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UX Collective

Embracing the absurd in your design practices

Rediscovering authenticity and unconventional thinking in a world obsessed with sameness and scalability.

8 min readJan 13, 2024

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A surreal MC Escher inspired illustration of a man with strangely shaped objects in his head and around him

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Karina Chow
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Counter Arts

Exploring the Psychology Behind Persona 5

Exploring cognitive distortions, Jungian archetypes, and choice architecture in the award winning JRPG

8 min readOct 26, 2023

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Illustration of a top hat in front of a swirl labeled “Make a choice”

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Karina Chow
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Counter Arts

Looking for a new hobby? Learn a Martial Art

Discover Why Learning a Martial Art Is One of the Most Rewarding Hobbies

8 min readJun 13, 2023

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A photograph of a woman kneeling in a uniform, gripping another person’s wrist

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Karina Chow
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Level Up Coding

How to Incorporate the Best Benefits of Pair Programming in your Interviews

3 reasons as to how a collaborative mindset can offer us higher signal about whether a candidate is a good fit

6 min readMay 30, 2023

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An illustration of two people looking at a computer screen full of code together

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Karina Chow
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Counter Arts

It’s Never too Late to Fulfill your Dream of Studying Abroad

Advantages of studying abroad later in life, even when your fellow students are a bunch of party-going 19-year-olds

9 min readNov 8, 2022

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A colorful art deco illustration of many famous landmarks in the world, like the Empire State Building, the Fernseherturm, and Eiffel Tower

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Karina Chow
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Counter Arts

Late to the AI Art Party and Playing Catch-Up?

An intro to the tools and concepts making it happen and the potential dangers of using it

9 min readNov 1, 2022

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A chalk “drawing”, a funnel of typewriter letters from the left feed into a solar eclipse and feed out into a movie film reel

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Karina Chow

Using the Implosion Method to Explore Everyday Objects

Everything, even everyday objects, have stories. Asking the right questions helps us understand the world around us more deeply.

6 min readOct 28, 2022

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Illustration of a lightbulb, screwdriver, binderclip, pocketwatch, and waterbottle all exploding into painted confetti

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Karina Chow
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Invisible Illness

How to Address Negative Thought Patterns and Rumination

Let’s explore the psychotherapies CBT, DBT, and ACT and what they can do for us and our chaotic minds

12 min readJun 14, 2022

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Silhouette of a human head split into white and black

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Karina Chow
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Dev Genius

Powerful Strategies to Minimize Risk When Releasing New Features

Exploring dark launches, feature flags, and A/B experiments

6 min readMay 5, 2022

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A row of rendered light switches of various colors with a big red launch button at the end.

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Karina Chow
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Invisible Illness

Bipolar Disorder, Trauma, and Love

A personal anecdote of how undiagnosed and mismanaged emotional and attachment systems can destroy even the most loving of relationships

19 min readJan 11, 2022

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A watercolor painting made by the author depicting a joker-esque red and a depressed blue stemming from a purple, central portrait.

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Karina Chow

Karina Chow

🇨🇳 🇩🇪 Creative technologist based in Brooklyn and SF. Writes about technology × design × art × psychology. Previous eng @Patreon, @Honor, @Microsoft

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