Jack Garfinkel
@curiousscutter.bsky.social
Content design, dungarees, parenting, custard they/them
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User stories for content design
What are user stories for? How can you spot a good or bad user story? And how can you use them to test and improve your content?
medium.com
User stories for #ContentDesign - work in progress, feedback welcome ☺️ medium.com/@jack.garfin...
Word: I will formats bulleted lists differently when you use the menu or keyboard shortcut
Me: why?
Word: fuck you, that's why 👍
Me: why?
Word: fuck you, that's why 👍
November 19, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Word: I will formats bulleted lists differently when you use the menu or keyboard shortcut
Me: why?
Word: fuck you, that's why 👍
Me: why?
Word: fuck you, that's why 👍
asking people not to keep chronological or relational data in whiteboard apps, but as a service
November 19, 2025 at 3:40 PM
asking people not to keep chronological or relational data in whiteboard apps, but as a service
Lukewarm UX take: you'll get more useful info from stakeholders asking them about the relationships and differences between things instead of definitions
November 19, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Lukewarm UX take: you'll get more useful info from stakeholders asking them about the relationships and differences between things instead of definitions
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When I arrive at the party
November 19, 2025 at 5:53 AM
When I arrive at the party
Child 2 was a bit poorly - they are 3 now. They were in a right grump. But I held them, and swayed with them and said I would look after them until they fell asleep in my arms. Been a long time since they did that. Hope it's not the last time.
November 18, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Child 2 was a bit poorly - they are 3 now. They were in a right grump. But I held them, and swayed with them and said I would look after them until they fell asleep in my arms. Been a long time since they did that. Hope it's not the last time.
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Terminator starts promisingly, being about two naked men on a quest for some trousers, but then goes off in a different direction that isn't as interesting.
November 16, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Terminator starts promisingly, being about two naked men on a quest for some trousers, but then goes off in a different direction that isn't as interesting.
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For #FossilFriday & in honor of @alinemghilardi.bsky.social & colleagues' fantastic discovery of a new Cretaceous pterosaur in Brazil in a dinosaur regurgitalite ("fossil vomit"), here's a diagram I made for my book 'Dinosaurs Without Bones' (2014) showing the physics of a puking brachiosaur. 🧪🦕🤮🪨
November 14, 2025 at 1:14 PM
For #FossilFriday & in honor of @alinemghilardi.bsky.social & colleagues' fantastic discovery of a new Cretaceous pterosaur in Brazil in a dinosaur regurgitalite ("fossil vomit"), here's a diagram I made for my book 'Dinosaurs Without Bones' (2014) showing the physics of a puking brachiosaur. 🧪🦕🤮🪨
if you need more friction in your relationship why not pick up this collection of random cables www.freecycle.org/posts/100681...
A Post on Freecycle.org: Electrical leads
via The Freecycle Network™: Electrical leads - see photo. mainly SCART and mains leads, one HDMI.
www.freecycle.org
November 14, 2025 at 7:32 PM
if you need more friction in your relationship why not pick up this collection of random cables www.freecycle.org/posts/100681...
What to feel
When you read the blog post
By the content designer
About using AI to guide content design
Using a design system
So big and well-documented
And you can't imagine producing stuff
At that volume
Or that level of buy-in
But it's cool I guess
...but as a service
When you read the blog post
By the content designer
About using AI to guide content design
Using a design system
So big and well-documented
And you can't imagine producing stuff
At that volume
Or that level of buy-in
But it's cool I guess
...but as a service
November 13, 2025 at 10:58 AM
What to feel
When you read the blog post
By the content designer
About using AI to guide content design
Using a design system
So big and well-documented
And you can't imagine producing stuff
At that volume
Or that level of buy-in
But it's cool I guess
...but as a service
When you read the blog post
By the content designer
About using AI to guide content design
Using a design system
So big and well-documented
And you can't imagine producing stuff
At that volume
Or that level of buy-in
But it's cool I guess
...but as a service
teaching fellow consultants living dat 2 laptop life about KVM switches, but as a service
November 11, 2025 at 9:38 AM
teaching fellow consultants living dat 2 laptop life about KVM switches, but as a service
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We're socialized to constantly apologize for being too outwardly excited about things, but this world is so full of terror and misery that I'd rather see those bursts of light and passion shine through the cracks wherever you can find them.
November 7, 2025 at 2:36 PM
We're socialized to constantly apologize for being too outwardly excited about things, but this world is so full of terror and misery that I'd rather see those bursts of light and passion shine through the cracks wherever you can find them.
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I love these conversations because I also get to learn new things. Meet the Red and White Giant Squirrel of China!
Up to 4ft long from nose to tail. Wild!
Up to 4ft long from nose to tail. Wild!
November 6, 2025 at 4:22 AM
I love these conversations because I also get to learn new things. Meet the Red and White Giant Squirrel of China!
Up to 4ft long from nose to tail. Wild!
Up to 4ft long from nose to tail. Wild!
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Flying Squirrel Loves It Every Time
November 5, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Flying Squirrel Loves It Every Time
being professional just after your kid has shat into a bag, but as a service
November 6, 2025 at 9:05 AM
being professional just after your kid has shat into a bag, but as a service
I had an urge to make and share this extremely niche venn diagram because I have a problem
November 4, 2025 at 10:45 PM
I had an urge to make and share this extremely niche venn diagram because I have a problem
This is bloody awful news 😞
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 10:19 PM
This is bloody awful news 😞
blog posts i want to write number 163 - having the artefact was never the point, updated to cover LLMs
November 1, 2025 at 12:38 PM
blog posts i want to write number 163 - having the artefact was never the point, updated to cover LLMs
aldi pomme bears are called teddy faces - and that's all I have to say about that
October 31, 2025 at 9:01 PM
aldi pomme bears are called teddy faces - and that's all I have to say about that
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Q: "she is also into archeology and recently single"
October 30, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Q: "she is also into archeology and recently single"
yes.
soup in a bread bowl is a sandwich
October 28, 2025 at 5:55 PM
yes.
Shell is a great follow, for all sorts of reasons, but particularly if you're interested in how for profit tech affects kids 👇
Phone / screen free campaigns are just making families shamed for having phones. It is hard for a child to exist now and get buses or pay for things without a phone. Phones are also cheaper than laptops and a brick phone isn’t a good long term investment. We should shame tech ceo not families
October 28, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Shell is a great follow, for all sorts of reasons, but particularly if you're interested in how for profit tech affects kids 👇
User stories for #ContentDesign - work in progress, feedback welcome ☺️ medium.com/@jack.garfin...
User stories for content design
What are user stories for? How can you spot a good or bad user story? And how can you use them to test and improve your content?
medium.com
October 26, 2025 at 7:40 AM
User stories for #ContentDesign - work in progress, feedback welcome ☺️ medium.com/@jack.garfin...
Job change note - I’ve been a consultant in a commercial agency for 2 years. I’ve worked with companies, for international organisations, local government, national government and local government. This is what I’ve learned medium.com/@jack.garfin...
Two year note
The last time I finished a role, I wrote about it. It was a useful thing to do and look back on. So, here I am again — I’ve been a…
medium.com
October 25, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Job change note - I’ve been a consultant in a commercial agency for 2 years. I’ve worked with companies, for international organisations, local government, national government and local government. This is what I’ve learned medium.com/@jack.garfin...
I was today years old when I found out about Demis Roussos being taken hostage
Your Halloween costume is “sexy” + the last thing you googled
“Sexy Demis Roussos hostage TWA" 😐
“Sexy Demis Roussos hostage TWA" 😐
Your Halloween costume is “sexy” + the last thing you googled
“Sexy latitudes of dry ice formation on Mars” 🤣
Please form an orderly queue boys, there's plenty for everyone!
“Sexy latitudes of dry ice formation on Mars” 🤣
Please form an orderly queue boys, there's plenty for everyone!
October 25, 2025 at 7:28 AM
I was today years old when I found out about Demis Roussos being taken hostage
tom hardy is munching the scenery as tom hardy munching the scenery in a tom hardy munching the scenery production
October 23, 2025 at 6:10 PM
tom hardy is munching the scenery as tom hardy munching the scenery in a tom hardy munching the scenery production