Brian Hochhalter
@brianhoch.bsky.social
I lead Product Design teams that create educational tech.
Professional interests: #UXDesign #UXResearch #Accessibility #DesignOps #ProductOps #ServiceDesign
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Mastodon: @[email protected]
Professional interests: #UXDesign #UXResearch #Accessibility #DesignOps #ProductOps #ServiceDesign
Pronouns: he/him él/lo
Mastodon: @[email protected]
Reposted by Brian Hochhalter
When you create products & services for humans, humans are the point. You know there is more to a process than just the steps.
Listening deeply is a way to encounter all the interesting parts of people’s approaches. Visualize the parts as a whole in a mental model skyline.
Listening deeply is a way to encounter all the interesting parts of people’s approaches. Visualize the parts as a whole in a mental model skyline.
September 10, 2025 at 11:06 PM
When you create products & services for humans, humans are the point. You know there is more to a process than just the steps.
Listening deeply is a way to encounter all the interesting parts of people’s approaches. Visualize the parts as a whole in a mental model skyline.
Listening deeply is a way to encounter all the interesting parts of people’s approaches. Visualize the parts as a whole in a mental model skyline.
Reposted by Brian Hochhalter
Information environment has reached its grotesque conclusion in that there is a very real killer out there who has not been identified, apprehended, or investigated, a detail practically inconsequential to nearly every commentator’s purposes.
September 10, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Information environment has reached its grotesque conclusion in that there is a very real killer out there who has not been identified, apprehended, or investigated, a detail practically inconsequential to nearly every commentator’s purposes.
Reposted by Brian Hochhalter
The horrific assassination of Charlie Kirk was quickly condemned across the political spectrum - as it should be.
Most Americans do not support political violence, regardless of what some may claim or imply on social media.
home.dartmouth.edu/news/2024/02...
Most Americans do not support political violence, regardless of what some may claim or imply on social media.
home.dartmouth.edu/news/2024/02...
Study: Most Americans Do Not Support Partisan Violence | Dartmouth
home.dartmouth.edu
September 10, 2025 at 9:33 PM
The horrific assassination of Charlie Kirk was quickly condemned across the political spectrum - as it should be.
Most Americans do not support political violence, regardless of what some may claim or imply on social media.
home.dartmouth.edu/news/2024/02...
Most Americans do not support political violence, regardless of what some may claim or imply on social media.
home.dartmouth.edu/news/2024/02...
Reposted by Brian Hochhalter
Solving #product is one thing. Solving an understanding of what people are trying to get done, without your product in mind, is another.
You need both capabilities on your team. 🥜🍫
⏤
Check out the entire episode of The Design Psychologist with Thomas Watkins:
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You need both capabilities on your team. 🥜🍫
⏤
Check out the entire episode of The Design Psychologist with Thomas Watkins:
🔗 podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/h...
July 20, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Solving #product is one thing. Solving an understanding of what people are trying to get done, without your product in mind, is another.
You need both capabilities on your team. 🥜🍫
⏤
Check out the entire episode of The Design Psychologist with Thomas Watkins:
🔗 podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/h...
You need both capabilities on your team. 🥜🍫
⏤
Check out the entire episode of The Design Psychologist with Thomas Watkins:
🔗 podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/h...
I've found Mat Winegarden to be a great resource for improving product operations. You can find his insights at The Glue. matwinegarden.substack.com?r=1b23hg&utm...
The Glue | Mat Winegarden | Substack
Practical insights, systems, and straight talk to help you build aligned, effective, and less-chaotic product orgs. Click to read The Glue, by Mat Winegarden, a Substack publication. Launched 25 days ...
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July 14, 2025 at 11:53 PM
I've found Mat Winegarden to be a great resource for improving product operations. You can find his insights at The Glue. matwinegarden.substack.com?r=1b23hg&utm...
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June 21, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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It's up to us to set a course for AI benefitting all humanity.
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June 21, 2025 at 6:43 PM
It's up to us to set a course for AI benefitting all humanity.
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NEW: Cheaper batteries mean near-24/365 solar is now economic☀️
We analysed 18 years of hourly insolation data at 12 places, to see how close to 24/365 electricity it was possible to get.
The sunniest places get over 90% - and up to 99% - of the way... from just $100/MWh. 🧵
We analysed 18 years of hourly insolation data at 12 places, to see how close to 24/365 electricity it was possible to get.
The sunniest places get over 90% - and up to 99% - of the way... from just $100/MWh. 🧵
June 21, 2025 at 6:26 AM
NEW: Cheaper batteries mean near-24/365 solar is now economic☀️
We analysed 18 years of hourly insolation data at 12 places, to see how close to 24/365 electricity it was possible to get.
The sunniest places get over 90% - and up to 99% - of the way... from just $100/MWh. 🧵
We analysed 18 years of hourly insolation data at 12 places, to see how close to 24/365 electricity it was possible to get.
The sunniest places get over 90% - and up to 99% - of the way... from just $100/MWh. 🧵
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June 21, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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Tell Your Senators: No War With Iran act.indivisible.org/sign/no-iran...
Tell Your Senators: No War With Iran
The American people do not want to enter Netanyahu’s war with Iran. American involvement would not only put our troops into harm's way, but risk escalating an already volatile situation into all-out r...
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June 21, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Tell Your Senators: No War With Iran act.indivisible.org/sign/no-iran...
June 21, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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June 21, 2025 at 4:19 AM
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I'm pretty sure this isn't what Google's going for with their embedded Gemini results. Multiply by millions of users that's a lot of compute wasted.
What if we evaluate the format of the search string and run AI results if it's in a prompt format?
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What if we evaluate the format of the search string and run AI results if it's in a prompt format?
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June 21, 2025 at 4:03 AM
I'm pretty sure this isn't what Google's going for with their embedded Gemini results. Multiply by millions of users that's a lot of compute wasted.
What if we evaluate the format of the search string and run AI results if it's in a prompt format?
Original post: butts.team/@zenhob/1147...
What if we evaluate the format of the search string and run AI results if it's in a prompt format?
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Fascinating article and thread. As much as part of me wants to say "how foolish to spend tens of thousands for an education and cheat it" the other part says "with no risk of consequences of course people will AI their way to ease."
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May 16, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Fascinating article and thread. As much as part of me wants to say "how foolish to spend tens of thousands for an education and cheat it" the other part says "with no risk of consequences of course people will AI their way to ease."
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Reposted by Brian Hochhalter
Hey, let’s talk about deceptive #uxdesign patterns bad for customers.
RYZE Superfoods is currently marketing heavily on social media. They sell “mushroom coffee” & other plant based lifestyle products.
They also use acknowledged deceptive patterns which lead some customers into unwanted product.
RYZE Superfoods is currently marketing heavily on social media. They sell “mushroom coffee” & other plant based lifestyle products.
They also use acknowledged deceptive patterns which lead some customers into unwanted product.
May 15, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Hey, let’s talk about deceptive #uxdesign patterns bad for customers.
RYZE Superfoods is currently marketing heavily on social media. They sell “mushroom coffee” & other plant based lifestyle products.
They also use acknowledged deceptive patterns which lead some customers into unwanted product.
RYZE Superfoods is currently marketing heavily on social media. They sell “mushroom coffee” & other plant based lifestyle products.
They also use acknowledged deceptive patterns which lead some customers into unwanted product.
After years of running Pop_OS on my desktop I installed Linux Mint on my old laptop. I had no idea what I was missing in LM.
Testing out on the desktop: LM handles my weird monitors and successfully wakes from sleep. Considering hopping. Not sure I'd pull off a clean swap.
#linux #distros
Testing out on the desktop: LM handles my weird monitors and successfully wakes from sleep. Considering hopping. Not sure I'd pull off a clean swap.
#linux #distros
May 6, 2025 at 1:14 AM
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May 3, 2025 at 4:54 AM
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Building an inclusive, pluralistic community starts with (but doesn't end with) listening to the folks who haven't felt welcome in our spaces. People showing up for a game night or a protest shouldn't have to deal with Debate Me Bros rattling on about the singular they or arguing about sports.
April 27, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Building an inclusive, pluralistic community starts with (but doesn't end with) listening to the folks who haven't felt welcome in our spaces. People showing up for a game night or a protest shouldn't have to deal with Debate Me Bros rattling on about the singular they or arguing about sports.
Spent my hobby time this weekend putting Linux Mint on my 10 year old MacBook Air. Wonderful experience so far. Wish I'd done this sooner.
#LinuxMint #Mac
#LinuxMint #Mac
April 27, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Spent my hobby time this weekend putting Linux Mint on my 10 year old MacBook Air. Wonderful experience so far. Wish I'd done this sooner.
#LinuxMint #Mac
#LinuxMint #Mac
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Good interfaces derive their structure from the task the user is trying to solve and the expected knowledge and domain model that user has. This is not how most "AI" solutions' interfaces are built.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:dl4d2wfqf64db2je624kdmgj/bafkreifsqjvserstby66sfnposqsykmukgl37vg6reh43ihx623ltclnfi@jpeg)
April 24, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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April 19, 2025 at 11:42 PM
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