.cc | Robert Stribley

Cultivating a design cultureHow can you nurture an inspiring design culture within an organization for UXers—and any group of designers, really?