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Pamela Pavliscak studies how technology makes us feel, whether that's low-key anxious, oddly soothed, or occasionally unhinged. She’s a design researcher who looks at everyday internet experiences like group chats that won’t stop buzzing, apps we open without thinking, and the strange comfort of AI companions that listen a little too well. Her work has appeared in The Los Angeles Times, NPR, Fast Company, Quartz, and Slate, and she’s spoken at SXSW, TEDx, and Web Summit.

Pamela blends psychology, design, and cultural observation to make sense of why being online can feel both intimate and exhausting, and how technology might support emotional well-being instead of constant overwhelm. She has collaborated with organizations including Adobe, G ...more

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Capability Glow > Feeling the AI Upgrade

A Friday feeling for the emotionally online, cataloging the moods, memes, and mediated sensations of digital life.

◈ DEFINITION

Capability glow is the subtle sense of expanded competence that emerges from working with AI. Tasks feel more manageable and complexity, less intimidating. A stuck problem becomes a structured one.

It’s not quite pride and not quite relief. More like a sudden lum

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	Emotionally Intelligent Design: Rethinking How We Create Products 3.87 avg rating — 30 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Data-Informed Product Design 3.71 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Digital Fix - Fix Digital: How to renew the digital world from the ground up (Edition NFO Book 2) by Matthias Schrader (Editor), Volker Martens (Editor), Virginia Dignum (Contributor) 4.25 avg rating — 8 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Information technology in humanities scholarship: Achievements, prospects, and challenges : the United States focus by Pamela Pavliscak (Goodreads Author), Charles Henry it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1997	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	All the Feels: How to Stay Human in the Digital World 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Design Frontiers by Tim Frick (Contributor), Scott Sullivan (Contributor), Anna Dahlström (Contributor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Great Redesign: Frameworks für die Zukunft (Edition NFO 4) (German Edition) by Matthias Schrader (editor), Volker Martens (Editor), Pamela Pavliscak (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Digital Fix - Fix Digital: How to renew the digital world from the ground up (Edition NFO Book 2) by Virginia Dignum, Pamela Pavliscak (Goodreads Author), Stephan Dörner it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	All the Feels: How Technology Can Change Our Emotional Lives for the Better 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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