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Bilgi Karan

@bilgi.bsky.social
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Senior UX Janitor Ex Sony, Above Innovation Starter Accessibility and Inclusion Wannabe musician www.bilgikaran.com carefulinnovation.org

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Bilgi Karan @bilgi.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Me: looking at an art piece in social feed trying to understand whether or not it is AI generated so that I can decide whether I can like it.
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Bilgi Karan @bilgi.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
My lovely wife’s description of mergers and acquisitions: “The big fish eats the small fish and they become sharks.”
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Bilgi Karan @bilgi.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Finally we are understanding that the economics of AI depends on the disproportionate attention we give it.
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Bilgi Karan @bilgi.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
“Anthropic's Claude Cowork was built in under two weeks using Claude Code”
media.tenor.com
a south park cartoon shows a box that says hang on a second
Alt: a south park cartoon shows a box that says hang on a second
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Bilgi Karan @bilgi.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
It is only day three. Brace for the rest of 2026.
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Bilgi Karan @bilgi.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
My New Year’s resolution is 640x480
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Bilgi Karan @bilgi.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
I wrote a thing. Be nice plz. www.bilgikaran.com/blog-detail/...
bilgikaran.com
Innovation is a dirty word - Bilgi Karan
Bilgi Karan - UX Leader, Designer and Strategist
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Bilgi Karan @bilgi.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Hi #uxsky #ux I wrote a thing... The Truth about UX Strategy. medium.com/p/cad159d316e1 TL;DR If you want to get buy-in for your UX Strategy, don't call it that. :)
medium.com
Truth about UX Strategy
Best way to get buy-in for a UX Strategy is to stop calling it a UX Strategy.
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Bilgi Karan @bilgi.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
Winamp skins!
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Bilgi Karan @bilgi.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
Thoughts #designsky ? particle.news/share/1GZMf
particle.news
Particle News: Trump Launches 'America by Design,' Creating National Design Studio to Modernize Federal Services
The order centralizes design governance under a new White House studio with initial agency results due July 4, 2026.
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Bilgi Karan @bilgi.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
The premise is close enough but the main issue is about all LLMs being trained to mimic humans. That’s the business incentive. mustafa-suleyman.ai/seemingly-co...
mustafa-suleyman.ai
We must build AI for people; not to be a person
Personal site of Mustafa Suleyman, AI pioneer and author.
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Bilgi Karan @bilgi.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
If you want a seat at the table, you need to understand what’s on the table.
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Bilgi Karan @bilgi.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
The delta between efficiency and efficacy often seems like competence. #designsky
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Bilgi Karan @bilgi.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
💯
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Bilgi Karan @bilgi.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Very well written and grounded projection of what AI might become by 2027. I recommend reading to anyone on either side of the doomsday scenarios. ai-2027.com
ai-2027.com
AI 2027
A research-backed AI scenario forecast.
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Bilgi Karan @bilgi.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Nice job!
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Bilgi Karan @bilgi.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
When a government takes money from its residents, it is called a tax.
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Bilgi Karan @bilgi.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
This. This is my lifelong dream.
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Bilgi Karan @bilgi.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
We are quickly diving into the uncanny valley in voice interactions. This is fascinating and scary at the same time. After almost a 30 minute conversation with this model, I can say that the movie "Her" is no longer science fiction. Try it yourself... www.sesame.com/research/cro...
sesame.com
Crossing the uncanny valley of conversational voice
At Sesame, our goal is to achieve “voice presence”—the magical quality that makes spoken interactions feel real, understood, and valued.
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Bilgi Karan @bilgi.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
We all need more skepticism and less fanaticism.
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Bilgi Karan @bilgi.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
I always thought Michael Jackson was in love with a “Librarian Girl” and that made total sense to me.
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Bilgi Karan @bilgi.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
Playing with flipping cards in Framer. Might change my portfolio. #designsky #posts.cv
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Bilgi Karan @bilgi.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Our IKEA.com team cooked! #uxsky #designsky
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Bilgi Karan @bilgi.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
Hello to all new followers coming from posts.cv Thanks for connecting!
posts.cv
Posts
Posts, a community app by Read.cv
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Bilgi Karan @bilgi.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Name your kid “The Process” then everyone will have to trust them.
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Bilgi Karan @bilgi.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Hi UX Bsky! I’m hiring a UX Team Manager! If you want to work at IKEA, this is your chance. Sweden or Netherlands. jobs.smartrecruiters.com/ni/InterIKEA...
jobs.smartrecruiters.com
UX Team Manager | Competence Hub Development Manager
Job Description: We are on a journey to transform our digital capabilities, bringing core business processes, people, data, and technology together. This transformation is an enabler for IKEA to becom...
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Bilgi Karan @bilgi.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
“I hope this email finds you wherever you are hiding.”
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Bilgi Karan @bilgi.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
Prompting is not a “skill.” It is simply a usability burden until better alternatives come along.
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Bilgi Karan @bilgi.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Becoming a design manager: From “I can’t believe they are paying me to draw rectangles all day” To: “I can’t believe they are paying me to attend meetings all day”
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Bilgi Karan @bilgi.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
We are so intensely obsessed with the question of what makes humans unique that we forgot the answer could simply be “nothing”.
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Bilgi Karan @bilgi.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
Finally updated carefulinnovation.org in the way that I wanted. 🥹 This is a place where I share my experiences and tools around innovating in a meaningful way.
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Bilgi Karan @bilgi.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
I was going to make a joke about Ronald McDonald getting a government post. Nevermind, I guess.
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Bilgi Karan @bilgi.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
It was about time. 👋
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Bilgi Karan @bilgi.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Sometimes I make frame by frame looping animation. Calming.
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Bilgi Karan @bilgi.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Am I the only one that started to “read” podcasts instead of just listening to them? Much faster and easier to skip ads.
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Bilgi Karan @bilgi.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
In the right direction. For now.
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Gavin Nelson @gavin.social · 20/11/2024
My favorite way to fine-tune transitions is to build a set of sliders into a prototype to tweak timing parameters on device, as you're using it.
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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
The real secret to the "Mediterranean diet" is eating equal qualities of pasta and antipasto so that they annihilate one another
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Bilgi Karan @bilgi.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
How is X-odus not a hashtag yet?
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Bilgi Karan @bilgi.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Here is my follower strategy on Bluesky: I’m following a buttload of people. Period.
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Bilgi Karan @bilgi.bsky.social · 11/11/2024
Here is the start of a sci-fi flick. But IRL.
Lab monkeys evade capture
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Bilgi Karan @bilgi.bsky.social · 06/11/2024
I wanna see a parody of Inside Out showing the inner workings of a narcissist’s mind.
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Bilgi Karan @bilgi.bsky.social · 23/09/2024
I was hoping for a round number but I’m ok with being in the top 10% instead.
A virtual certificate with text "Celebrating 10M users on Bluesky, #232,229, Bilgi Karan ‪@bilgi.bsky.social‬, joined on Jul 3, 2023"
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Bilgi Karan @bilgi.bsky.social · 09/09/2024
I wish everyone had to print all of their emails and messages. There would be much MUCH less necessary junk.
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Bilgi Karan @bilgi.bsky.social · 05/09/2024
Hi Bluesky! Who should I follow here for UX? My motive is to forget all about the cesspool of Xwitter.
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Bilgi Karan @bilgi.bsky.social · 16/08/2024
Stunt Blind Driver? Apparently he will keep working tomorrow.
Credits for “The English” includes a job for stunt blind driver.
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Bilgi Karan @bilgi.bsky.social · 07/08/2024
Sign on the piano in the restaurant: “If you CAN play, please play. If you CAN’T play please don’t play. “
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Bilgi Karan @bilgi.bsky.social · 30/07/2024
In today’s episode of “What could possibly go wrong?”
Genetically engineered flies eat waste
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Bilgi Karan @bilgi.bsky.social · 28/07/2024
The promise of AI is that AI is very promising.
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Bilgi Karan @bilgi.bsky.social · 24/05/2024
So, populism is giving people what they want while withholding what they need.
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