Austin Govella
@austingovella.bsky.social
I help teams work better.
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Austin Govella
@austingovella.bsky.social
· Oct 18
I wrote a tiny book on workshop facilitation called Work the Room. It's $9.99 on Amazon. Learn how to lead collaboration in front of a room full of strangers:
Amazon: www.amazon.com/Work-Room-co...
Apple Books: books.apple.com/us/book/work...
Amazon: www.amazon.com/Work-Room-co...
Apple Books: books.apple.com/us/book/work...
looking for good GA4 training. Can anyone recommend a good course? Or a good provider of courses?
December 11, 2025 at 4:23 PM
looking for good GA4 training. Can anyone recommend a good course? Or a good provider of courses?
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What if getting acquired isn’t the happy ending everyone thinks it will be❓
💬 "The best part wasn't the payout at the end. The best part was working with amazing people every day... If I could go back in time, would I still sell the company? Honestly, I'm not sure."
💬 "The best part wasn't the payout at the end. The best part was working with amazing people every day... If I could go back in time, would I still sell the company? Honestly, I'm not sure."
December 11, 2025 at 3:18 PM
What if getting acquired isn’t the happy ending everyone thinks it will be❓
💬 "The best part wasn't the payout at the end. The best part was working with amazing people every day... If I could go back in time, would I still sell the company? Honestly, I'm not sure."
💬 "The best part wasn't the payout at the end. The best part was working with amazing people every day... If I could go back in time, would I still sell the company? Honestly, I'm not sure."
a:focus and a:hover should have the same visual style. Please and thank you
December 11, 2025 at 2:47 PM
a:focus and a:hover should have the same visual style. Please and thank you
Sitting in the car in Austin eating a brisket sandwich after the Belly show noticing how much New Young Pony Club and Wet Leg live on the same continuum
December 11, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Sitting in the car in Austin eating a brisket sandwich after the Belly show noticing how much New Young Pony Club and Wet Leg live on the same continuum
Supposed to go see Belly tonight, but the 14yo, my babysitter, is under the weather...
Kind of ok, though I've been looking forward to this show for months
Kind of ok, though I've been looking forward to this show for months
December 10, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Supposed to go see Belly tonight, but the 14yo, my babysitter, is under the weather...
Kind of ok, though I've been looking forward to this show for months
Kind of ok, though I've been looking forward to this show for months
The kiddo is standing at the Alexa just asking question after question. Started with spiders, moved on to other bugs, then dinosaurs, monarchies, the President, and now he's on bigfoot.
He's having a blast
He's having a blast
December 10, 2025 at 9:44 PM
The kiddo is standing at the Alexa just asking question after question. Started with spiders, moved on to other bugs, then dinosaurs, monarchies, the President, and now he's on bigfoot.
He's having a blast
He's having a blast
Statistical word generator, please generate non-statistical words.
December 9, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Statistical word generator, please generate non-statistical words.
wtf is this? and why do you need my age? I put my birthday in, so I better get a bunch of happy birthdays next September.
And what is "Age Assurance". Are you assured now that I have age?
And what is "Age Assurance". Are you assured now that I have age?
December 9, 2025 at 5:37 AM
wtf is this? and why do you need my age? I put my birthday in, so I better get a bunch of happy birthdays next September.
And what is "Age Assurance". Are you assured now that I have age?
And what is "Age Assurance". Are you assured now that I have age?
Apple Pages is a beautiful piece of software.
Stay tuned for more skeets brought to you by procrastination.
Stay tuned for more skeets brought to you by procrastination.
December 9, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Apple Pages is a beautiful piece of software.
Stay tuned for more skeets brought to you by procrastination.
Stay tuned for more skeets brought to you by procrastination.
Snitches have stitches
a close up of an elf on the shelf doll with blue eyes
ALT: a close up of an elf on the shelf doll with blue eyes
media.tenor.com
December 9, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Snitches have stitches
Reposted by Austin Govella
Dear Monday people:
Here are my top 100 songs of 2025. Enjoy! shiveryourtimbers.ca/blog/schmutz...
Here are my top 100 songs of 2025. Enjoy! shiveryourtimbers.ca/blog/schmutz...
Schmutzie’s Top 100 Songs of 2025 | ShiverYourTimbers.ca
A playlist with 100 songs across 22 genres and out on 8 platforms: Apple Music, Spotify, Tidal, Qobuz, Deezer, Amazon Music, YouTube Music, and Last.fm
shiveryourtimbers.ca
December 8, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Dear Monday people:
Here are my top 100 songs of 2025. Enjoy! shiveryourtimbers.ca/blog/schmutz...
Here are my top 100 songs of 2025. Enjoy! shiveryourtimbers.ca/blog/schmutz...
There's an entire product design style that's build on insufficient typographic hierarchy and their interfaces suck because of it.
More design literacy.
And interaction design literacy, too.
More design literacy.
And interaction design literacy, too.
December 6, 2025 at 8:39 PM
There's an entire product design style that's build on insufficient typographic hierarchy and their interfaces suck because of it.
More design literacy.
And interaction design literacy, too.
More design literacy.
And interaction design literacy, too.
Moving web hosts to Opalstack. Nice Webfaction (RIP) vibe, easy to use, great support, and just enough power to make things easy, all at a good monthly value.
Recommended.
opalstack.com
Recommended.
opalstack.com
Opalstack
Developer-owned hosting with Open App Stacks, Vibe Deploy for Copilot/ChatGPT, and flat pricing on real Linux.
opalstack.com
December 6, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Moving web hosts to Opalstack. Nice Webfaction (RIP) vibe, easy to use, great support, and just enough power to make things easy, all at a good monthly value.
Recommended.
opalstack.com
Recommended.
opalstack.com
Reposted by Austin Govella
Happy Bandcamp Friday from 4AD ⛺️
4ad.co/bandcamp
Available for the first time on Bandcamp we have releases from:
Michael Brook
Deerhunter
Rachel Goswell
Neil Halstead
The Hope Blister
Insides
Mojave 3
This Mortal Coil
Pixies
Swallow
4ad.co/bandcamp
Available for the first time on Bandcamp we have releases from:
Michael Brook
Deerhunter
Rachel Goswell
Neil Halstead
The Hope Blister
Insides
Mojave 3
This Mortal Coil
Pixies
Swallow
December 5, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Happy Bandcamp Friday from 4AD ⛺️
4ad.co/bandcamp
Available for the first time on Bandcamp we have releases from:
Michael Brook
Deerhunter
Rachel Goswell
Neil Halstead
The Hope Blister
Insides
Mojave 3
This Mortal Coil
Pixies
Swallow
4ad.co/bandcamp
Available for the first time on Bandcamp we have releases from:
Michael Brook
Deerhunter
Rachel Goswell
Neil Halstead
The Hope Blister
Insides
Mojave 3
This Mortal Coil
Pixies
Swallow
working on a site and one of the primary colors is aubergine, so we get to say aubergine a lot
aubergine
aubergine
aubergine
aubergine
December 5, 2025 at 5:51 PM
working on a site and one of the primary colors is aubergine, so we get to say aubergine a lot
aubergine
aubergine
aubergine
aubergine
Made an app with an AI-powered, type your app description in and we'll build it, app... and then just went and did the same thing in Excel, only better...
December 5, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Made an app with an AI-powered, type your app description in and we'll build it, app... and then just went and did the same thing in Excel, only better...
Reposted by Austin Govella
Love Jenga for workshops
Cheap and flexible for 3d maps and activities
Cheap and flexible for 3d maps and activities
December 4, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Love Jenga for workshops
Cheap and flexible for 3d maps and activities
Cheap and flexible for 3d maps and activities
Does anyone know who invented the breadcrumb?
December 4, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Does anyone know who invented the breadcrumb?
Reposted by Austin Govella
to commemorate alan dye moving from apple to meta, here's one of his best quotes
December 4, 2025 at 11:19 AM
to commemorate alan dye moving from apple to meta, here's one of his best quotes
I was one of Freak Slug's top 500 listeners and they were my top artist in three separate months.
It's kind cool to have a new favorite band.
They come to Houston in April. Already have my tickets.
It's kind cool to have a new favorite band.
They come to Houston in April. Already have my tickets.
December 4, 2025 at 3:20 PM
I was one of Freak Slug's top 500 listeners and they were my top artist in three separate months.
It's kind cool to have a new favorite band.
They come to Houston in April. Already have my tickets.
It's kind cool to have a new favorite band.
They come to Houston in April. Already have my tickets.
Reposted by Austin Govella
🎧🧑🎤🤘I love new playlist day.
Dec 2025's playlist is out on Apple Music, Spotify, Tidal, Qobuz, Deezer, Amazon Music, YouTube, and LastFM so you can listen wherever you are. Grab a coffee, throw this on, and give yourself a few minutes. #Playlist #NowPlaying #Music #NewMusic #NowListening
Dec 2025's playlist is out on Apple Music, Spotify, Tidal, Qobuz, Deezer, Amazon Music, YouTube, and LastFM so you can listen wherever you are. Grab a coffee, throw this on, and give yourself a few minutes. #Playlist #NowPlaying #Music #NewMusic #NowListening
Schmutzie’s December 2025 Playlist | ShiverYourTimbers.ca
This playlist is out on 8 platforms, and 46% of the songs are from 2025. The complete original playlist is 3h44m long with 65 songs across 9 decades and 20 genres.
shiveryourtimbers.ca
December 1, 2025 at 7:52 PM
🎧🧑🎤🤘I love new playlist day.
Dec 2025's playlist is out on Apple Music, Spotify, Tidal, Qobuz, Deezer, Amazon Music, YouTube, and LastFM so you can listen wherever you are. Grab a coffee, throw this on, and give yourself a few minutes. #Playlist #NowPlaying #Music #NewMusic #NowListening
Dec 2025's playlist is out on Apple Music, Spotify, Tidal, Qobuz, Deezer, Amazon Music, YouTube, and LastFM so you can listen wherever you are. Grab a coffee, throw this on, and give yourself a few minutes. #Playlist #NowPlaying #Music #NewMusic #NowListening
Reposted by Austin Govella
Here's a new playlist for you ⚡️
I have something for your ears. The December 2025 playlist is out on 8 music platforms! And 46% of the 65 songs came out this year. 🎧👩🎤🎶 #NewMusic #NowPlaying #Playlist #NowListening
Schmutzie’s December 2025 Playlist | ShiverYourTimbers.ca
This playlist is out on 8 platforms, and 46% of the songs are from 2025. The complete original playlist is 3h44m long with 65 songs across 9 decades and 20 genres. https://shiveryourtimbers.ca
shiveryourtimbers.ca
December 1, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Here's a new playlist for you ⚡️
Reposted by Austin Govella
Each year I ask myself these 40 questions.
This will be my eleventh year. It's still one of my favorite rituals. It helps me see how phases of my life wax and wane.
Each year new translations come in. We're up to 30 languages! Thank you to all the contributors 🥰
stephango.com/40-questions
This will be my eleventh year. It's still one of my favorite rituals. It helps me see how phases of my life wax and wane.
Each year new translations come in. We're up to 30 languages! Thank you to all the contributors 🥰
stephango.com/40-questions
December 4, 2024 at 3:04 PM
Each year I ask myself these 40 questions.
This will be my eleventh year. It's still one of my favorite rituals. It helps me see how phases of my life wax and wane.
Each year new translations come in. We're up to 30 languages! Thank you to all the contributors 🥰
stephango.com/40-questions
This will be my eleventh year. It's still one of my favorite rituals. It helps me see how phases of my life wax and wane.
Each year new translations come in. We're up to 30 languages! Thank you to all the contributors 🥰
stephango.com/40-questions
@cwodtke.bsky.social's latest post on why good UX is still your best strategic moat: eleganthack.com/ux-is-your-m...
UX Is Your Moat (And You’re Ignoring It)
Last week, Google released Nano Banana Pro, their latest image generator. The demos looked impressive. I opened Gemini to try it. Then I had a question I needed to ask. Something unrelated to image…
eleganthack.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:44 PM
@cwodtke.bsky.social's latest post on why good UX is still your best strategic moat: eleganthack.com/ux-is-your-m...
New ChatGPT prompt just dropped: I need a random skeet for Bluesky. Please craft a random skeet using 25 words or less
November 28, 2025 at 6:07 PM
New ChatGPT prompt just dropped: I need a random skeet for Bluesky. Please craft a random skeet using 25 words or less