Adam Kalsey
@kalsey.com
Imagine a dad joke trying to double as a TED Talk while riding a unicycle. AKA @akalsey on Twitter
They lied. This ad is plenty annoying.
November 15, 2025 at 6:26 AM
They lied. This ad is plenty annoying.
This @hilton hotel sells "premium Internet" for $5 per day because the standard internet is only fast enough for email and basic web browsing.
The standard internet:
The standard internet:
November 13, 2025 at 3:45 PM
This @hilton hotel sells "premium Internet" for $5 per day because the standard internet is only fast enough for email and basic web browsing.
The standard internet:
The standard internet:
On an application for a designer role (I'm hiring!) I ask applicants for a paragraph on: "Give us an example of shipping a small, imperfect improvement quickly versus waiting to build a complete solution. What was your thinking?"
The answers are like Designer Mad-Libs:
The answers are like Designer Mad-Libs:
November 13, 2025 at 6:56 AM
On an application for a designer role (I'm hiring!) I ask applicants for a paragraph on: "Give us an example of shipping a small, imperfect improvement quickly versus waiting to build a complete solution. What was your thinking?"
The answers are like Designer Mad-Libs:
The answers are like Designer Mad-Libs:
Every app I own has decided to give me flight updates on my lock screen
November 12, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Every app I own has decided to give me flight updates on my lock screen
Claude Code needs offline mode with a small local model. They can still charge me for tokens. I just sometimes need to use it when I don’t have a network.
November 11, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Claude Code needs offline mode with a small local model. They can still charge me for tokens. I just sometimes need to use it when I don’t have a network.
Few people are ever trained in interviewing future hires. Here's a crash course and a bunch of questions to use when hiring a product manager.
kalsey.com/2025/11/how...
kalsey.com/2025/11/how...
November 10, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Few people are ever trained in interviewing future hires. Here's a crash course and a bunch of questions to use when hiring a product manager.
kalsey.com/2025/11/how...
kalsey.com/2025/11/how...
Reviewing resumes and wondering when every product manager with a year of experience started calling themselves a “product leader.”
November 8, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Reviewing resumes and wondering when every product manager with a year of experience started calling themselves a “product leader.”
I need to know more about the edge case that led to the data constraint being this large.
November 5, 2025 at 6:59 PM
I need to know more about the edge case that led to the data constraint being this large.
I use AI as a strategic thinking partner.
Not to make decisions for me, but to expose blind spots I can't see on my own.
I frame a challenge, give context AI asks questions, I clarify. That back-and-forth surfaces assumptions and clarifies my thinking.
kalsey.com/2025/10/ai_...
Not to make decisions for me, but to expose blind spots I can't see on my own.
I frame a challenge, give context AI asks questions, I clarify. That back-and-forth surfaces assumptions and clarifies my thinking.
kalsey.com/2025/10/ai_...
October 13, 2025 at 3:26 AM
I use AI as a strategic thinking partner.
Not to make decisions for me, but to expose blind spots I can't see on my own.
I frame a challenge, give context AI asks questions, I clarify. That back-and-forth surfaces assumptions and clarifies my thinking.
kalsey.com/2025/10/ai_...
Not to make decisions for me, but to expose blind spots I can't see on my own.
I frame a challenge, give context AI asks questions, I clarify. That back-and-forth surfaces assumptions and clarifies my thinking.
kalsey.com/2025/10/ai_...
Picking up a salad from Chipotle
Me: there’s no dressing.
C: you wanted salad dressing?
M: with my salad???? Yes.
C: you need to request when you order
M: 1, I did. 2, do I need to ask for a tortilla on my burrito?
Me: there’s no dressing.
C: you wanted salad dressing?
M: with my salad???? Yes.
C: you need to request when you order
M: 1, I did. 2, do I need to ask for a tortilla on my burrito?
October 12, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Picking up a salad from Chipotle
Me: there’s no dressing.
C: you wanted salad dressing?
M: with my salad???? Yes.
C: you need to request when you order
M: 1, I did. 2, do I need to ask for a tortilla on my burrito?
Me: there’s no dressing.
C: you wanted salad dressing?
M: with my salad???? Yes.
C: you need to request when you order
M: 1, I did. 2, do I need to ask for a tortilla on my burrito?
"I bought this Saturday, and it's $50 cheaper today. Do you price adjust?"
Amazon: No, we can't do that.
Me: OK, I'd like to return it.
Amazon: Instead, would you like us to refund $90 and you can keep it?
Amazon: No, we can't do that.
Me: OK, I'd like to return it.
Amazon: Instead, would you like us to refund $90 and you can keep it?
October 7, 2025 at 4:06 PM
"I bought this Saturday, and it's $50 cheaper today. Do you price adjust?"
Amazon: No, we can't do that.
Me: OK, I'd like to return it.
Amazon: Instead, would you like us to refund $90 and you can keep it?
Amazon: No, we can't do that.
Me: OK, I'd like to return it.
Amazon: Instead, would you like us to refund $90 and you can keep it?
I asked ChatGPT to find me a 3d printer model of a laptop stand with cable connectors.
It found one, asked what laptop I had, then offered to customize the model for me. !!!
I asked for a different base design and a MagSafe connector. It did it, and gave print parameters.
It found one, asked what laptop I had, then offered to customize the model for me. !!!
I asked for a different base design and a MagSafe connector. It did it, and gave print parameters.
October 7, 2025 at 3:25 AM
I asked ChatGPT to find me a 3d printer model of a laptop stand with cable connectors.
It found one, asked what laptop I had, then offered to customize the model for me. !!!
I asked for a different base design and a MagSafe connector. It did it, and gave print parameters.
It found one, asked what laptop I had, then offered to customize the model for me. !!!
I asked for a different base design and a MagSafe connector. It did it, and gave print parameters.
This is terrible UX from Apple. It's incredibly unclear what the implications of allowing or denying access are. I had to look to see what MacOS considers a "local network" (basically non-internet IP only, not bluetooth). And the app doesn't have a way of explaining to the user WHY they want this.
October 6, 2025 at 6:58 PM
This is terrible UX from Apple. It's incredibly unclear what the implications of allowing or denying access are. I had to look to see what MacOS considers a "local network" (basically non-internet IP only, not bluetooth). And the app doesn't have a way of explaining to the user WHY they want this.
Demo from a Voice AI company is a coffee ordering tool. They promote it with "Now you can order a coffee with your voice!"
I don't know if you've ever actually been in a coffee shop... but that's the way it's worked for decades.
I don't know if you've ever actually been in a coffee shop... but that's the way it's worked for decades.
October 3, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Demo from a Voice AI company is a coffee ordering tool. They promote it with "Now you can order a coffee with your voice!"
I don't know if you've ever actually been in a coffee shop... but that's the way it's worked for decades.
I don't know if you've ever actually been in a coffee shop... but that's the way it's worked for decades.
I’m at a Voice AI event and the irony that the rooms are much too loud for people to actually use and demo their Voice AI tools.
Recurring theme in talks is “the future is all voice” but without recognizing they’re demoing why voice won’t ever be the only interface.
Recurring theme in talks is “the future is all voice” but without recognizing they’re demoing why voice won’t ever be the only interface.
October 2, 2025 at 7:46 PM
I’m at a Voice AI event and the irony that the rooms are much too loud for people to actually use and demo their Voice AI tools.
Recurring theme in talks is “the future is all voice” but without recognizing they’re demoing why voice won’t ever be the only interface.
Recurring theme in talks is “the future is all voice” but without recognizing they’re demoing why voice won’t ever be the only interface.
I know a great UX researcher that’s available for full time and contract roles. Lots of AI experience research expertise. The kind of person I’d hire if I had a need.
DM me for an intro.
DM me for an intro.
October 1, 2025 at 10:25 PM
I know a great UX researcher that’s available for full time and contract roles. Lots of AI experience research expertise. The kind of person I’d hire if I had a need.
DM me for an intro.
DM me for an intro.
My productivity operating system has “weekly priority” as a component. It’s not an invitation to list every todo. It’s the spot to list what truly matters.
This week, my priority list has 3 things. Get those three done, I’ll be a smashing success.
This week, my priority list has 3 things. Get those three done, I’ll be a smashing success.
My productivity operating system
A framework for super-charging productivity on the things that matter.
kalsey.com
September 29, 2025 at 4:48 PM
My productivity operating system has “weekly priority” as a component. It’s not an invitation to list every todo. It’s the spot to list what truly matters.
This week, my priority list has 3 things. Get those three done, I’ll be a smashing success.
This week, my priority list has 3 things. Get those three done, I’ll be a smashing success.
We used to wait for code to compile.
Now we wait for AI agents to finish translating our ideas to code.
Now we wait for AI agents to finish translating our ideas to code.
September 20, 2025 at 11:12 PM
We used to wait for code to compile.
Now we wait for AI agents to finish translating our ideas to code.
Now we wait for AI agents to finish translating our ideas to code.
Did you know that if you take any country song, and play it backwards…
… it still sounds terrible.
… it still sounds terrible.
September 4, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Did you know that if you take any country song, and play it backwards…
… it still sounds terrible.
… it still sounds terrible.
Taco Bell’s AI drive though is dead, killed by edge cases. Most of the problems cited are unusual circumstances, but those still killed the project.
www.wsj.com/articles/ta...
www.wsj.com/articles/ta...
August 30, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Taco Bell’s AI drive though is dead, killed by edge cases. Most of the problems cited are unusual circumstances, but those still killed the project.
www.wsj.com/articles/ta...
www.wsj.com/articles/ta...
As a former HD and college umpire, I love the umpire helmet cam on tonight’s #SFGiants game. Never saw the ball move quite like that when I was behind the plate.
Could watch the whole game though that.
Could watch the whole game though that.
August 19, 2025 at 3:30 AM
As a former HD and college umpire, I love the umpire helmet cam on tonight’s #SFGiants game. Never saw the ball move quite like that when I was behind the plate.
Could watch the whole game though that.
Could watch the whole game though that.
Product Trio explanations often show what areas each person's responsible for. This is wrong.
"The product manager responsible for business value, designer for user value, and engineer for tech feasibility." That's a recipe for unproductive conflct.
"The product manager responsible for business value, designer for user value, and engineer for tech feasibility." That's a recipe for unproductive conflct.
August 16, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Product Trio explanations often show what areas each person's responsible for. This is wrong.
"The product manager responsible for business value, designer for user value, and engineer for tech feasibility." That's a recipe for unproductive conflct.
"The product manager responsible for business value, designer for user value, and engineer for tech feasibility." That's a recipe for unproductive conflct.
Amazon Prime Video’s movie screen starts out with four categories:
- Movies we think you’ll like
- Movie Picks
- Spotlight Movies
- Movie Selections
Which of course are different from the Favorites or Featured categories that appear further down the screen.
- Movies we think you’ll like
- Movie Picks
- Spotlight Movies
- Movie Selections
Which of course are different from the Favorites or Featured categories that appear further down the screen.
August 15, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Amazon Prime Video’s movie screen starts out with four categories:
- Movies we think you’ll like
- Movie Picks
- Spotlight Movies
- Movie Selections
Which of course are different from the Favorites or Featured categories that appear further down the screen.
- Movies we think you’ll like
- Movie Picks
- Spotlight Movies
- Movie Selections
Which of course are different from the Favorites or Featured categories that appear further down the screen.
Getting mixed messages from my neighbors.
August 14, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Getting mixed messages from my neighbors.
We're in the "browser wars" era of AI models.
Each new model is a big change, and the "best" choice changes daily. "Best viewed with ChatGPT 5" badges everywhere.
Before long, models will be like browsers. They mostly do the same things, and we'll pick one and stick with it.
Each new model is a big change, and the "best" choice changes daily. "Best viewed with ChatGPT 5" badges everywhere.
Before long, models will be like browsers. They mostly do the same things, and we'll pick one and stick with it.
August 10, 2025 at 6:58 PM
We're in the "browser wars" era of AI models.
Each new model is a big change, and the "best" choice changes daily. "Best viewed with ChatGPT 5" badges everywhere.
Before long, models will be like browsers. They mostly do the same things, and we'll pick one and stick with it.
Each new model is a big change, and the "best" choice changes daily. "Best viewed with ChatGPT 5" badges everywhere.
Before long, models will be like browsers. They mostly do the same things, and we'll pick one and stick with it.