Matthew Oliphant
@matthewoliphant.com
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atautchikun is craic.
Hire me to fix your design org: uxmatto.com
#author, #pdx, #productDesign, #research, #serviceDesign, #ux, and #writerSky.
atautchikun is craic.
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Kinda funny that The Algorithm™ recommended this after watching Skratch Bastid's Imperial March scratch.
Also, TIL about synths.
Also, TIL about synths.
Wendy Carlos demonstrates her Moog Synthesizer in 1970
YouTube video by soup
www.youtube.com
January 30, 2026 at 6:27 AM
Kinda funny that The Algorithm™ recommended this after watching Skratch Bastid's Imperial March scratch.
Also, TIL about synths.
Also, TIL about synths.
"A silent tube slide."
January 30, 2026 at 6:05 AM
"A silent tube slide."
cue Too Many Cooks theme song.
January 30, 2026 at 1:11 AM
cue Too Many Cooks theme song.
As a user, I want to contact my ISP to double my download and upload speeds and have that result in reducing my download speed by 90% and leave my upload speed unchanged.
January 30, 2026 at 1:10 AM
As a user, I want to contact my ISP to double my download and upload speeds and have that result in reducing my download speed by 90% and leave my upload speed unchanged.
Online conferences with active backchannels are tough. Can you imagine an in-person event with an audience that active?
Not chiding. Wish I could keep track of both.
Not chiding. Wish I could keep track of both.
January 29, 2026 at 8:59 PM
Online conferences with active backchannels are tough. Can you imagine an in-person event with an audience that active?
Not chiding. Wish I could keep track of both.
Not chiding. Wish I could keep track of both.
Correct.
What About You? — ux matto
The best revenge is, of course, doing everything you can to seek joy and accept discomfort.
uxmatto.com
January 29, 2026 at 8:43 PM
Correct.
Reposted by Matthew Oliphant
If you like your stories to have a beginning, middle, and end ... don't become a Designer.
There's only Middle.
Sometimes there's Beginning.
Rarely is there End.
There's only Middle.
Sometimes there's Beginning.
Rarely is there End.
October 27, 2023 at 12:33 AM
If you like your stories to have a beginning, middle, and end ... don't become a Designer.
There's only Middle.
Sometimes there's Beginning.
Rarely is there End.
There's only Middle.
Sometimes there's Beginning.
Rarely is there End.
THE SLIDE LOOKS LIKE BOOBS.
sorry. the intrusive thoughts won.
sorry. the intrusive thoughts won.
January 29, 2026 at 7:09 PM
THE SLIDE LOOKS LIKE BOOBS.
sorry. the intrusive thoughts won.
sorry. the intrusive thoughts won.
7 years ago.
Nudges: Changing Minds and Behaviors with Data, Patience, and Kindness — Matthew Oliphant
(And if you’re like, “30 minute read time?!” and don’t want to read the whole thing, I can come give the talk to your company or conference.) I gave a talk for the PDX Design Research Group’s a...
matthewoliphant.com
January 29, 2026 at 6:05 PM
7 years ago.
Listening to some design talks today and it feels like more fodder for why I don't fit in with how very differently I think about what this profession should be vs. how one should adapt to fit into capitalism for the possibility of a "having an impact" assuming one is allowed to by the business.
January 29, 2026 at 5:57 PM
Listening to some design talks today and it feels like more fodder for why I don't fit in with how very differently I think about what this profession should be vs. how one should adapt to fit into capitalism for the possibility of a "having an impact" assuming one is allowed to by the business.
Reposted by Matthew Oliphant
Something we know about Donald Trump: he rarely backtracks unless there's something in it for him to gain personally.
US Senator Ron Wyden asked for a detailed account of Trump’s acceptance of a Rolex table clock and gold bar from Swiss businessmen shortly before slashing tariffs he previously imposed on Switzerland
Rolex and Gold Given to Trump Before Swiss Deal Queried by Senator
US Senator Ron Wyden asked for a detailed account of Donald Trump’s acceptance of a Rolex table clock and one-kilogram gold bar from Swiss businessmen shortly before the president slashed tariffs he previously imposed on Switzerland.
bloom.bg
January 29, 2026 at 4:32 PM
Something we know about Donald Trump: he rarely backtracks unless there's something in it for him to gain personally.
January 29, 2026 at 4:18 PM
Who is disturbed? What are their names?
Warren: "I know there are Republicans right now who are seeing what we're seeing in MN, and they know it's wrong. It's time to speak out. Silence is complicity. Grow a spine, show some backbone. Being 'disturbed' doesn't change anything and the ICE agents who are waving around loaded guns know it."
January 28, 2026 at 9:12 PM
Who is disturbed? What are their names?
"Please stay safe and do not trambple your fellow protestors."
LRADs harm protesters. Be safe!
YouTube video by Benn Jordan
www.youtube.com
January 28, 2026 at 12:41 PM
"Please stay safe and do not trambple your fellow protestors."
Let's talk cultivars...
January 28, 2026 at 4:06 AM
Let's talk cultivars...
Terrible, but also I love that she immediately goes at him ready to smack him down.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Man tackled to ground after spraying unknown substance on Rep. Ilhan Omar at town hall in Minneapolis.
January 28, 2026 at 2:18 AM
Terrible, but also I love that she immediately goes at him ready to smack him down.
What's your risk tolerance for running your business based on random guesses which are prioritized for how quickly you can guess...
...is a question more product leaders should be asked.
...is a question more product leaders should be asked.
January 28, 2026 at 1:09 AM
What's your risk tolerance for running your business based on random guesses which are prioritized for how quickly you can guess...
...is a question more product leaders should be asked.
...is a question more product leaders should be asked.
"That was amazing Matthew, as someone who 🫠 at any document about career progression, this is one of the first I read, enjoyed, and didn't have to come back to 5 times because my thoughts trailed off while going through it. Thank you."
Nice to hear that I have helped people from time to time.
Nice to hear that I have helped people from time to time.
January 27, 2026 at 10:29 PM
"That was amazing Matthew, as someone who 🫠 at any document about career progression, this is one of the first I read, enjoyed, and didn't have to come back to 5 times because my thoughts trailed off while going through it. Thank you."
Nice to hear that I have helped people from time to time.
Nice to hear that I have helped people from time to time.
@spavel.bsky.social hashtag life goals?
OpenAl Showed Up At My Door. Here’s Why They’re Targeting People Like Me
YouTube video by More Perfect Union
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January 27, 2026 at 3:19 PM
@spavel.bsky.social hashtag life goals?
"The grief you feel is not for what you lack, it's for a life that once knew how to move with you."
Neurodivergent in a World That Was NOT Built for YOU
YouTube video by Freyia North In Norway
www.youtube.com
January 26, 2026 at 4:29 AM
"The grief you feel is not for what you lack, it's for a life that once knew how to move with you."
These are so great.
Um… I kinda wanna close Blender
YouTube video by たたかう伊藤
www.youtube.com
January 26, 2026 at 3:00 AM
These are so great.
Reposted by Matthew Oliphant
Weird, I’ve taken pictures of people bringing firearms, loaded with multiple magazines to protests outside Minnesota Governor Tim Walz’s home and the Minnesota State Capitol.
January 25, 2026 at 9:48 PM
Weird, I’ve taken pictures of people bringing firearms, loaded with multiple magazines to protests outside Minnesota Governor Tim Walz’s home and the Minnesota State Capitol.
This week Europe changed forever
YouTube video by Caolan Robertson
youtu.be
January 25, 2026 at 9:29 PM
Goddamit I should have known it was too good to last. Some senior editor decided to both-sides it after all. Cowards! Charlatans!
January 25, 2026 at 5:29 PM
Reposted by Matthew Oliphant
A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.
January 25, 2026 at 12:28 PM
A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.