Glenn Stovall
@gsto.bsky.social
Helping developers get better at product thinking: https://engineering-product.kit.com/siasd
Personal blog about money, business, and agency: http://statetransition.substack.com
senior frontend dev at the final banking stack for startups
Personal blog about money, business, and agency: http://statetransition.substack.com
senior frontend dev at the final banking stack for startups
We could all stand to be a little more playful at work.
I don't mean trivializing everything. Instead, bringing a lighthearted way of viewing the world.
Play is one of the most important things humans do.
Play is the engine of creation—the spark behind culture, myths, jokes, poems, and stories.
I don't mean trivializing everything. Instead, bringing a lighthearted way of viewing the world.
Play is one of the most important things humans do.
Play is the engine of creation—the spark behind culture, myths, jokes, poems, and stories.
May 14, 2025 at 2:41 PM
We could all stand to be a little more playful at work.
I don't mean trivializing everything. Instead, bringing a lighthearted way of viewing the world.
Play is one of the most important things humans do.
Play is the engine of creation—the spark behind culture, myths, jokes, poems, and stories.
I don't mean trivializing everything. Instead, bringing a lighthearted way of viewing the world.
Play is one of the most important things humans do.
Play is the engine of creation—the spark behind culture, myths, jokes, poems, and stories.
me and wife both opened spotify, both times it randomly started on the song "smack sum" by 26j, an artist neither one of us had heard of or seen before. wtf?
February 8, 2025 at 1:55 AM
me and wife both opened spotify, both times it randomly started on the song "smack sum" by 26j, an artist neither one of us had heard of or seen before. wtf?
Eisenhower matrix but it's how bad shit is now and how bad shit could get
February 5, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Eisenhower matrix but it's how bad shit is now and how bad shit could get
YouTube: "Pivot to vertical video!
Instagram: "Vertical video!"
Spotify: "Vertical video! "
Nintendo: "Spotify clone!"
www.nintendo.com/us/switch/on...
Instagram: "Vertical video!"
Spotify: "Vertical video! "
Nintendo: "Spotify clone!"
www.nintendo.com/us/switch/on...
Nintendo Music app for Nintendo Switch Online - Nintendo Official Site US
Listen to some of your favorite Nintendo soundtracks on your smart device with Nintendo Music, an exclusive app for Nintendo Switch Online members.
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January 21, 2025 at 2:58 PM
YouTube: "Pivot to vertical video!
Instagram: "Vertical video!"
Spotify: "Vertical video! "
Nintendo: "Spotify clone!"
www.nintendo.com/us/switch/on...
Instagram: "Vertical video!"
Spotify: "Vertical video! "
Nintendo: "Spotify clone!"
www.nintendo.com/us/switch/on...
Like a proper millennial I watch my TikToks on Instagram.
We won't notice the ban for another two weeks or so
We won't notice the ban for another two weeks or so
January 19, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Like a proper millennial I watch my TikToks on Instagram.
We won't notice the ban for another two weeks or so
We won't notice the ban for another two weeks or so
Reposted by Glenn Stovall
I love @alexanderchee.bsky.social's Bibliomancy assignment — such a great way to encourage exploration of the library, to help students appreciate the value of curiosity and magic of serendipity. I cld see this being ⭐ for first-year composition classes.
querent.substack.com/p/bibliomanc...
querent.substack.com/p/bibliomanc...
January 11, 2025 at 2:05 AM
I love @alexanderchee.bsky.social's Bibliomancy assignment — such a great way to encourage exploration of the library, to help students appreciate the value of curiosity and magic of serendipity. I cld see this being ⭐ for first-year composition classes.
querent.substack.com/p/bibliomanc...
querent.substack.com/p/bibliomanc...
never get over the contrast of the family costco trip
food for lunch; $4.82
supplies for Q1: $582
food for lunch; $4.82
supplies for Q1: $582
January 5, 2025 at 3:52 PM
never get over the contrast of the family costco trip
food for lunch; $4.82
supplies for Q1: $582
food for lunch; $4.82
supplies for Q1: $582
last post of 2024 - my new year's resolution to stop calculating odds of survival, and run directly at my dragons:
open.substack.com/pub/statetra...
open.substack.com/pub/statetra...
My Leeroy Jenkins Year
2025 the year of actionable thinking
open.substack.com
December 31, 2024 at 4:09 PM
last post of 2024 - my new year's resolution to stop calculating odds of survival, and run directly at my dragons:
open.substack.com/pub/statetra...
open.substack.com/pub/statetra...
the trump / elon drama is all theater.
it's a preview of what to come - instead of democrats and republicans, your "choice" in the new kleptocracy is between MAGA or DOGE
it's a preview of what to come - instead of democrats and republicans, your "choice" in the new kleptocracy is between MAGA or DOGE
December 28, 2024 at 7:47 PM
the trump / elon drama is all theater.
it's a preview of what to come - instead of democrats and republicans, your "choice" in the new kleptocracy is between MAGA or DOGE
it's a preview of what to come - instead of democrats and republicans, your "choice" in the new kleptocracy is between MAGA or DOGE
A B C D E F G
H O T T O G O
H O T T O G O
December 22, 2024 at 9:16 PM
A B C D E F G
H O T T O G O
H O T T O G O
A gym for lawyers called Terms & Conditioning
December 16, 2024 at 5:33 PM
A gym for lawyers called Terms & Conditioning
DuckDuckGo everyone its better than Google today
I asked Google “what is the opening line of Toni Morrison’s novel Song of Solomon?” I know it roughly but I wanted the exact wording.
Google now inflicts AI responses on all searches. I was startled by just how incorrect the AI response was. Like, my god. Is this what people are using????
Google now inflicts AI responses on all searches. I was startled by just how incorrect the AI response was. Like, my god. Is this what people are using????
December 14, 2024 at 3:50 AM
DuckDuckGo everyone its better than Google today
Reposted by Glenn Stovall
Oh you think that "javascript is a bad language," do you? All computer languages are bad. Javscript is just chaotic evil and what you want is lawful.
There is no such thing as a good computer language because *any* attempt to speak to rocks and make them think is the behavior of warlocks.
There is no such thing as a good computer language because *any* attempt to speak to rocks and make them think is the behavior of warlocks.
December 11, 2024 at 1:43 AM
Oh you think that "javascript is a bad language," do you? All computer languages are bad. Javscript is just chaotic evil and what you want is lawful.
There is no such thing as a good computer language because *any* attempt to speak to rocks and make them think is the behavior of warlocks.
There is no such thing as a good computer language because *any* attempt to speak to rocks and make them think is the behavior of warlocks.
Google Drive tabs are going to be killer for working on multiple re-write of longform pieces
December 11, 2024 at 2:26 PM
Google Drive tabs are going to be killer for working on multiple re-write of longform pieces
Big opportunity for someone named Mario out there
December 11, 2024 at 12:07 PM
Big opportunity for someone named Mario out there
Reposted by Glenn Stovall
A test of how seriously your firm is taking AI: when o-1 (& the new Gemini model) came out this week, were there assigned folks who immediately ran the model through your internal, validated, firm-specific benchmarks to see how useful it as? Did you update any plans or goals as a result?
December 7, 2024 at 4:34 PM
A test of how seriously your firm is taking AI: when o-1 (& the new Gemini model) came out this week, were there assigned folks who immediately ran the model through your internal, validated, firm-specific benchmarks to see how useful it as? Did you update any plans or goals as a result?
If you are a software developer who wants to:
-Improve their product thinking skills
-Understand the business, design, & product side of your biz
-Have more ownership and influence in their job
I would love to grab some time, answer questions, and help you think through how to approach it 👇
-Improve their product thinking skills
-Understand the business, design, & product side of your biz
-Have more ownership and influence in their job
I would love to grab some time, answer questions, and help you think through how to approach it 👇
December 6, 2024 at 11:23 AM
If you are a software developer who wants to:
-Improve their product thinking skills
-Understand the business, design, & product side of your biz
-Have more ownership and influence in their job
I would love to grab some time, answer questions, and help you think through how to approach it 👇
-Improve their product thinking skills
-Understand the business, design, & product side of your biz
-Have more ownership and influence in their job
I would love to grab some time, answer questions, and help you think through how to approach it 👇
New on the blog
The Coca-cola commercial looks weird an no one is sure if Mariah Carey is real anymore: how major corporations are leveraging AI for seasonal content
www.statetransition.co/p/im-dreamin...
The Coca-cola commercial looks weird an no one is sure if Mariah Carey is real anymore: how major corporations are leveraging AI for seasonal content
www.statetransition.co/p/im-dreamin...
I'm dreaming(hallucinating?) of an AI Christmas
Corporations are figuring out what they can get away with this year
www.statetransition.co
December 5, 2024 at 4:51 PM
New on the blog
The Coca-cola commercial looks weird an no one is sure if Mariah Carey is real anymore: how major corporations are leveraging AI for seasonal content
www.statetransition.co/p/im-dreamin...
The Coca-cola commercial looks weird an no one is sure if Mariah Carey is real anymore: how major corporations are leveraging AI for seasonal content
www.statetransition.co/p/im-dreamin...
Santa putting on his red suit jacket for the first time in a year, finds a twenty in it
December 3, 2024 at 3:22 PM
Santa putting on his red suit jacket for the first time in a year, finds a twenty in it
Failure mode I've noticed in myself: Believing I have to read an article or book about the thing before I attempt the thing
It's procrastination disguised as intellectualism
From now on no think only do. 2025 is gonna be my Leeroy Jenkins year
It's procrastination disguised as intellectualism
From now on no think only do. 2025 is gonna be my Leeroy Jenkins year
December 3, 2024 at 2:10 PM
Failure mode I've noticed in myself: Believing I have to read an article or book about the thing before I attempt the thing
It's procrastination disguised as intellectualism
From now on no think only do. 2025 is gonna be my Leeroy Jenkins year
It's procrastination disguised as intellectualism
From now on no think only do. 2025 is gonna be my Leeroy Jenkins year
side project idea: tool that does this for BlueSky as a browser extension, doesn't store anything
When I've used unrollers I didn't care about archiving, only a more readable layout more suitable for longform content
When I've used unrollers I didn't care about archiving, only a more readable layout more suitable for longform content
I have had to ask WAY too many people not to do this lately, so a reminder: "unroll" and "thread reader" apps are content theft. Please do not use them on other people's content unless you know they're okay with it. I am not okay with it.
December 3, 2024 at 7:54 AM
side project idea: tool that does this for BlueSky as a browser extension, doesn't store anything
When I've used unrollers I didn't care about archiving, only a more readable layout more suitable for longform content
When I've used unrollers I didn't care about archiving, only a more readable layout more suitable for longform content
our family tradition on Black Friday has shifting from buying stuff towards getting rid of old stuff we don't need to make room for the new stuff we don't need
November 29, 2024 at 3:24 PM
our family tradition on Black Friday has shifting from buying stuff towards getting rid of old stuff we don't need to make room for the new stuff we don't need
calling it now: years from now people will say Minnie Mouse has always been in the Macy's day parade, and her being added in 2024 is a Mandela effect
November 28, 2024 at 1:57 PM
calling it now: years from now people will say Minnie Mouse has always been in the Macy's day parade, and her being added in 2024 is a Mandela effect
Reposted by Glenn Stovall
A lot of tech professionals forget the humanity aspect in tech and forgo how sometimes considering people’s feedback before implementing can actually go a long way and garner support. But many just do things and then try to “oops!” After.
Come on now.
Come on now.
November 27, 2024 at 5:37 PM
A lot of tech professionals forget the humanity aspect in tech and forgo how sometimes considering people’s feedback before implementing can actually go a long way and garner support. But many just do things and then try to “oops!” After.
Come on now.
Come on now.