Michael Kibedi
@uxmichael.co
👊🏾💥 critical technologist // design researcher // writer // speaker // 📨 First and Fifteenth // 🦆 birdwatcher // 🍽️ collects menus (no, really) // 🔗 https://linktr.ee/uxmichaelco // 🌐 uxmichael.co
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Michael Kibedi
@uxmichael.co
· Nov 22
First and Fifteenth evergreens (by Michael Kibedi) — Semble
Literature shaping my practice which are constant sources of influence, inspiration, and ideas.
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Inspired by @rude1.blacksky.team, I've made my own evergreen reading list — the titles I repeatedly return to and re-read — which are central to my thinking and practice. The service runs on #atproto, made by @cosmik.network 👌🏾 #CriticalAI
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Details for how to apply for Opportunity (Scholarship) tickets are here: uxscotland.net/tickets
Tickets
UX Scotland 2026 tickets selling fast - our Advance & Super duper early bird tickets have already sold out...
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February 9, 2026 at 7:51 AM
Details for how to apply for Opportunity (Scholarship) tickets are here: uxscotland.net/tickets
Next stop, Scotland! 🏴
I will be delivering a keynote to open day 2 of @uxscotland.bsky.social
Wed 10 – Thu 11 June. Over thirty talks, workshops, and case studies across four tracks.
Discounts for freelancers. Scholarships also available.
uxscotland.net
#UXScotland #UXScot #uxmichaelco
I will be delivering a keynote to open day 2 of @uxscotland.bsky.social
Wed 10 – Thu 11 June. Over thirty talks, workshops, and case studies across four tracks.
Discounts for freelancers. Scholarships also available.
uxscotland.net
#UXScotland #UXScot #uxmichaelco
UX Scotland
UX Scotland is a friendly international conference, established in 2013, for people working in UX, UCD, HCD, Service Design, or other digital specialisms
uxscotland.net
February 9, 2026 at 7:43 AM
Next stop, Scotland! 🏴
I will be delivering a keynote to open day 2 of @uxscotland.bsky.social
Wed 10 – Thu 11 June. Over thirty talks, workshops, and case studies across four tracks.
Discounts for freelancers. Scholarships also available.
uxscotland.net
#UXScotland #UXScot #uxmichaelco
I will be delivering a keynote to open day 2 of @uxscotland.bsky.social
Wed 10 – Thu 11 June. Over thirty talks, workshops, and case studies across four tracks.
Discounts for freelancers. Scholarships also available.
uxscotland.net
#UXScotland #UXScot #uxmichaelco
These past few days were certainly stimulating, provocative and inspirational at the inaugural NO & __ forum on Technological Refusal at @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social thank you for having me! @danishanley.bsky.social 💥
February 8, 2026 at 1:01 PM
These past few days were certainly stimulating, provocative and inspirational at the inaugural NO & __ forum on Technological Refusal at @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social thank you for having me! @danishanley.bsky.social 💥
Design Beyond the Human: essays on activism, anthropology, conservation, creative writing, design practice, design theory, economics, education, environment, ethics, history, indigenous knowledge, law, philosophy, poetry, politics, regenerative agriculture, science, sociology and technology.
February 5, 2026 at 6:22 AM
Design Beyond the Human: essays on activism, anthropology, conservation, creative writing, design practice, design theory, economics, education, environment, ethics, history, indigenous knowledge, law, philosophy, poetry, politics, regenerative agriculture, science, sociology and technology.
What a coincidence, and perfectly timed for the forum at in Maastricht University next month.
www.aanmelder.nl/techrefusal
www.aanmelder.nl/techrefusal
January 22, 2026 at 8:04 AM
What a coincidence, and perfectly timed for the forum at in Maastricht University next month.
www.aanmelder.nl/techrefusal
www.aanmelder.nl/techrefusal
I often think this too. Who are the UX designers, software testers, PM, and devs? Do they know what the system will be do or are they just blinkering their unease by only looking at the Jira ticket they’ve been assigned and clocking off at 5pm?
January 9, 2026 at 7:30 AM
I often think this too. Who are the UX designers, software testers, PM, and devs? Do they know what the system will be do or are they just blinkering their unease by only looking at the Jira ticket they’ve been assigned and clocking off at 5pm?
Check out @hypestudies.bsky.social 👀
January 9, 2026 at 7:23 AM
Check out @hypestudies.bsky.social 👀
First and Fifteenth returns in 2026. New website, new schedule. 💁🏾♂️
www.first-and-fifteenth.co
#FirstAndFifteenth #uxmichaelco
www.first-and-fifteenth.co
#FirstAndFifteenth #uxmichaelco
First and Fifteenth
Essays from a critical technologist, told through the interpretative lens of Black Studies and conceptual art.
www.first-and-fifteenth.co
January 1, 2026 at 7:53 AM
First and Fifteenth returns in 2026. New website, new schedule. 💁🏾♂️
www.first-and-fifteenth.co
#FirstAndFifteenth #uxmichaelco
www.first-and-fifteenth.co
#FirstAndFifteenth #uxmichaelco
No & ...’: A Forum on Technological Refusal, Thursday 5 and Friday 6 February from the Critical Technoscience Platform at Maastricht University. Registration is now open! www.aanmelder.nl/techrefusal #FirstAndFifteenthOnTheRoad
‘No & ...’ : A Forum on Technological Refusal - Home
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December 15, 2025 at 2:15 PM
No & ...’: A Forum on Technological Refusal, Thursday 5 and Friday 6 February from the Critical Technoscience Platform at Maastricht University. Registration is now open! www.aanmelder.nl/techrefusal #FirstAndFifteenthOnTheRoad
I didn't get a chance to introduce myself, but your presentation was so thought-provoking and lyrical. 🙌🏾
December 10, 2025 at 3:28 PM
I didn't get a chance to introduce myself, but your presentation was so thought-provoking and lyrical. 🙌🏾
December 5, 2025 at 4:31 PM
So many memories of childhood disappointment when I tried to secretly take a biscuit only to be met by balls of wool, thread, and ribbons! 😭
December 1, 2025 at 10:39 PM
So many memories of childhood disappointment when I tried to secretly take a biscuit only to be met by balls of wool, thread, and ribbons! 😭
First & Fifteenth 2025 roundup
What I've said and read since summer
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December 1, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Inspired by @rude1.blacksky.team, I've made my own evergreen reading list — the titles I repeatedly return to and re-read — which are central to my thinking and practice. The service runs on #atproto, made by @cosmik.network 👌🏾 #CriticalAI
semble.so/profile/uxmi...
semble.so/profile/uxmi...
First and Fifteenth evergreens (by Michael Kibedi) — Semble
Literature shaping my practice which are constant sources of influence, inspiration, and ideas.
semble.so
November 22, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Inspired by @rude1.blacksky.team, I've made my own evergreen reading list — the titles I repeatedly return to and re-read — which are central to my thinking and practice. The service runs on #atproto, made by @cosmik.network 👌🏾 #CriticalAI
semble.so/profile/uxmi...
semble.so/profile/uxmi...
How did my leisure time on the internet get turned into staring at a bunch of inboxes? 😩
November 19, 2025 at 2:43 PM
How did my leisure time on the internet get turned into staring at a bunch of inboxes? 😩
#ffconf is the reason I created my @uxmichael.co BlueSky account. 1 year old! 💁🏾♂️ 🎂
November 14, 2025 at 9:51 AM
#ffconf is the reason I created my @uxmichael.co BlueSky account. 1 year old! 💁🏾♂️ 🎂
Will check this out! 🎧
November 11, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Will check this out! 🎧
Futurisk - Lonely Streets (1982 Ocean Sound)
YouTube video by Futurisk
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November 10, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Was just the medicine we needed 💥
November 8, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Was just the medicine we needed 💥
😹 you know what I mean!
November 8, 2025 at 6:18 PM
😹 you know what I mean!
Cat wait to see your talk when it hits the interwebzzz! 🙌🏾
November 8, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Cat wait to see your talk when it hits the interwebzzz! 🙌🏾
Last year I tracked my stolen phone make its way across London before ending up Shenzhen. Something strangely poetic about a phone returning to the place it was born. 😮💨
October 30, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Last year I tracked my stolen phone make its way across London before ending up Shenzhen. Something strangely poetic about a phone returning to the place it was born. 😮💨
Couple of weeks to go before I’ll be doing a guest lecture at the RCA for their Design Ethics class, part of the Design Futures masters MDes. 🤗 #RCADesignFutures #DesignFutures #HumanDecentredDesign #uxmichaelco
October 26, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Couple of weeks to go before I’ll be doing a guest lecture at the RCA for their Design Ethics class, part of the Design Futures masters MDes. 🤗 #RCADesignFutures #DesignFutures #HumanDecentredDesign #uxmichaelco
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We're organizing an event on technological refusal in Maastricht, Feb '26 and I'm super excited about it. Details below 👇 Deadline for contributions Oct 31st. Come join us!
www.aanmelder.nl/techrefusal
www.aanmelder.nl/techrefusal
‘No & ...’ : A Forum on Technological Refusal - Home
www.aanmelder.nl
October 24, 2025 at 4:59 AM
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