Matthias Ott
@matthiasott.com
Independent designer + web design engineer, teacher, speaker. Interface Prototyping at Muthesius University of Fine Arts and Design. UX, prototyping, & design engineering workshops.
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· May 16
Matthias Ott – Painting With the Web – beyond tellerrand Düsseldorf 20025
YouTube video by beyond tellerrand
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Last week, I had the immense honor of speaking at one of my favorite events, @beyondtellerrand.com. (🤯)
My talk “Painting With the Web” is now available on YouTube. I hope you like it! 🤗💚
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Pq7...
My talk “Painting With the Web” is now available on YouTube. I hope you like it! 🤗💚
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Pq7...
My son was just trying to find the right tempo for a song he’s playing on the violin. So I started to clap in time.
I’m a dadronome.
I’m a dadronome.
November 26, 2025 at 4:08 PM
My son was just trying to find the right tempo for a song he’s playing on the violin. So I started to clap in time.
I’m a dadronome.
I’m a dadronome.
It feels really wrong – and also a bit naive and crude – that I am now forced to block individual IPs and even countries like CN, RU, or UA (💙💛) to mitigate the current LLM bot “DDoS attack” on my site. This shouldn't be something I have to do manually in my .htaccess IMHO—that’s firewall territory.
November 25, 2025 at 10:48 AM
It feels really wrong – and also a bit naive and crude – that I am now forced to block individual IPs and even countries like CN, RU, or UA (💙💛) to mitigate the current LLM bot “DDoS attack” on my site. This shouldn't be something I have to do manually in my .htaccess IMHO—that’s firewall territory.
Sorry to everyone having trouble connecting to my little website and RSS feed right now! It looks like my web hosting provider is having a hard time getting their server/load balancer configuration right. I wrote them again, hope the issue will be resolved soon. Thanks for your patience! 💚🙏
November 24, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Sorry to everyone having trouble connecting to my little website and RSS feed right now! It looks like my web hosting provider is having a hard time getting their server/load balancer configuration right. I wrote them again, hope the issue will be resolved soon. Thanks for your patience! 💚🙏
… and after one month, we now have a rotten zombie pumpkin in our garden. 🎃🧟♂️😂
November 23, 2025 at 8:36 AM
… and after one month, we now have a rotten zombie pumpkin in our garden. 🎃🧟♂️😂
❄️ It’s freezing cold outside here in Germany, and this is an interesting explainer of why that is: a warming event in the polar region is leading to an early collapse of the polar vortex, so Europe and North America are flooded with cold air, while the North Pole is unusually warm. #weather #climate
Stratospheric Warming Watch: Polar Vortex Collapse has begun, with cold air and snowfall impacts expected
A Stratospheric Warming is now collapsing the Polar Vortex, with polar air and snow forecast across the United States, Canada and Europe in December
www.severe-weather.eu
November 22, 2025 at 8:13 AM
❄️ It’s freezing cold outside here in Germany, and this is an interesting explainer of why that is: a warming event in the polar region is leading to an early collapse of the polar vortex, so Europe and North America are flooded with cold air, while the North Pole is unusually warm. #weather #climate
“You tried to get me fired in September – it didn’t work, Mr. President! […] How about this: I’ll go when you, okay? Let’s ride off into the sunset like Butch Cassidy and the sun-tanned kid. And until then, if I may borrow a phrase from you … quiet, piggy!“
Jimmy Kimmel is invincible now🔥😂👏
Jimmy Kimmel is invincible now🔥😂👏
Trump Calls for Jimmy Kimmel to Be Fired AGAIN, Threatens Members of Congress & Signs Epstein Bill
YouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live
youtu.be
November 21, 2025 at 8:52 PM
“You tried to get me fired in September – it didn’t work, Mr. President! […] How about this: I’ll go when you, okay? Let’s ride off into the sunset like Butch Cassidy and the sun-tanned kid. And until then, if I may borrow a phrase from you … quiet, piggy!“
Jimmy Kimmel is invincible now🔥😂👏
Jimmy Kimmel is invincible now🔥😂👏
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📣 Hear hear! The biggest savings on the Practical Accessibility course start *today*—for a limited time only.
Starting today, you can get the course for 30% off — that's $279 instead of $399. The discounted price excludes sales tax that may be applied depending on where you are buying from.
Starting today, you can get the course for 30% off — that's $279 instead of $399. The discounted price excludes sales tax that may be applied depending on where you are buying from.
The Practical Accessibility Course
A get-right-down-to-it online course for Web designers and developers who want to start creating more accessible Web user interfaces and digital products today
practical-accessibility.today
November 20, 2025 at 2:58 PM
📣 Hear hear! The biggest savings on the Practical Accessibility course start *today*—for a limited time only.
Starting today, you can get the course for 30% off — that's $279 instead of $399. The discounted price excludes sales tax that may be applied depending on where you are buying from.
Starting today, you can get the course for 30% off — that's $279 instead of $399. The discounted price excludes sales tax that may be applied depending on where you are buying from.
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Open AI loses copyright case in Germany.
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Blow for OpenAI in Germany as court rules song lyrics used illegally
A German court ruled on Tuesday that OpenAI violated copyright on nine popular songs in a lawsuit that marked another attempt to prevent the free use of artists' content online. The Munich Regional Co...
www.yahoo.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Open AI loses copyright case in Germany.
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
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30 years COP - do your job!
November 14, 2025 at 4:57 PM
30 years COP - do your job!
I‘m old enough to remember when Early Black Friday was called “November”.
November 14, 2025 at 9:51 PM
I‘m old enough to remember when Early Black Friday was called “November”.
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A really good idea in order to maintain fluid typography if user settings changes the "default" font size to anything than 16px
✍️ New post: Compressed Fluid Typography
#blogtober #css #web #typography
matthiasott.com/notes/compre...
#blogtober #css #web #typography
matthiasott.com/notes/compre...
Compressed Fluid Typography · Matthias Ott
Matthias Ott is an independent user experience designer and web design engineer from Stuttgart, Germany. He also teaches Interface Prototyping at the Muthesius Academy of Fine Arts and Design.
matthiasott.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:08 AM
A really good idea in order to maintain fluid typography if user settings changes the "default" font size to anything than 16px
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I just discovered @matthiasott.com 's site theme switcher and this is a piece of art. :D 👏
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November 10, 2025 at 6:57 PM
I just discovered @matthiasott.com 's site theme switcher and this is a piece of art. :D 👏
matthiasott.com
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My deepest gratitude for anyone who was part of this @beyondtellerrand.com edtiton in Berlin and made it what it was. You all rock massively! 🙌 🤘 I can’t express how much I enjoyed this.
November 7, 2025 at 6:42 PM
My deepest gratitude for anyone who was part of this @beyondtellerrand.com edtiton in Berlin and made it what it was. You all rock massively! 🙌 🤘 I can’t express how much I enjoyed this.
“Meeting detected!! Let’s start transcribing AI Meeting Notes!!“
No thanks, Notion, I’m just listing to Aesop Rock via my audio interface … 😂 (Fantastic album btw! 👉 aesoprock.com/collections/...)
[Quits Notion ¯\_(ツ)_/¯]
No thanks, Notion, I’m just listing to Aesop Rock via my audio interface … 😂 (Fantastic album btw! 👉 aesoprock.com/collections/...)
[Quits Notion ¯\_(ツ)_/¯]
I HEARD IT'S A MESS THERE TOO
The Official Aesop Rock Store. Get your Aesop Rock music, vinyl, CDs, merch, accessories and more here.
aesoprock.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:58 PM
“Meeting detected!! Let’s start transcribing AI Meeting Notes!!“
No thanks, Notion, I’m just listing to Aesop Rock via my audio interface … 😂 (Fantastic album btw! 👉 aesoprock.com/collections/...)
[Quits Notion ¯\_(ツ)_/¯]
No thanks, Notion, I’m just listing to Aesop Rock via my audio interface … 😂 (Fantastic album btw! 👉 aesoprock.com/collections/...)
[Quits Notion ¯\_(ツ)_/¯]
In case you love to dabble with (digital) synthesizers: you can currently buy ujam‘s STRANGER synth for $/€5 at Plugin Boutique – and you’ll get Native Instruments‘ MASSIVE for free on top. 😊 (no affiliation, just FYI)
www.pluginboutique.com/product/1-In...
www.pluginboutique.com/product/1-In...
Usynth STRANGER
Buy and download Usynth STRANGER by UJAM, or browse other Synth from Plugin Boutique today.
www.pluginboutique.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:01 PM
In case you love to dabble with (digital) synthesizers: you can currently buy ujam‘s STRANGER synth for $/€5 at Plugin Boutique – and you’ll get Native Instruments‘ MASSIVE for free on top. 😊 (no affiliation, just FYI)
www.pluginboutique.com/product/1-In...
www.pluginboutique.com/product/1-In...
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Reposted by Matthias Ott
Just like web performance work, accessibility winds up being less expensive the earlier you implement it. Build accessibility in from the start, rather than bolting it on - make it part of the process.
@marcysutton.com #webperf #PerfNow #a11y
@marcysutton.com #webperf #PerfNow #a11y
October 30, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Just like web performance work, accessibility winds up being less expensive the earlier you implement it. Build accessibility in from the start, rather than bolting it on - make it part of the process.
@marcysutton.com #webperf #PerfNow #a11y
@marcysutton.com #webperf #PerfNow #a11y
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📘 Debugging CSS book is $19.99. Get your copy and level up your CSS debugging skills, or tell a friend about it.
debuggingcss.com
debuggingcss.com
Master the Skill of Debugging CSS
An ebook with lots of tips and techniques on how to debug CSS the right way with easy and studied methods.
debuggingcss.com
October 31, 2025 at 7:55 AM
📘 Debugging CSS book is $19.99. Get your copy and level up your CSS debugging skills, or tell a friend about it.
debuggingcss.com
debuggingcss.com
✍️ New post: To Affinity and Beyond
#blogtober #design #tools #affinity
matthiasott.com/notes/to-aff...
#blogtober #design #tools #affinity
matthiasott.com/notes/to-aff...
To Affinity and Beyond · Matthias Ott
Matthias Ott is an independent user experience designer and web design engineer from Stuttgart, Germany. He also teaches Interface Prototyping at the Muthesius Academy of Fine Arts and Design.
matthiasott.com
October 31, 2025 at 8:40 AM
✍️ New post: To Affinity and Beyond
#blogtober #design #tools #affinity
matthiasott.com/notes/to-aff...
#blogtober #design #tools #affinity
matthiasott.com/notes/to-aff...
Oooh! New Aesop Rock dropped … again?!? Yesterday already…… 🤤🤩🎧
pitchfork.com/news/aesop-r...
pitchfork.com/news/aesop-r...
Aesop Rock Drops New Album I Heard It’s a Mess There Too
A surprise 12-song follow-up to May’s Black Hole Superette
pitchfork.com
October 30, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Oooh! New Aesop Rock dropped … again?!? Yesterday already…… 🤤🤩🎧
pitchfork.com/news/aesop-r...
pitchfork.com/news/aesop-r...