Don't...Do Panic — a conversation with Jessica Outlaw — E31

SummaryJessica and Matthew explore the intersection of outdoor survival skills and UX design, discussing how lessons from nature can inform better design, emotional management, and community building. Discover practical insights on resource trade-offs, the importance of embracing fear, and the value of diverse approaches in design and life.BioJessica Outlaw is a behavioral researcher and founder of The Extended Mind agency. Her work focuses on how people think, feel, and behave in immersive technologies with particular emphasis on safety, privacy, and inclusive design in VR/AR/XR spaces. https://www.extendedmind.io/Chapters00:00 Cold (Get on with it!) Open10:46 Emotional Management: Accepting Panic and Fear15:36 Self-Care and Resource Management: Balancing Perfectionism28:07 Cultural Observations and Ethnography34:54 Experience Design Challenges38:21 One is None41:44 Designing for Human Experience45:10 Seven Plus or Minus Two Questions47:31 Who did you help recently and how did it make you feel?49:14 What's your least favorite thing about your profession?51:44 What's the most beautiful thing you've seen this week that had nothing to do with a screen?54:28 Business Over Users54:56 Who should I talk with next?57:24 What do you hope to not be carrying anymore?ResourcesTrackers Portland Outdoor Education - https://trackerspdx.org/Breitenbush Hot Springs - https://breitenbush.com/Caitlin Krause - Digital Wellbeing - https://caitlinkrause.com/Mark Lepper - Seven Plus or Minus Two - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_LepperKeywordsUX design, outdoor survival, emotional management, community building, resource trade-offs, ethnography, experience design, Portland community, resilience