Michael Head
@michaelehead.com
Software engineer. UX, usability, HCI fan. He/him.
@explosm.bsky.social Saw an ad on reddit with your style (or maybe an exact cartoon). Did you all approve it or just a shameless rip off?
August 19, 2025 at 2:14 PM
@explosm.bsky.social Saw an ad on reddit with your style (or maybe an exact cartoon). Did you all approve it or just a shameless rip off?
I just realized there is a new season of Love Death + Robots. I was so excited before seeing there is an episode with a YouTube influencer in it. And it's advertised as such. Is this jumping the shark or being eaten by it?
June 2, 2025 at 3:48 PM
I just realized there is a new season of Love Death + Robots. I was so excited before seeing there is an episode with a YouTube influencer in it. And it's advertised as such. Is this jumping the shark or being eaten by it?
Disney+ updating T&C to include a note that words might sometimes mean the complete opposite of what they normally mean.
February 9, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Disney+ updating T&C to include a note that words might sometimes mean the complete opposite of what they normally mean.
LG’s legal department is always busier than their UX department.
December 5, 2024 at 1:54 PM
LG’s legal department is always busier than their UX department.
I do not understand how Amazon could throw out years of brand recognition for the name “Alexa” and replace it with “Rufus”.
November 27, 2024 at 11:13 PM
I do not understand how Amazon could throw out years of brand recognition for the name “Alexa” and replace it with “Rufus”.
Rough time to have React hydration errors. Not sure if that's why Best Buy is failing to render an Add to Cart button, but it sure isn't helping performance. And whatever is failing to render that button isn't helping revenue...
July 17, 2024 at 1:00 AM
Rough time to have React hydration errors. Not sure if that's why Best Buy is failing to render an Add to Cart button, but it sure isn't helping performance. And whatever is failing to render that button isn't helping revenue...
Steam Deck buttons continue to get stuck when playing, so I decided to try an RMA to see if it can be repaired. I'm grateful Valve decided to let me try a repair, but man, the passive aggressive "it's not faulty hardware, you're just using it wrong" tone in that support response...
May 31, 2024 at 3:43 PM
Steam Deck buttons continue to get stuck when playing, so I decided to try an RMA to see if it can be repaired. I'm grateful Valve decided to let me try a repair, but man, the passive aggressive "it's not faulty hardware, you're just using it wrong" tone in that support response...
The stock market is sometimes insane (to me). Boeing up because they’re going to lose money. Intel down because they’re going to gain money. 🤯
![[BRIEFING.COM] The Dow Jones Industrial
Average is trading up less than 2 points while the
S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite sport slim declines with the FOMC decision looming.
Boeing (BA 185.58 +4.44, +2.5%) is the top performing DJIA component after announcing that it expects negative Q1 cash flow between $4.0 and $4.5 billion and that the production rate of the 737 jet has been slowed.
3M (MMM 106.70, +1.38, +1.3%) and Dow Inc.
(DOW 57.43, +0.67, +1.2%) are also top performers from the DJIA.
Meanwhile, Intel (INTC 41.50, -0.53, -1.3%) sports the largest decline among DJIA components after the White House confirmed an up to $8.5 billion preliminary agreement with Intel under the CHIPS & Science Act.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:gksb7qbgwhtsbczicll25pzf/bafkreif7s7j3sjgweot6fizp7z6x6fsl5ukfvhps3ljii4jicgwkywtlfm@jpeg)
March 21, 2024 at 1:46 PM
The stock market is sometimes insane (to me). Boeing up because they’re going to lose money. Intel down because they’re going to gain money. 🤯
What an absolute user experience nightmare on the Vanguard website. I closed an account in 2024 and legitimately thought I wouldn't receive a 1099 because the website says so. But it doesn't *mean* I wouldn't get one, it means I wouldn't *see* one there...I have to visit the "old" site to see it.
February 28, 2024 at 11:46 PM
What an absolute user experience nightmare on the Vanguard website. I closed an account in 2024 and legitimately thought I wouldn't receive a 1099 because the website says so. But it doesn't *mean* I wouldn't get one, it means I wouldn't *see* one there...I have to visit the "old" site to see it.