she/her * Qubes OS developer (of the "making the UI usable for humans, hopefully" persuasion) * huge nerdhttps://bsky.app/profile/marmarta.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/marmarta.bsky.social/post/3lxrmdquohc2oAlso if someone is at #MuC2025 and wants to say hi, I'm around all the time, in a Qubes T-Shirt and vacillating between my terrible German and apologetic English!01 Sep 2025 12:33 +0000at://did:plc:i2iiexnyabd7pmkefjcit2tm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxrmdquohc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/marmarta.bsky.social/post/3lxrmbjbxps2o(Hi bsky, long time no see) currently I'm at #MuC2025, and its such a fascinating adventure. Very different from the hacker world. But also, can we adopt "everyone gets a PET bottle and there is water with/out lemon/mint/cucumber available"01 Sep 2025 12:32 +0000at://did:plc:i2iiexnyabd7pmkefjcit2tm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxrmbjbxps2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/marmarta.bsky.social/post/3lfpdfi6gfs2rHey bluesky folks, what backup apps or services do you really like UX-wise? I'm looking for inspiration with regards to improving QubesOS's backup system, and my own backup experiences throughout different systems have been pretty miserable - but is there something you do like?14 Jan 2025 13:14 +0000at://did:plc:i2iiexnyabd7pmkefjcit2tm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfpdfi6gfs2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/marmarta.bsky.social/post/3leeaq4fx3k27Tomorrow at 4pm in Saal YELL at #38c3 I'll be giving a talk about hackers, UX and why those two things can go great together: https://events.ccc.de/congress/2024/hub/de/event/ux-for-hackers-why-it-matters-and-what-can-you-do/ If you want to hear some arguments why hackers should care about UX, please come by! (or listen online, also works)28 Dec 2024 10:02 +0000at://did:plc:i2iiexnyabd7pmkefjcit2tm/app.bsky.feed.post/3leeaq4fx3k27https://bsky.app/profile/marmarta.bsky.social/post/3lceasuv5bs27When starting with doing UXy stuff with Very Smart Hackers, I thought my biggest struggle would be convincing them to do new, creative stuff. Actually it's far harder to convince them to not do wild, creative stuff nobody else does but it's easier to code than established #ux patterns.02 Dec 2024 23:13 +0000at://did:plc:i2iiexnyabd7pmkefjcit2tm/app.bsky.feed.post/3lceasuv5bs27https://bsky.app/profile/marmarta.bsky.social/post/3kko6gryn422hWent and done a talk at #fosdem about how bad UX can be bad security - it's not technical at all, more about how humans work and how we can think about secure stuff better in light of that. https://fosdem.org/2024/schedule/event/fosdem-2024-3135-bad-ux-is-bad-security-adventures-in-qubes-os-ux-design/05 Feb 2024 11:52 +0000at://did:plc:i2iiexnyabd7pmkefjcit2tm/app.bsky.feed.post/3kko6gryn422hhttps://bsky.app/profile/marmarta.bsky.social/post/3khnh7xbtj22kThe best talk on #37c3 so far, for amusement value and for sheer tech amazingness. The hack was MAGNIFICENT. https://media.ccc.de/v/37c3-12142-breaking_drm_in_polish_trains29 Dec 2023 00:41 +0000at://did:plc:i2iiexnyabd7pmkefjcit2tm/app.bsky.feed.post/3khnh7xbtj22khttps://bsky.app/profile/marmarta.bsky.social/post/3khn3wnem3l2fFinally again at Congress, and finally again in Hamburg! If someone wants to chat, I'm often at the Qubes assembly in the Onion Cluster #37c328 Dec 2023 21:19 +0000at://did:plc:i2iiexnyabd7pmkefjcit2tm/app.bsky.feed.post/3khn3wnem3l2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/marmarta.bsky.social/post/3kgt7efwe6t2eBeing multilingual is like: how the hell do I say "a conference accepted my talk" in my native language? I can say that in English, I can do it in German, but trying to tell my mom why I'm happy ended up in a blarglewarlgewordsbehard18 Dec 2023 14:11 +0000at://did:plc:i2iiexnyabd7pmkefjcit2tm/app.bsky.feed.post/3kgt7efwe6t2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/marmarta.bsky.social/post/3kflicbtmnq2rFor the first time in what, 10 years? Chaos Communication Congress tickets didn't sell out in seconds. Wow. The post-inter-whatever-pandemic world is different. (also I can't wait, I missed it so much)02 Dec 2023 19:05 +0000at://did:plc:i2iiexnyabd7pmkefjcit2tm/app.bsky.feed.post/3kflicbtmnq2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/marmarta.bsky.social/post/3kf74q53uhf2rThe tech world: where you have to constantly convince people that ethics actually do in fact matter27 Nov 2023 21:06 +0000at://did:plc:i2iiexnyabd7pmkefjcit2tm/app.bsky.feed.post/3kf74q53uhf2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/marmarta.bsky.social/post/3kdqpxj3ryg2kWrote something on how security and usability are sometimes considered to be contradictions, and that's really not true. (also, yay Prototype Fund, it's such a great thing) https://prototypefund.de/en/security-vs-usability/09 Nov 2023 10:15 +0000at://did:plc:i2iiexnyabd7pmkefjcit2tm/app.bsky.feed.post/3kdqpxj3ryg2khttps://bsky.app/profile/marmarta.bsky.social/post/3kcfvlthzi62n...is there anything Musk does understand except the grift? Because seriously, you don't have to be a sysadmin to understand that Wikipedia does indeed need a lot of work. [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Oct 2023 09:31 +0000at://did:plc:i2iiexnyabd7pmkefjcit2tm/app.bsky.feed.post/3kcfvlthzi62nhttps://bsky.app/profile/marmarta.bsky.social/post/3kcftm2glbw22this is 100% true and also why so much of fancy literature is middle aged literature professors having affairs [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Oct 2023 08:55 +0000at://did:plc:i2iiexnyabd7pmkefjcit2tm/app.bsky.feed.post/3kcftm2glbw22https://bsky.app/profile/marmarta.bsky.social/post/3kcefwum2sr23The most frustrating people to talk with are those who start with an absolute claim, and then, when challenged, immediately turn around to say "yes you're right!" and then state the exact opposite of their initial claim. And I'm just... I actually don't agree with either. Things are complex. Please.22 Oct 2023 19:18 +0000at://did:plc:i2iiexnyabd7pmkefjcit2tm/app.bsky.feed.post/3kcefwum2sr23https://bsky.app/profile/marmarta.bsky.social/post/3kcdtig3may2jAlso, tech is worse. Quantitatively worse than it used to be - things break down faster (planned obsolescence is more and more common), they are harder to fix (DRM in cat toilets, anyone) and you own your stuff less than before (all sorts of subscriptions instead of direct purchases). [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Oct 2023 13:48 +0000at://did:plc:i2iiexnyabd7pmkefjcit2tm/app.bsky.feed.post/3kcdtig3may2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/marmarta.bsky.social/post/3kccdr5mbqx2rFor every ten people who come up to me during conferences etc. to tell me Qubes UX improvements are great, there is one loud dudebro (of any gender, it's the dudebro energy that counts) that insists on telling me UX never matters for security-focused stuff.21 Oct 2023 23:34 +0000at://did:plc:i2iiexnyabd7pmkefjcit2tm/app.bsky.feed.post/3kccdr5mbqx2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/marmarta.bsky.social/post/3kc4rkf4caa2nMe, as a UX person: well, sometimes you need to change an interface, I know it might be a bit painful, but it's worth it, truly Me, as a user: fails to find Thunderbird's new "New Message" button, resigns herself to only use Ctrl+N now, bemoans my tragic fate (yes, I found the button eventually)19 Oct 2023 18:25 +0000at://did:plc:i2iiexnyabd7pmkefjcit2tm/app.bsky.feed.post/3kc4rkf4caa2n