Hacking the Human Interface

Great talk Samantha! I greatly appreciated the material you presented along with sharing your story with us. I do strongly agree that this is a topic we need to talk more about in our field, and it is great to see others opening up and sharing.

In terms of general feedback... I think the content was great, you do a great job presenting, and I found your sense of humor great. If there was anything constructive I could provide it was that you tend to pace a lot when you get into your personal stories. It didn't take away from the power of your presentation, just came across as if you were thinking about what you were about to share.

Amazing talk :) Thank you for sharing it with us. I really enjoyed it, and got a lot out of it.

Very powerful talk. Programmers are often frustrated that people are so much harder to predict than machines, but Samantha explained how empathy can help shed light on their "mysterious" ways. The pace seemed intentional - after many statements, a bit of silence helped me digest what had just been said. The disclaimer at the beginning was a good idea, to warn the listener that things were about to get real. Great job.