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Jonathon Colman
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Coffee first, content right after that. Leading UX content design at HubSpot. Returned Peace Corps Volunteer.

Partner to Marja, walker of Lola, Ireland immigrant, global migrant. He/him.

👉 https://bio.link/jcolman 👈
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How NOT to design a conversation
A conversation with the chatbot for IHG, a hotel conglomerate. I tell the bot that I've reset my password, but I can't log in with it. The hotel responds with "I understand what you said, but I have not been taught how to answer your question…yet." This is unhelpful. The chatbot should have fallback options (help docs, an option to chat with a human or call one, etc.) to help my solve my issue, which is preventing me from making a booking with them.
November 14, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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I’m the problem, it’s me
My dog wrapped her leash around a tree and is wondering why she can’t go any further
November 13, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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Lola O’Goodgirl. Can’t believe we’ve had her for a whole year. 🥰
Lola, my dog, sitting on a tree trunk in a park with a golden sunset light on her.
November 1, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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Happy girl is happy
September 4, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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Happy New Frisbee Day to all who celebrate, but especially to my dog
A photo of a new Chuckit! soft frisbee I got for my dog next to the one she pretty much tore to shreds through daily use.
September 4, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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Same, Claude... hard same
An error message from Anthropic's "Claude" AI just saying "Overloaded" without providing any more context. I felt this deep in my soul of souls.
August 19, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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Rhys Darby is an i̶n̶t̶e̶r̶n̶a̶t̶i̶o̶n̶a̶l̶ intergalactic treasure

#startrek #strangenewworlds
Rhys Darby, snapping his fingers as {CHARACTER NAME REDACTED TO AVOID SPOILERS} in “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds”. He’s wearing a very fancy jacket.
July 17, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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Thank you @jamesgunn.bsky.social for this shot
A shot from the 2025 movie “Superman” showing Krypto the dog lying on top of Superman in bed.
July 16, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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Not sure how this happened, but I’ve somehow biked 25,000 kilometers (~15.5K miles) on #Zwift since October 2020.

I’m not the fastest or the strongest rider. I’ve just learned to find some peace when I ride.
A screenshot of my Zwift cycling profile, showing 25,014 kilometers and 26 days, hours of riding on their platform.
July 5, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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Roy Scheider as Chief Martin Brody in the original "Jaws" movie. Caption reads: "You're gonna need a bigger context window".
July 4, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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In a word: gaslighting. Did SSA send this to literally everyone?
An email from the Social Security Administration (SSA) in the United States. The subject line and headline image states: "Social Security Applauds Passage of Legislation Providing Historic Tax Relief for Seniors".
July 4, 2025 at 8:49 AM
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Good morning fren
A brown snail crawling on a white stuccoed wall
July 3, 2025 at 4:43 AM
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It’s almost as good as seeing Josh Holloway break out all of his Sawyer mannerisms again #Lost
The actor Josh Holloway in the tv show “Duster”, sitting in a car and smiling up at someone who swats his shoulder with an envelope.
July 2, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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Literally me, setting up an MCP server
July 1, 2025 at 10:19 AM
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Not gonna lie: every time I see "MCP" this is the first thing that comes to mind
July 1, 2025 at 10:17 AM
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Early morning walk with ya girl
A morning view looking up a short hill at Eamonn Ceannt park in Dublin, Ireland. Trees and a bright sky framing a mowed path through the grass. Lola, aka ya girl, aka the hellbeast, destroyer of worlds.
June 30, 2025 at 5:11 AM
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I am here, once again, *begging* Slack to stop sending the same email many times to a single person who's in many slack communities

Same goes for in-app onboarding messages, upgrade messages, settings & configuration, etc etc
Several emails I received from Slack about AI updates they've made that includes a call-to-action to upgrade to a paid plan. They send out an email like this for each of the communities I'm in, which is… a lot.
June 18, 2025 at 10:29 AM
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When it all gets to be too much, this tree helps me

But they’re all really good trees
June 14, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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In related news: TEEFS
A close-up crop of the image in the previous post showing just my dog’s upper front teeth. They’re a bit chaotic and wonky but I love them all the same.
June 14, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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Executive VP of Branch Strategy & Logistics
My dog, Lola, facing the camera and holding up a huge stick in her mouth. Her canines and front teeth are clearly visible.
June 14, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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“You’re a leader first, content comes second. Your function doesn’t define you.”

— Erin Sian Williams, McDonald’s Senior Director of Global Experience Design at Lead With Tempo 2025
Erin Sian Williams, McDonald’s Senior Director of Global Experience Design, presenting at Lead With Tempo 2025. Her slide reads, “You’re a leader first. Content second. Being different is your strength.”
June 12, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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Love an @andy.wtf talk ❤️
Andy Welfle, content designer at Glean, speaking at Lead with Tempo 2025. On-screen is a slide about craft, featuring a scene from “Toy Story”.
June 12, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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Watching a great talk from @lapope.bsky.social on creativity at Lead With Tempo 2025

And it’s designed like a zine!
Lauren LaPope’s intro slide from her Lead With Tempo 20225 talk on creativity. Lauren LaPope’s slide from her Lead With Tempo 20225 talk on creativity reading “Are content and creativity compatible?” Lauren LaPope’s slide from her Lead With Tempo 20225 talk on creativity reading “People need to feel safe to be creative.” Lauren LaPope’s slide from her Lead With Tempo 20225 talk on creativity reading “Or be weird. That works, too.”
June 12, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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Before and after cleaning out my keyboard 😳
The interior of my keyboard with all the keys removed. It’s filled with dust, hair, and other grody bits. The interior of my keyboard with all the keys removed. Now it’s all clean and shiny!
June 5, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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“Truncation is not a content strat…”

cc @karenmcgrane.bsky.social
A truncated headline from The Hill reading “Judge temporarily blocks Norm from killing TSA worker…” There’s also a photograph of Kristi Noem, US Secretary of Homeland Security.
June 4, 2025 at 12:27 PM