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Hey there.
I’m John Porter.

  • Designer
  • Maker
  • Nerd

Who I am

John Porter, wearing glasses and a plaid shirt, smiling at the camera.
Me, allegedly

I am a product maker with a background in HCI and inclusive design who loves simplifying complexity.

I focus on understanding and designing for the margins—the places where needs and expectations are most extreme and assumptions tend to break down—to create more useful, usable, and personal experiences for everyone.

What I do

Hand-drawn person, robot, and computer screen connected by arrows pointing both ways.

I currently work at Microsoft as a Senior Designer. On the Windows design team, my work focuses on a number of our first party inbox apps. Previously, I worked on a number of accessibility and input-related features, including leading design for Windows 11's Voice Access feature from conception through shipping its first release.

Prior to my time in industry, I attended the University of Washington's HCDE department for undergrad and grad school, conducting doctoral research at the intersection of HCI, accessibility, inclusive design practice, and game design.

Miscellanea

Hand-drawn server rack with a lava lamp on top, its blobs colored purple.
Note: I don't actually keep my lava lamp on top of my rack. (Anymore)

When I'm not working, I can often be found gaming, reading, enjoying live music, hacking together assistive tech, fine-tuning my homelab, obsessing over my collection of vintage videogame controllers, and spending time with my people and my critters.