Imran Hussain and Suleman Shahid discuss World Usability Day which is commemorated around the world every year in November. The theme for this year’s event was ‘Design for Good or Evil’. --- KEYWORDS world usability day, usability professionals association, upa, symposium, lums, lahore, pakistan, design, usability, good, bad, evil, three mile island, addiction, apple, screen time, whatsapp, instagram, twitter, facebook, data, scandal, google, protest, drone, ai, defence, military, pentagon, google glasses, privacy, road sign, hospital, medical equipment, injury --- LINKS Design for Good or Evil - World Usability Day 2018 by Imran Hussain https://www.slideshare.net/imranhussain/design-for-good-or-evil-world-usability-day-2018 World Usability Day https://worldusabilityday.org User Experience Professionals Association (UXPA) (formerly Usability Professionals Association [UPA]) https://uxpa.org Three Mile Island Accident https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCJbmUGoXXU The war against Silicon Valley’s evil design https://www.livemint.com/Leisure/rnhiPxzkZBiTeETHEaZWGI/The-war-against-Silicon-Valleys-evil-design.html How to use Apple’s new Screen Time and App Limits features in iOS 12 https://www.theverge.com/2018/9/17/17870126/ios-12-screen-time-app-limits-downtime-features-how-to-use Facebook scandal 'hit 87 million users' https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-43649018 Google quietly removes 'don't be evil' preface from code of conduct https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/google-dont-be-evil-code-conduct-removed-alphabet-a8361276.html Thousands of Google Employees Protest Company's Involvement in Pentagon AI Drone Program https://gizmodo.com/thousands-of-google-employees-protest-companys-involvem-1824988565 Google Glass: is it a threat to our privacy? https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/mar/06/google-glass-threat-to-our-privacy Bad road sign design - America's 10 Most Confusing Traffic Signs https://jalopnik.com/5044869/americas-10-most-confusing-traffic-signs Dangerous By Design: How the U.S. Builds Roads That Kill Pedestrians https://usa.streetsblog.org/2011/05/24/dangerous-by-design-how-the-u-s-builds-roads-that-kill-pedestrians/ Road kill https://www.economist.com/united-states/2015/07/04/road-kill Jeep Grand Cherokees Recalled for Confusing Gear Shifters https://www.morris4x4center.com/blog/jeep-gear-shift-recall/ Scalpel injuries in the operating theatre https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2376008/ Bad Hospital Design Is Making Us Sicker https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/22/well/live/bad-hospital-design-is-making-us-sicker.html These students redesigned scalpel packaging to prevent injuries https://www.medicaldesignandoutsourcing.com/college-students-redesigned-scalpels/ --- ABOUT THE HOSTS Imran Hussain https://twitter.com/imranhussain Suleman Shahid https://twitter.com/sulemans --- ABOUT DESIGN BAITHAK Design Baithak is a community initiative to promote design in Pakistan through local meetups and a podcast. https://twitter.com/designbaithak https://www.instagram.com/designbaithak/