Matt Anderson
@mattandersonut.bsky.social
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🤔 Product management leader
📚 Derailed academic librarian
🌐 Broadcasts #prodmgmt, #ux, #fintech, libraries, climate
🐝 Never once stung by a bee
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🤔 Product management leader
📚 Derailed academic librarian
🌐 Broadcasts #prodmgmt, #ux, #fintech, libraries, climate
🐝 Never once stung by a bee
https://www.instagram.com/mattandersonut
https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattandersonut
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Scenarios often dismissed as "edge cases" encompass life changes (such as name changes or death), complex user behaviors (like multiple or shared accounts), malicious actors, and technical challenges (incl. slow connections, data exports, and collaboration issues).
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The Edge Cases that Break Hearts (And Products)
Edge cases aren't rare; they're real life. Design for messy situations like name changes, shared accounts, and bad actors from day one.
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November 10, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Scenarios often dismissed as "edge cases" encompass life changes (such as name changes or death), complex user behaviors (like multiple or shared accounts), malicious actors, and technical challenges (incl. slow connections, data exports, and collaboration issues).
www.nngroup.com/articles/edg...
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Remembering D’Angelo: The Eternal Spell of "Voodoo" www.theringer.com/2020/01/24/m... via @longreads.com
Remembering D’Angelo: The Eternal Spell of ‘Voodoo’
Following the untimely death of the legendary musician, we're resurfacing our look back at his groundbreaking 2000 album, featuring interviews with DJ Premier, James Poyser from the Roots, and others
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November 9, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Remembering D’Angelo: The Eternal Spell of "Voodoo" www.theringer.com/2020/01/24/m... via @longreads.com
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Children of the Holocaust buried their identities to survive | Aeon Essays
Jewish children who were ‘hidden’ in Christian families during the Holocaust have much to teach us about memory and trauma
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November 9, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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One Four Two Five Old Sunset Trail, by Joy Williams
On the last days of Gene Hackman
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November 9, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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The Quest to Resurrect a Texas Ghost Town texashighways.com/travel/the-q... via @cherilucasrowlands.com
The Quest to Resurrect a Texas Ghost Town
A journey to find a true ghost town reveals vanishing histories and locals working to bring them back to life
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November 9, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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Your Call Is Important to Us - 99% Invisible
We have all been there. You’ve got a problem with your car or your internet or your flight, so you call customer service. And then you get routed, rerouted, and then re-rerouted – for hours. The call ...
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November 8, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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America is more divided than ever — but how is it affecting our love lives? I spent a year dating conservative men to find out www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/love-sex/... via @longreads.com
One app, 60 men, 26 dates: my adventures in alt-right dating
There’s no question that we’re living — and looking for love — in contentious times, where extreme political ideologies have all but divided parts of the dating pool. Or have they?
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November 8, 2025 at 10:19 PM
America is more divided than ever — but how is it affecting our love lives? I spent a year dating conservative men to find out www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/love-sex/... via @longreads.com
The Titanic’s Best Lifeboat 99percentinvisible.org/episode/632-...
The Titanic's Best Lifeboat - 99% Invisible
Everyone grows up learning the same story about the RMS Titanic, that when the ship set out on its maiden voyage in 1912, the owners and authorities, confident that the ship was unsinkable, did not re...
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November 8, 2025 at 7:28 PM
The Titanic’s Best Lifeboat 99percentinvisible.org/episode/632-...
Developing People into Problem Solvers blog.gembaacademy.com/2025/09/26/d...
Developing People into Problem Solvers | Gemba Academy
Many organizations today struggle with high turnover, difficulty retaining talent, and constant firefighting. Day after day, leaders and teams are consumed by urgent issues, leaving little or no time ...
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November 8, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Developing People into Problem Solvers blog.gembaacademy.com/2025/09/26/d...
The Managed-UX Integration Model (MUXI) proposes that UX professionals report directly to UX leadership while being embedded daily within product teams for extended periods, fostering both UX autonomy and product alignment.
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Managed-UX Integration: A Team Model for UX Autonomy and Product Alignment
In the managed-UX integration model, UXers report to UX leadership, stay connected to their peers, and work daily with product teams to drive outcomes.
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November 7, 2025 at 6:03 PM
The Managed-UX Integration Model (MUXI) proposes that UX professionals report directly to UX leadership while being embedded daily within product teams for extended periods, fostering both UX autonomy and product alignment.
www.nngroup.com/articles/man...
www.nngroup.com/articles/man...
A key strategy for leaders is to coach team members to redirect their energy from "survival politics" to "doing great work that matters," as this approach benefits individuals by making them valuable if they stay and marketable if they leave.
www.mindtheproduct.com/scary-times-...
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How to lead products through layoff fear
Layoffs blur the path ahead — but individuals and leaders both have tools to find their way through
www.mindtheproduct.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:42 PM
A key strategy for leaders is to coach team members to redirect their energy from "survival politics" to "doing great work that matters," as this approach benefits individuals by making them valuable if they stay and marketable if they leave.
www.mindtheproduct.com/scary-times-...
www.mindtheproduct.com/scary-times-...
AI's ability to rapidly produce prototypes/code highlights that bottlenecks in software development are not production speed but "people problems," organizational governance, and need for feedback, demonstrating that work is not simply about output quantity.
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Team dynamics after AI
Small giants and real giants
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November 6, 2025 at 11:17 PM
AI's ability to rapidly produce prototypes/code highlights that bottlenecks in software development are not production speed but "people problems," organizational governance, and need for feedback, demonstrating that work is not simply about output quantity.
mechanicalsurvival.com/blog/team-dy...
mechanicalsurvival.com/blog/team-dy...
This new commerce experience is powered by the Agentic Commerce Protocol (ACP), an open standard co-developed by Stripe and OpenAI, designed to facilitate programmatic commerce between buyers, AI agents, and businesses.
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Developing an open standard for agentic commerce
Today, we announced that Stripe is powering OpenAI’s new commerce experience, Instant Checkout in ChatGPT, and we released the Agentic Commerce Protocol, a new open standard that enables programmatic ...
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November 6, 2025 at 10:35 PM
This new commerce experience is powered by the Agentic Commerce Protocol (ACP), an open standard co-developed by Stripe and OpenAI, designed to facilitate programmatic commerce between buyers, AI agents, and businesses.
stripe.com/blog/develop...
stripe.com/blog/develop...
Technosolutionism, or techno-optimism, is the belief that technology is always the remedy for all problems, even those it might have created or worsened.
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We’ve all bought into technosolutionism, but we can opt out.
Part 1 of a two-part series dismantling a culture that idolizes privately owned tech as a method of social progress.
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November 6, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Technosolutionism, or techno-optimism, is the belief that technology is always the remedy for all problems, even those it might have created or worsened.
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The modern web is experiencing a "grayscale problem," characterized by a decline in vibrancy, variety, and unique design, becoming increasingly standardized and overoptimized, akin to a trend seen in consumer products like cars.
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The Grayscale Problem — Smashing Magazine
From A/B tests to AI slop, the modern web is bleeding out its colour. Standardized, templated, and overoptimized, it’s starting to feel like a digital Levittown. But it doesn’t have to be.
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November 6, 2025 at 3:01 PM
The modern web is experiencing a "grayscale problem," characterized by a decline in vibrancy, variety, and unique design, becoming increasingly standardized and overoptimized, akin to a trend seen in consumer products like cars.
www.smashingmagazine.com/2025/10/the-...
www.smashingmagazine.com/2025/10/the-...
The market for AI productivity tools is splitting into two approaches: horizontal generalists, which offer flexibility across different tasks, and vertical specialists, designed for depth and reliability within workflows such as email, presentations, or spreadsheets.
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The AI-Native Office Suite - Can AI Do Work For You? | Andreessen Horowitz
AI-powered productivity tools are emerging as both generalist platforms and specialized applications. We benchmarked over a dozen to see how they perform across core tasks like email, spreadsheets, pr...
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November 5, 2025 at 7:15 PM
The market for AI productivity tools is splitting into two approaches: horizontal generalists, which offer flexibility across different tasks, and vertical specialists, designed for depth and reliability within workflows such as email, presentations, or spreadsheets.
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a16z.com/the-ai-nativ...
AI prototyping tools can execute general instructions but lack the sophisticated judgment and nuance of experienced designers, preventing them from independently producing high-quality, thoughtful designs.
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Good from Afar, But Far from Good: AI Prototyping in Real Design Contexts
AI prototyping tools follow general directions but lack the judgment and nuance of an experienced designer.
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November 5, 2025 at 5:17 PM
AI prototyping tools can execute general instructions but lack the sophisticated judgment and nuance of experienced designers, preventing them from independently producing high-quality, thoughtful designs.
www.nngroup.com/articles/ai-...
www.nngroup.com/articles/ai-...
Designing For TV: The Evergreen Pattern That Shapes TV Experiences www.smashingmagazine.com/2025/08/desi...
Designing For TV: The Evergreen Pattern That Shapes TV Experiences (Part 1) — Smashing Magazine
TV interface design is a unique, fascinating, and often overlooked field. It’s been guided by decades of evolution and innovation, yet still firmly constrained by its legacy. Follow Milan into the his...
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November 5, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Designing For TV: The Evergreen Pattern That Shapes TV Experiences www.smashingmagazine.com/2025/08/desi...
Startups should rethink how they pursue sales and traction, according to VC Tim Chen
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Startups should rethink how they pursue sales and traction, according to VC Tim Chen
Today on TechCrunch's Equity podcast, Julie Bort sat down with Tim Chen to explore the rise of solo VCs and who's rewriting the traditional venture playbook.
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November 4, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Startups should rethink how they pursue sales and traction, according to VC Tim Chen
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techcrunch.com/podcast/star...
What to look for in an AI Product Manager:
- Deep AI Intuition & Applied Creativity
- Visionary Leadership & Systems Thinking
- Exceptional Product Taste & User-Centric Craft
- Full-Spectrum Execution & Ownership
- “Clarity in Chaos” & Empathetic Resolve
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- Deep AI Intuition & Applied Creativity
- Visionary Leadership & Systems Thinking
- Exceptional Product Taste & User-Centric Craft
- Full-Spectrum Execution & Ownership
- “Clarity in Chaos” & Empathetic Resolve
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What I Look For in an AI Product Manager
Beyond the Job Description and Resumes – these are the six core characteristics of a 0-to-1 product builder I want to hire
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November 4, 2025 at 10:26 PM
What to look for in an AI Product Manager:
- Deep AI Intuition & Applied Creativity
- Visionary Leadership & Systems Thinking
- Exceptional Product Taste & User-Centric Craft
- Full-Spectrum Execution & Ownership
- “Clarity in Chaos” & Empathetic Resolve
blog.jaclynkonzelmann.com/p/what-i-loo...
- Deep AI Intuition & Applied Creativity
- Visionary Leadership & Systems Thinking
- Exceptional Product Taste & User-Centric Craft
- Full-Spectrum Execution & Ownership
- “Clarity in Chaos” & Empathetic Resolve
blog.jaclynkonzelmann.com/p/what-i-loo...
Where are all the trillion dollar biotechs? www.ladanuzhna.xyz/writing/tril...
Where are all the trillion dollar biotechs? — lada nuzhna
Of the many trends people chase in biotech, the only one that proves sure and consistent is declining returns. Even after adjusting for inflation, the number of new drugs approved per $1 billion of R&...
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November 4, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Where are all the trillion dollar biotechs? www.ladanuzhna.xyz/writing/tril...
@aprildunford.bsky.social's positioning method is a strategic approach to product context, not merely a marketing exercise, and fundamentally reframes product building by focusing on an "outside-in" perspective.
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Stop Calling Positioning a Marketing Exercise
How April Dunford’s method helps product, sales and marketing fall into place.
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November 4, 2025 at 6:50 PM
@aprildunford.bsky.social's positioning method is a strategic approach to product context, not merely a marketing exercise, and fundamentally reframes product building by focusing on an "outside-in" perspective.
open.substack.com/pub/carcast/...
open.substack.com/pub/carcast/...
Prioritize for adoption by focusing on solving the most prominent and shared pain points for the core audience, rather than attempting to cover every possible scenario or niche need, which helps the MVP feel purpose-built and tailored.
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How to define breadth vs depth in your MVP strategy
Sol Lee's article for Mind the Product explains how to build product MVPs in emerging sectors like the creator economy. Here, the playbook hasn't been written yet, and teams that get it right will def...
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November 4, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Prioritize for adoption by focusing on solving the most prominent and shared pain points for the core audience, rather than attempting to cover every possible scenario or niche need, which helps the MVP feel purpose-built and tailored.
www.mindtheproduct.com/how-to-defin...
www.mindtheproduct.com/how-to-defin...
Organizations will increasingly integrate AI agents into their services, leading to more AI-to-AI interactions across various functions like customer support and internal operations, with service quality being evaluated by how well AI helps users achieve their goals.
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Service Design in the Era of AI Agents
Service design is all about creating seamless interactions between humans and services. The ultimate goal of service design is to…
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November 4, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Organizations will increasingly integrate AI agents into their services, leading to more AI-to-AI interactions across various functions like customer support and internal operations, with service quality being evaluated by how well AI helps users achieve their goals.
uxplanet.org/service-desi...
uxplanet.org/service-desi...