# For the Love of Humans and Technology

DevFeed: [For the Love of Humans and Technology](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/for-the-love-of-humans-and-technology-1763.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://signal.org/blog/for-humans-and-tech/>)

Published: 2015-01-22T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Signal Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/signal-blog.md>)

Topics: [User experience (UX)](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ux.md>), [human computer interaction](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/human-computer-interaction.md>), [Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security.md>), [Cryptography](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cryptography.md>), [Software](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/software.md>)

Tags: [cryptography](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cryptography.md>), [development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/development.md>), [human-computer-interaction](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/human-computer-interaction.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>), [software](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/software.md>), [user-experience](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/user-experience.md>), [ux](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ux.md>)

## AI overview

A UX designer reflects on her lifelong interest in organizing information and simplifying poorly designed systems. During Winter Break of Code at Open Whisper Systems, she considers how UX designers can help emerging information-security technology become useful and understandable to people. The article also introduces the historical importance of private and secure communication, including the use of seals.

## Source excerpt

Winter Break of Code Day Ten A couple of days ago, Jake, one of the brilliant full-timers on Open Whisper Systems, looked up from his laptop and asked me with a smile, "So, Yoko, what's your life story? How did you come to love humans so much?" It was a whimsical way of asking why I do what I do and why I am here. Having studied Human Computer Interaction and being a user experience (UX) designer, I've been asked variations of this question many times before. But it was on this trip I realized my answer needs a little probing. Read more...