Mat Janson Blanchet
@jansensan.bsky.social
French Canadian, interaction and user experience designer, tinkerer, guitarist and melodist.
FR, EN
FR, EN
This movie is an uneven mix of 2, 3 maybe 4 things. Feels like I was watching a 2 hour short film showcased in an artsy gallery. Sometimes great, often noisy, sometimes slow and boring. Just like Pavement.
June 17, 2025 at 11:33 AM
This movie is an uneven mix of 2, 3 maybe 4 things. Feels like I was watching a 2 hour short film showcased in an artsy gallery. Sometimes great, often noisy, sometimes slow and boring. Just like Pavement.
Years ago, likely in the 1970s, my uncle (mom's brother) made a mix tape for my dad.
There is no track listing so I'll be using Shazam a lot I guess.
It starts with "Heather" by Billy Cobham — ambiant and jazzy.
Let's see where this goes!
There is no track listing so I'll be using Shazam a lot I guess.
It starts with "Heather" by Billy Cobham — ambiant and jazzy.
Let's see where this goes!
June 14, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Years ago, likely in the 1970s, my uncle (mom's brother) made a mix tape for my dad.
There is no track listing so I'll be using Shazam a lot I guess.
It starts with "Heather" by Billy Cobham — ambiant and jazzy.
Let's see where this goes!
There is no track listing so I'll be using Shazam a lot I guess.
It starts with "Heather" by Billy Cobham — ambiant and jazzy.
Let's see where this goes!
New book for morning reading. Rosenfeld always publishes useful books to manage design collaboration.
The bookmark is a creation from my mom — she creates collages from old magazines.
The bookmark is a creation from my mom — she creates collages from old magazines.
June 12, 2025 at 11:39 AM
New book for morning reading. Rosenfeld always publishes useful books to manage design collaboration.
The bookmark is a creation from my mom — she creates collages from old magazines.
The bookmark is a creation from my mom — she creates collages from old magazines.
Dans son livre "Humain, pour un gouvernement plus centré sur la personne", @daniellafreniere.bsky.social démontre une des complexités — parmi une panoplie d'autres — des soutiens financiers gouvernementaux.
Ce n'est pas pour rien que ma création artistique est un hobby, et non pas une carrière...
Ce n'est pas pour rien que ma création artistique est un hobby, et non pas une carrière...
April 22, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Dans son livre "Humain, pour un gouvernement plus centré sur la personne", @daniellafreniere.bsky.social démontre une des complexités — parmi une panoplie d'autres — des soutiens financiers gouvernementaux.
Ce n'est pas pour rien que ma création artistique est un hobby, et non pas une carrière...
Ce n'est pas pour rien que ma création artistique est un hobby, et non pas une carrière...
Today's finds at a record store: rockin' ladies:
- Blondie - Eat to the Beat (1979)
- Joan Jett - Bad Reputation (1980)
- Pat Benatar - In the Heat of the Night (1979)
- Pat Benatar - Crimes of Passion (1980)
- Blondie - Eat to the Beat (1979)
- Joan Jett - Bad Reputation (1980)
- Pat Benatar - In the Heat of the Night (1979)
- Pat Benatar - Crimes of Passion (1980)
April 22, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Today's finds at a record store: rockin' ladies:
- Blondie - Eat to the Beat (1979)
- Joan Jett - Bad Reputation (1980)
- Pat Benatar - In the Heat of the Night (1979)
- Pat Benatar - Crimes of Passion (1980)
- Blondie - Eat to the Beat (1979)
- Joan Jett - Bad Reputation (1980)
- Pat Benatar - In the Heat of the Night (1979)
- Pat Benatar - Crimes of Passion (1980)
WestJet, a Canadian Airline, is unable to accept accents in its text fields. The error that occurs then shows me a stupid message and a RegEx.
It's 2025, I can't believe front-end developers still churn out such unacceptable non-sense.
It's 2025, I can't believe front-end developers still churn out such unacceptable non-sense.
March 18, 2025 at 11:55 AM
WestJet, a Canadian Airline, is unable to accept accents in its text fields. The error that occurs then shows me a stupid message and a RegEx.
It's 2025, I can't believe front-end developers still churn out such unacceptable non-sense.
It's 2025, I can't believe front-end developers still churn out such unacceptable non-sense.
I've been on a Steve Reich discovery streak lately.
While I love "Music for 18 Musicians" and "Desert Music", I think "Electric Counterpoint" with Pat Metheny touched me a bit more quickly. Likely because it's written for electric guitar, an instrument I play.
While I love "Music for 18 Musicians" and "Desert Music", I think "Electric Counterpoint" with Pat Metheny touched me a bit more quickly. Likely because it's written for electric guitar, an instrument I play.
March 17, 2025 at 11:35 AM
I've been on a Steve Reich discovery streak lately.
While I love "Music for 18 Musicians" and "Desert Music", I think "Electric Counterpoint" with Pat Metheny touched me a bit more quickly. Likely because it's written for electric guitar, an instrument I play.
While I love "Music for 18 Musicians" and "Desert Music", I think "Electric Counterpoint" with Pat Metheny touched me a bit more quickly. Likely because it's written for electric guitar, an instrument I play.
My annual nerd purchase for almost two decades now.
March 15, 2025 at 7:13 PM
My annual nerd purchase for almost two decades now.
In "Every tool's a hammer", Adam Savage speaks to the difficulty for makers to convey their complex mental models to others.
This actually applies to every discipline: communicating a skill you perfected over years to people who do not have that background is hard.
This actually applies to every discipline: communicating a skill you perfected over years to people who do not have that background is hard.
February 9, 2025 at 2:24 PM
In "Every tool's a hammer", Adam Savage speaks to the difficulty for makers to convey their complex mental models to others.
This actually applies to every discipline: communicating a skill you perfected over years to people who do not have that background is hard.
This actually applies to every discipline: communicating a skill you perfected over years to people who do not have that background is hard.
"NPS is astrology for mediocre business executives."
— @jmspool.bsky.social
— @jmspool.bsky.social
February 7, 2025 at 12:59 PM
"NPS is astrology for mediocre business executives."
— @jmspool.bsky.social
— @jmspool.bsky.social
Got the logic circuit to work!
February 4, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Got the logic circuit to work!
Trouvailles dans une boîte à lire près de mon atelier. Ça a l'air mauvais. J'adore.
January 30, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Trouvailles dans une boîte à lire près de mon atelier. Ça a l'air mauvais. J'adore.
Excerpt from @asavage.bsky.social's "Every tool's a hammer".
I certainly struggle to be my own motivator, whether it's working on my sound sculpture or conposing melodies...
I certainly struggle to be my own motivator, whether it's working on my sound sculpture or conposing melodies...
January 28, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Excerpt from @asavage.bsky.social's "Every tool's a hammer".
I certainly struggle to be my own motivator, whether it's working on my sound sculpture or conposing melodies...
I certainly struggle to be my own motivator, whether it's working on my sound sculpture or conposing melodies...
Ok so my first logic schematics were wrong. I reviewed the truth tables and learned about combining logic gates. Chips ordered, let's see how wrong I was this time around.
January 28, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Ok so my first logic schematics were wrong. I reviewed the truth tables and learned about combining logic gates. Chips ordered, let's see how wrong I was this time around.
Selon l'auteur, le fait qu'un interface soit intuitive vient d'une « pensée unique qui émerge de ce manque de différence. »
Il y a plus que ça — affordances, apprentissages, explications — mais le manque de différence est intéressant. Ça expliquerait bien le monopole des navigateurs, e.g. Chrome.
Il y a plus que ça — affordances, apprentissages, explications — mais le manque de différence est intéressant. Ça expliquerait bien le monopole des navigateurs, e.g. Chrome.
January 27, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Selon l'auteur, le fait qu'un interface soit intuitive vient d'une « pensée unique qui émerge de ce manque de différence. »
Il y a plus que ça — affordances, apprentissages, explications — mais le manque de différence est intéressant. Ça expliquerait bien le monopole des navigateurs, e.g. Chrome.
Il y a plus que ça — affordances, apprentissages, explications — mais le manque de différence est intéressant. Ça expliquerait bien le monopole des navigateurs, e.g. Chrome.
I think I got it!
I had to learn the basics of logic flow, which in the end is just another notation of what I know from coding.
Now to purchase some AND and XOR chips to test if my logic flow is correct 🤞
I had to learn the basics of logic flow, which in the end is just another notation of what I know from coding.
Now to purchase some AND and XOR chips to test if my logic flow is correct 🤞
January 26, 2025 at 1:32 AM
I think I got it!
I had to learn the basics of logic flow, which in the end is just another notation of what I know from coding.
Now to purchase some AND and XOR chips to test if my logic flow is correct 🤞
I had to learn the basics of logic flow, which in the end is just another notation of what I know from coding.
Now to purchase some AND and XOR chips to test if my logic flow is correct 🤞
New record find of the day.
The Get Up Kid's "Problems" is a good record. Not really their best, but after so many years without them, it's fun to hear them again.
They are punkish rock — closer to rock inspired by Bruce Springsteen than 70s punk or 90s skate punk in my ear.
The Get Up Kid's "Problems" is a good record. Not really their best, but after so many years without them, it's fun to hear them again.
They are punkish rock — closer to rock inspired by Bruce Springsteen than 70s punk or 90s skate punk in my ear.
January 25, 2025 at 10:47 PM
New record find of the day.
The Get Up Kid's "Problems" is a good record. Not really their best, but after so many years without them, it's fun to hear them again.
They are punkish rock — closer to rock inspired by Bruce Springsteen than 70s punk or 90s skate punk in my ear.
The Get Up Kid's "Problems" is a good record. Not really their best, but after so many years without them, it's fun to hear them again.
They are punkish rock — closer to rock inspired by Bruce Springsteen than 70s punk or 90s skate punk in my ear.
New book in my mailbox this morning!
I discovered Poster Children in the mid 90s, about at the same time I did Superchunk.
I don't know much about them, and I am happy to find a bout written by one of the members to learn about their history, albeit late.
I discovered Poster Children in the mid 90s, about at the same time I did Superchunk.
I don't know much about them, and I am happy to find a bout written by one of the members to learn about their history, albeit late.
January 23, 2025 at 2:11 PM
New book in my mailbox this morning!
I discovered Poster Children in the mid 90s, about at the same time I did Superchunk.
I don't know much about them, and I am happy to find a bout written by one of the members to learn about their history, albeit late.
I discovered Poster Children in the mid 90s, about at the same time I did Superchunk.
I don't know much about them, and I am happy to find a bout written by one of the members to learn about their history, albeit late.
Note à moi-même : finir de lire le chapitre avant de citer un truc...
January 20, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Note à moi-même : finir de lire le chapitre avant de citer un truc...
L'auteur critique les logiciels bureautiques puisqu'ils ne sont pas neutres — McLuhan disait ça aussi.
Sa critique du fait que les logiciels soient privés m'agace un peu : académiciens et gouvernements auraient pu soutenir le open source, mais ont préféré déléguer la technologie au privé.
Sa critique du fait que les logiciels soient privés m'agace un peu : académiciens et gouvernements auraient pu soutenir le open source, mais ont préféré déléguer la technologie au privé.
January 20, 2025 at 12:30 PM
L'auteur critique les logiciels bureautiques puisqu'ils ne sont pas neutres — McLuhan disait ça aussi.
Sa critique du fait que les logiciels soient privés m'agace un peu : académiciens et gouvernements auraient pu soutenir le open source, mais ont préféré déléguer la technologie au privé.
Sa critique du fait que les logiciels soient privés m'agace un peu : académiciens et gouvernements auraient pu soutenir le open source, mais ont préféré déléguer la technologie au privé.
Twitter has tweets.
Mastodon has toots.
What does Bluesky have?
Mastodon has toots.
What does Bluesky have?
January 16, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Twitter has tweets.
Mastodon has toots.
What does Bluesky have?
Mastodon has toots.
What does Bluesky have?
Update on my sound sculpture:
I figured out how the guitar string sustainer needs to be powered depending on what mode needs to be activated.
Now I need to figure how to convert this to an electronics circuit with my amateur electronics knowledge.
I figured out how the guitar string sustainer needs to be powered depending on what mode needs to be activated.
Now I need to figure how to convert this to an electronics circuit with my amateur electronics knowledge.
January 15, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Update on my sound sculpture:
I figured out how the guitar string sustainer needs to be powered depending on what mode needs to be activated.
Now I need to figure how to convert this to an electronics circuit with my amateur electronics knowledge.
I figured out how the guitar string sustainer needs to be powered depending on what mode needs to be activated.
Now I need to figure how to convert this to an electronics circuit with my amateur electronics knowledge.
"Designers: Allow customization so the IT dept can force users to use software in a certain way" is not the UX flex you think it is.
"About Face" authors are oftentimes correct, but not this time.
"About Face" authors are oftentimes correct, but not this time.
January 15, 2025 at 12:28 PM
"Designers: Allow customization so the IT dept can force users to use software in a certain way" is not the UX flex you think it is.
"About Face" authors are oftentimes correct, but not this time.
"About Face" authors are oftentimes correct, but not this time.