Jo Hanna Pearce
Jo Hanna is a non-binary, senior developer from London, UK. They have an obsession with psychology and understanding how we learn which has lead to giving talks on managing information overload, writing beautiful code and affective design. This intersection of beauty and complexity has more recently lead to them exploring education through performance and poetry.
Talks I've Given
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Interface Incantations
Featuring Jo Hanna Pearce
According to the witches of Terry Pratchett’s Discworld, most magic is simply headology. This talk will mix literary references and outline the headology of interface design, from basic charms and illusions that fool and entice us to the unforgivable curses that can shape our thinking and...
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Interface incantations
Featuring Jo Hanna Pearce
According to the witches of Terry Pratchett’s Discworld, most magic is simply headology. This talk will mix literary references and outline the headology of interface design, from basic charms and illusions that fool and entice us to the unforgivable curses that can shape our thinking and...
discovery ruby-on-rails rails ruby -
Hacking Your Head : Managing Information Overload
Featuring Jo Hanna Pearce
There are limits to our ability to learn and process information. Overload impacts productivity by causing psychological and physiological stress. I’ll relate findings from cognitive psychology that help us understand how, as developers, we might be overloading ourselves and what to do about it.
... ruby ruby-on-rails rails