Matthew Oliphant
@matthewoliphant.com
Buy my books: matthewoliphant.com
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atautchikun is craic.
Hire me to fix your design org: uxmatto.com
#author, #pdx, #productDesign, #research, #serviceDesign, #ux, and #writerSky.
atautchikun is craic.
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"Hello Matthew,
Your book has just been nominated for the Best Character Development Award by the Goldfinch Books Book Club community, a reader driven group that highlights books people genuinely love and recommend."
...
I want to believe.
Your book has just been nominated for the Best Character Development Award by the Goldfinch Books Book Club community, a reader driven group that highlights books people genuinely love and recommend."
...
I want to believe.
February 3, 2026 at 2:29 AM
"Hello Matthew,
Your book has just been nominated for the Best Character Development Award by the Goldfinch Books Book Club community, a reader driven group that highlights books people genuinely love and recommend."
...
I want to believe.
Your book has just been nominated for the Best Character Development Award by the Goldfinch Books Book Club community, a reader driven group that highlights books people genuinely love and recommend."
...
I want to believe.
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Idk if this is the @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social effect but more videos of charming municipal workers showing us what it takes to run and maintain a city please www.tiktok.com/t/ZThf2DJcp/
Every part of Central Park is by design... and the #CentralParkConservancy Preservation and Conservation team is responsible for protecting and caring for them all! From 141 statues and monuments to t...
TikTok video by Central Park Conservancy
www.tiktok.com
February 3, 2026 at 1:48 AM
Idk if this is the @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social effect but more videos of charming municipal workers showing us what it takes to run and maintain a city please www.tiktok.com/t/ZThf2DJcp/
The Work Outing is still brilliant.
Almost as good as Beer.
Almost as good as Beer.
February 3, 2026 at 1:47 AM
The Work Outing is still brilliant.
Almost as good as Beer.
Almost as good as Beer.
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Right passed the park now and a little girl maybe 5 years old got out of the car. She's saying "oww" and coughing, an older woman with her rushed her inside
February 2, 2026 at 3:24 AM
Right passed the park now and a little girl maybe 5 years old got out of the car. She's saying "oww" and coughing, an older woman with her rushed her inside
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Some jawdropping CBP crime statistics here...
February 1, 2026 at 5:37 PM
Some jawdropping CBP crime statistics here...
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Gotta love big "leftist" accounts that don't use alt text and hawk their substack newsletters.
February 1, 2026 at 3:05 PM
Gotta love big "leftist" accounts that don't use alt text and hawk their substack newsletters.
It comes from so many angles.
How NC Brought Us ICE Raids. It's Not How You Think
YouTube video by Farm to Taber
www.youtube.com
February 1, 2026 at 3:16 PM
It comes from so many angles.
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Today I saw ICE gas little white kids in the streets of Portland with chemical weapons. Imagine what they're doing to brown and black kids in the detention camps
February 1, 2026 at 2:08 AM
Today I saw ICE gas little white kids in the streets of Portland with chemical weapons. Imagine what they're doing to brown and black kids in the detention camps
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10/10 ICE protest sign
January 31, 2026 at 10:20 PM
10/10 ICE protest sign
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Oof... I learn so much from youtube vids, my crafty heart is sad. But state sanctioned murder makes me actively furious so... www.resistandunsubscribe.com
Resist and Unsubscribe
www.resistandunsubscribe.com
January 31, 2026 at 3:44 PM
Oof... I learn so much from youtube vids, my crafty heart is sad. But state sanctioned murder makes me actively furious so... www.resistandunsubscribe.com
Honestly, if I can make even a few people laugh each day...it's a good day.
January 30, 2026 at 6:59 PM
Honestly, if I can make even a few people laugh each day...it's a good day.
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Just a friendly reminder that today's national shutdown was called by Somali and Black students in Minnesota - learn more here
nationalshutdown.org
nationalshutdown.org
January 30, 2026 at 2:50 PM
Just a friendly reminder that today's national shutdown was called by Somali and Black students in Minnesota - learn more here
nationalshutdown.org
nationalshutdown.org
Kinda funny that The Algorithm™ recommended this after watching Skratch Bastid's Imperial March scratch.
Also, TIL about synths.
Also, TIL about synths.
Wendy Carlos demonstrates her Moog Synthesizer in 1970
YouTube video by soup
www.youtube.com
January 30, 2026 at 6:27 AM
Kinda funny that The Algorithm™ recommended this after watching Skratch Bastid's Imperial March scratch.
Also, TIL about synths.
Also, TIL about synths.
"A silent tube slide."
January 30, 2026 at 6:05 AM
"A silent tube slide."
cue Too Many Cooks theme song.
January 30, 2026 at 1:11 AM
cue Too Many Cooks theme song.
As a user, I want to contact my ISP to double my download and upload speeds and have that result in reducing my download speed by 90% and leave my upload speed unchanged.
January 30, 2026 at 1:10 AM
As a user, I want to contact my ISP to double my download and upload speeds and have that result in reducing my download speed by 90% and leave my upload speed unchanged.
Online conferences with active backchannels are tough. Can you imagine an in-person event with an audience that active?
Not chiding. Wish I could keep track of both.
Not chiding. Wish I could keep track of both.
January 29, 2026 at 8:59 PM
Online conferences with active backchannels are tough. Can you imagine an in-person event with an audience that active?
Not chiding. Wish I could keep track of both.
Not chiding. Wish I could keep track of both.
Correct.
What About You? — ux matto
The best revenge is, of course, doing everything you can to seek joy and accept discomfort.
uxmatto.com
January 29, 2026 at 8:43 PM
Correct.
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If you like your stories to have a beginning, middle, and end ... don't become a Designer.
There's only Middle.
Sometimes there's Beginning.
Rarely is there End.
There's only Middle.
Sometimes there's Beginning.
Rarely is there End.
October 27, 2023 at 12:33 AM
If you like your stories to have a beginning, middle, and end ... don't become a Designer.
There's only Middle.
Sometimes there's Beginning.
Rarely is there End.
There's only Middle.
Sometimes there's Beginning.
Rarely is there End.
THE SLIDE LOOKS LIKE BOOBS.
sorry. the intrusive thoughts won.
sorry. the intrusive thoughts won.
January 29, 2026 at 7:09 PM
THE SLIDE LOOKS LIKE BOOBS.
sorry. the intrusive thoughts won.
sorry. the intrusive thoughts won.
7 years ago.
Nudges: Changing Minds and Behaviors with Data, Patience, and Kindness — Matthew Oliphant
(And if you’re like, “30 minute read time?!” and don’t want to read the whole thing, I can come give the talk to your company or conference.) I gave a talk for the PDX Design Research Group’s a...
matthewoliphant.com
January 29, 2026 at 6:05 PM
7 years ago.
Listening to some design talks today and it feels like more fodder for why I don't fit in with how very differently I think about what this profession should be vs. how one should adapt to fit into capitalism for the possibility of a "having an impact" assuming one is allowed to by the business.
January 29, 2026 at 5:57 PM
Listening to some design talks today and it feels like more fodder for why I don't fit in with how very differently I think about what this profession should be vs. how one should adapt to fit into capitalism for the possibility of a "having an impact" assuming one is allowed to by the business.
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Something we know about Donald Trump: he rarely backtracks unless there's something in it for him to gain personally.
US Senator Ron Wyden asked for a detailed account of Trump’s acceptance of a Rolex table clock and gold bar from Swiss businessmen shortly before slashing tariffs he previously imposed on Switzerland
Rolex and Gold Given to Trump Before Swiss Deal Queried by Senator
US Senator Ron Wyden asked for a detailed account of Donald Trump’s acceptance of a Rolex table clock and one-kilogram gold bar from Swiss businessmen shortly before the president slashed tariffs he previously imposed on Switzerland.
bloom.bg
January 29, 2026 at 4:32 PM
Something we know about Donald Trump: he rarely backtracks unless there's something in it for him to gain personally.