Matthew Oliphant
@matthewoliphant.com
Buy my books: matthewoliphant.com
Hire me to fix your design org: uxmatto.com
#author, #pdx, #productDesign, #research, #serviceDesign, #ux, and #writerSky.
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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Happy Arbitrary Demarcation of Something Ending and the Very Similar Arbitrary Demarcation of Something Beginning!
November 9, 2024 at 1:21 AM
Happy Arbitrary Demarcation of Something Ending and the Very Similar Arbitrary Demarcation of Something Beginning!
Uh. Hello, ~60 new followers since yesterday.
Figured I'd let you know what you're in for. Something along the lines of:
Figured I'd let you know what you're in for. Something along the lines of:
December 31, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Uh. Hello, ~60 new followers since yesterday.
Figured I'd let you know what you're in for. Something along the lines of:
Figured I'd let you know what you're in for. Something along the lines of:
MONO = ONE
RAIL = RAIL
But, like, for real.
RAIL = RAIL
But, like, for real.
Washington's Forgotten Monorail Scam
YouTube video by Peter Dibble
www.youtube.com
December 31, 2025 at 6:01 PM
MONO = ONE
RAIL = RAIL
But, like, for real.
RAIL = RAIL
But, like, for real.
Going full circle.
December 31, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Going full circle.
Latest episode of the ux matto show is live!
I spoke with @kylesoucy.bsky.social about Projective Research and the democratization of research.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuqV...
I spoke with @kylesoucy.bsky.social about Projective Research and the democratization of research.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuqV...
Projective Research — A conersation with Kyle Soucy — E28
YouTube video by Matthew Oliphant
www.youtube.com
December 26, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Latest episode of the ux matto show is live!
I spoke with @kylesoucy.bsky.social about Projective Research and the democratization of research.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuqV...
I spoke with @kylesoucy.bsky.social about Projective Research and the democratization of research.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuqV...
I can do a recap! Except I'm aggrandizing cool people who deigned to speak with me. Deigned!
Thanks to said cool people: @brettharned.bsky.social, Jasmine Issac, Ali Maaxa, @zeldman.bsky.social, @mattallica.bsky.social, Robert Sfeir, @corneliux.bsky.social, Scott Kincaid, @turoczy.bsky.social ...
Thanks to said cool people: @brettharned.bsky.social, Jasmine Issac, Ali Maaxa, @zeldman.bsky.social, @mattallica.bsky.social, Robert Sfeir, @corneliux.bsky.social, Scott Kincaid, @turoczy.bsky.social ...
December 17, 2025 at 7:32 PM
I can do a recap! Except I'm aggrandizing cool people who deigned to speak with me. Deigned!
Thanks to said cool people: @brettharned.bsky.social, Jasmine Issac, Ali Maaxa, @zeldman.bsky.social, @mattallica.bsky.social, Robert Sfeir, @corneliux.bsky.social, Scott Kincaid, @turoczy.bsky.social ...
Thanks to said cool people: @brettharned.bsky.social, Jasmine Issac, Ali Maaxa, @zeldman.bsky.social, @mattallica.bsky.social, Robert Sfeir, @corneliux.bsky.social, Scott Kincaid, @turoczy.bsky.social ...
show me how your 2025 went
December 17, 2025 at 6:18 PM
show me how your 2025 went
There's only one book you should steal:
December 17, 2025 at 5:14 PM
There's only one book you should steal:
I can tell there's a bunch of recruiters who are tidying up their systems prior to shutting down for the rest of the year.
December 17, 2025 at 5:10 PM
I can tell there's a bunch of recruiters who are tidying up their systems prior to shutting down for the rest of the year.
Software as a Disservice in full swing with Acuity.
December 17, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Software as a Disservice in full swing with Acuity.
Can you imagine if this motherfucker used his budget to help people?
Like, actually help, not help a select few get dopamine hits off their hatred.
Like, actually help, not help a select few get dopamine hits off their hatred.
look at this fucking loser
December 16, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Can you imagine if this motherfucker used his budget to help people?
Like, actually help, not help a select few get dopamine hits off their hatred.
Like, actually help, not help a select few get dopamine hits off their hatred.
Okay, that led to sales, which led to dopamine. So...
Last pitch (this year) to buy one-to-many of my books.
@bookshop.org is a great starting point:
bookshop.org/beta-search?...
If you want higher quality (better ink coverage) for the picture books, you can get those through my site:
matthewoliphant.com
@bookshop.org is a great starting point:
bookshop.org/beta-search?...
If you want higher quality (better ink coverage) for the picture books, you can get those through my site:
matthewoliphant.com
Matthew Oliphant
Books by Matthew Oliphant.
matthewoliphant.com
December 16, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Okay, that led to sales, which led to dopamine. So...
I think I'm not a very good songwriter. Primarily because, like a sandpiper searching the shoreline for shells, I don't really get how metaphors work.
December 16, 2025 at 5:25 PM
I think I'm not a very good songwriter. Primarily because, like a sandpiper searching the shoreline for shells, I don't really get how metaphors work.
The internet is mostly useless. Mostly.
BROTH VS. STOCK - Food Scientist Explains
YouTube video by Hydroxide
www.youtube.com
December 16, 2025 at 4:19 PM
The internet is mostly useless. Mostly.
Turned out to be 7 leads over the course of that week. And they've all gone dark. Not one no among them. Just silence.
Y'all...
Y'all...
Budgets are unfreezing.
Zero leads for MONTHS, then three this week.
Zero leads for MONTHS, then three this week.
December 16, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Turned out to be 7 leads over the course of that week. And they've all gone dark. Not one no among them. Just silence.
Y'all...
Y'all...
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"I’m facing the reality that when I die, my stuff isn’t going to be meticulously catalogued and preserved for some sort of feminist Asian American museum collection– it’s going into a landfill."
I wrote a blog about 2025 was my BUY NOTHING YEAR.
www.kristinawong.com/blog/what-i-...
I wrote a blog about 2025 was my BUY NOTHING YEAR.
www.kristinawong.com/blog/what-i-...
What I Learned From a “Buy Nothing Year” in 2025 and My Advice for Mastering One Yourself. — Kristina Wong
I highly recommend everyone be like me. Specifically, attempt to do a “Buy Nothing Year” in 2026. I did it in 2025 and it wasn’t perfect. You will likely fail at doing it 100% right. It’s kind of...
www.kristinawong.com
December 16, 2025 at 12:43 AM
"I’m facing the reality that when I die, my stuff isn’t going to be meticulously catalogued and preserved for some sort of feminist Asian American museum collection– it’s going into a landfill."
I wrote a blog about 2025 was my BUY NOTHING YEAR.
www.kristinawong.com/blog/what-i-...
I wrote a blog about 2025 was my BUY NOTHING YEAR.
www.kristinawong.com/blog/what-i-...
Last pitch (this year) to buy one-to-many of my books.
@bookshop.org is a great starting point:
bookshop.org/beta-search?...
If you want higher quality (better ink coverage) for the picture books, you can get those through my site:
matthewoliphant.com
@bookshop.org is a great starting point:
bookshop.org/beta-search?...
If you want higher quality (better ink coverage) for the picture books, you can get those through my site:
matthewoliphant.com
Matthew Oliphant
Books by Matthew Oliphant.
matthewoliphant.com
December 16, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Last pitch (this year) to buy one-to-many of my books.
@bookshop.org is a great starting point:
bookshop.org/beta-search?...
If you want higher quality (better ink coverage) for the picture books, you can get those through my site:
matthewoliphant.com
@bookshop.org is a great starting point:
bookshop.org/beta-search?...
If you want higher quality (better ink coverage) for the picture books, you can get those through my site:
matthewoliphant.com
Huh. Dogs are good. Who knew?
December 15, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Huh. Dogs are good. Who knew?
HEY GUYS WELCOME BACK TO THE CHANNEL
December 15, 2025 at 4:14 PM
HEY GUYS WELCOME BACK TO THE CHANNEL
Reposted by Matthew Oliphant
As we mourn Rob Reiner, don’t skip this: he was, pretty much, personally responsible for overturning California’s Prop 8 banning same sex marriage.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
How Rob Reiner became anti-Prop. 8 kingpin
Rob Reiner reflects on the critical role he played in getting California's gay marriage ban overturned.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
December 15, 2025 at 1:37 PM
As we mourn Rob Reiner, don’t skip this: he was, pretty much, personally responsible for overturning California’s Prop 8 banning same sex marriage.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
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we should all watch a rob reiner movie tomorrow, this entire site, just pick one and put it on at like 8pm est
December 15, 2025 at 3:50 AM
we should all watch a rob reiner movie tomorrow, this entire site, just pick one and put it on at like 8pm est
Got my music on shuffle and this came on (from my 2005 SXSW list). Forgot the video is so...it has a lot going on.
C-Mon & Kypski - Shitty Bum
YouTube video by Supertracks
www.youtube.com
December 14, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Got my music on shuffle and this came on (from my 2005 SXSW list). Forgot the video is so...it has a lot going on.
Went to a "mall crawl" at the Lloyd Center yesterday. Someone had a petition to not tear down the mall. I am not sure why. Depending, of course, what would replace it.
Malls are weird.
Malls are weird.
December 14, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Went to a "mall crawl" at the Lloyd Center yesterday. Someone had a petition to not tear down the mall. I am not sure why. Depending, of course, what would replace it.
Malls are weird.
Malls are weird.