Dan Brown
@brownorama.bsky.social
Information Architect @ Curious Squid https://curious-squid.com
(ex-EightShapes)
Jewish dad • Family cook • Tabletop gamer
Podcast: https://unchecked.buzzsprout.com/
Author: https://medium.com/greenonions/books/home
Upcoming events: lu.ma/curioussquid
(ex-EightShapes)
Jewish dad • Family cook • Tabletop gamer
Podcast: https://unchecked.buzzsprout.com/
Author: https://medium.com/greenonions/books/home
Upcoming events: lu.ma/curioussquid
📣 Applications for UX Mentoring in 2026 now open! 📣
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🐶 Dog for algorithm
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🐶 Dog for algorithm
November 24, 2025 at 1:57 PM
📣 Applications for UX Mentoring in 2026 now open! 📣
ℹ️ Info here: www.linkedin.com/posts/danmbr...
🐶 Dog for algorithm
ℹ️ Info here: www.linkedin.com/posts/danmbr...
🐶 Dog for algorithm
Today I learned that anagrammatic homophones are two words that sound the same and are anagrams of each other, like tied and tide.
Today I also learned that large language models can not grasp this concept.
Today I also learned that large language models can not grasp this concept.
November 6, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Today I learned that anagrammatic homophones are two words that sound the same and are anagrams of each other, like tied and tide.
Today I also learned that large language models can not grasp this concept.
Today I also learned that large language models can not grasp this concept.
Unchecked Episode 7!
@rachelprice.bsky.social and I talk to Brandon Schauer (ex-Adaptive Path and ex-Capital One) about his work on shifting behavior to help with climate change.
🏮🪰 Also, new look for Unchecked, featuring invasive species Spotted Lantern Fly.
Please listen, review, and share!
@rachelprice.bsky.social and I talk to Brandon Schauer (ex-Adaptive Path and ex-Capital One) about his work on shifting behavior to help with climate change.
🏮🪰 Also, new look for Unchecked, featuring invasive species Spotted Lantern Fly.
Please listen, review, and share!
October 17, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Unchecked Episode 7!
@rachelprice.bsky.social and I talk to Brandon Schauer (ex-Adaptive Path and ex-Capital One) about his work on shifting behavior to help with climate change.
🏮🪰 Also, new look for Unchecked, featuring invasive species Spotted Lantern Fly.
Please listen, review, and share!
@rachelprice.bsky.social and I talk to Brandon Schauer (ex-Adaptive Path and ex-Capital One) about his work on shifting behavior to help with climate change.
🏮🪰 Also, new look for Unchecked, featuring invasive species Spotted Lantern Fly.
Please listen, review, and share!
Harris Teeter reading the writing on the wall.
August 28, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Harris Teeter reading the writing on the wall.
In Ep 5 of Unchecked, @rachelprice.bsky.social and I talk to @daviddylanthomas.bsky.social about the role of #cognitivebias in #disinformation.
We discuss the fundamental attribution error, framing effect, and confirmation bias, and how even true information can be misconstrued. Check it out!
We discuss the fundamental attribution error, framing effect, and confirmation bias, and how even true information can be misconstrued. Check it out!
August 16, 2025 at 2:17 PM
In Ep 5 of Unchecked, @rachelprice.bsky.social and I talk to @daviddylanthomas.bsky.social about the role of #cognitivebias in #disinformation.
We discuss the fundamental attribution error, framing effect, and confirmation bias, and how even true information can be misconstrued. Check it out!
We discuss the fundamental attribution error, framing effect, and confirmation bias, and how even true information can be misconstrued. Check it out!
Have you listened to Unchecked, my podcast with @rachelprice.bsky.social about the architecture of disinformation?
In every episode we look at a different information ecosystem, identifying strategies to make our product designs more resilient.
Episode 4 features civic tech legend Dana Chisnell.
In every episode we look at a different information ecosystem, identifying strategies to make our product designs more resilient.
Episode 4 features civic tech legend Dana Chisnell.
July 23, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Have you listened to Unchecked, my podcast with @rachelprice.bsky.social about the architecture of disinformation?
In every episode we look at a different information ecosystem, identifying strategies to make our product designs more resilient.
Episode 4 features civic tech legend Dana Chisnell.
In every episode we look at a different information ecosystem, identifying strategies to make our product designs more resilient.
Episode 4 features civic tech legend Dana Chisnell.
Instead of asking if a new technology is good or bad ask, “Does this technology consolidate power or distribute power?”
From @karenhao.bsky.social’s appearance at Politics and Prose.
From @karenhao.bsky.social’s appearance at Politics and Prose.
May 31, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Instead of asking if a new technology is good or bad ask, “Does this technology consolidate power or distribute power?”
From @karenhao.bsky.social’s appearance at Politics and Prose.
From @karenhao.bsky.social’s appearance at Politics and Prose.
May 3, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Killing it at @theiaconf.bsky.social is @daviddylanthomas.bsky.social
May 3, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Killing it at @theiaconf.bsky.social is @daviddylanthomas.bsky.social
Massive turn-out for the Hands Off rally in Washington DC today. See if you can find any coverage of it in @washingtonpost.com or @nytimes.com. Go ahead I’ll wait.
April 5, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Massive turn-out for the Hands Off rally in Washington DC today. See if you can find any coverage of it in @washingtonpost.com or @nytimes.com. Go ahead I’ll wait.
April 2, 2025 at 10:40 PM
From now on national security and defense officials will hold war planning meetings in these Trump-approved SCIFs.
March 25, 2025 at 11:33 AM
From now on national security and defense officials will hold war planning meetings in these Trump-approved SCIFs.
NYT WTF?
@nytimes.com this headline is so irresponsible. It normalizes Musk’s coup. Musk is not elected or confirmed. He is likely compromised and certainly has conflicts of interest. He is not “transforming government”. He is endangering Americans.
@nytimes.com this headline is so irresponsible. It normalizes Musk’s coup. Musk is not elected or confirmed. He is likely compromised and certainly has conflicts of interest. He is not “transforming government”. He is endangering Americans.
February 22, 2025 at 1:48 AM
NYT WTF?
@nytimes.com this headline is so irresponsible. It normalizes Musk’s coup. Musk is not elected or confirmed. He is likely compromised and certainly has conflicts of interest. He is not “transforming government”. He is endangering Americans.
@nytimes.com this headline is so irresponsible. It normalizes Musk’s coup. Musk is not elected or confirmed. He is likely compromised and certainly has conflicts of interest. He is not “transforming government”. He is endangering Americans.
In a couple weeks I'm hosting a book club meeting for The Secret Life of Data, a new book published by MIT Press about how data is used beyond its initial purpose.
Learn more and register here: lu.ma/49xnmpr1
Learn more and register here: lu.ma/49xnmpr1
February 6, 2025 at 8:33 PM
In a couple weeks I'm hosting a book club meeting for The Secret Life of Data, a new book published by MIT Press about how data is used beyond its initial purpose.
Learn more and register here: lu.ma/49xnmpr1
Learn more and register here: lu.ma/49xnmpr1
At the dog park this morning I wasn’t sure what this expression meant but now I see it: “we can go - all these dogs have been hanging with that one dog who is really annoying”
February 4, 2025 at 2:20 PM
At the dog park this morning I wasn’t sure what this expression meant but now I see it: “we can go - all these dogs have been hanging with that one dog who is really annoying”
Had to say goodbye to this sweet little beagle today. Maple was with us for 12 wonderful years and we were lucky to have her. Please give your faithful companions an extra treat or two in her honor. Rest in treats Maple
January 23, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Had to say goodbye to this sweet little beagle today. Maple was with us for 12 wonderful years and we were lucky to have her. Please give your faithful companions an extra treat or two in her honor. Rest in treats Maple
As information architects, we must address disinformation and misinformation in the digital spaces we design, build, curate, and manage.
Disinformation is no longer solely a wartime tactic. It is a social virus.
I'll be spending some time this year on this.
If you have thoughts, I'm interested!
Disinformation is no longer solely a wartime tactic. It is a social virus.
I'll be spending some time this year on this.
If you have thoughts, I'm interested!
January 17, 2025 at 11:12 PM
As information architects, we must address disinformation and misinformation in the digital spaces we design, build, curate, and manage.
Disinformation is no longer solely a wartime tactic. It is a social virus.
I'll be spending some time this year on this.
If you have thoughts, I'm interested!
Disinformation is no longer solely a wartime tactic. It is a social virus.
I'll be spending some time this year on this.
If you have thoughts, I'm interested!
Listening to Starter Villain and loving it. @wilwheaton.net is the perfect narrator.
I have four cats, and if one of them has secret genetically enhanced intelligence, I'm confident it would be this one.
I have four cats, and if one of them has secret genetically enhanced intelligence, I'm confident it would be this one.
January 14, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Listening to Starter Villain and loving it. @wilwheaton.net is the perfect narrator.
I have four cats, and if one of them has secret genetically enhanced intelligence, I'm confident it would be this one.
I have four cats, and if one of them has secret genetically enhanced intelligence, I'm confident it would be this one.
What a great question!
Playing board games with these two.
Playing board games with these two.
January 11, 2025 at 6:24 PM
What a great question!
Playing board games with these two.
Playing board games with these two.
#NaNoWriMo progress
I’m way behind schedule but this is the longest fiction I’ve ever written.
I’m way behind schedule but this is the longest fiction I’ve ever written.
November 24, 2024 at 9:17 PM
#NaNoWriMo progress
I’m way behind schedule but this is the longest fiction I’ve ever written.
I’m way behind schedule but this is the longest fiction I’ve ever written.
Kavango #BoardGame
Card drafting game in which you build a wildlife reserve.
Straightforward and familiar mechanics with lovely components.
Card drafting game in which you build a wildlife reserve.
Straightforward and familiar mechanics with lovely components.
November 21, 2024 at 3:22 AM
Kavango #BoardGame
Card drafting game in which you build a wildlife reserve.
Straightforward and familiar mechanics with lovely components.
Card drafting game in which you build a wildlife reserve.
Straightforward and familiar mechanics with lovely components.