Adam Zeiner
@dezein.bsky.social
a curious generalist parading as a strategic designer; into socially created "soft" systems, networks in a broad sense, fostering futures literacy, information architecture + visualization, and being a part of more intimate communities of practice
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I'm trying to think about how I would have reacted if shown this headline five years ago
July 14, 2025 at 10:20 PM
I'm trying to think about how I would have reacted if shown this headline five years ago
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Possible to start to tell a unified story: "Trump is personally too old, crazy, and confused to run things, so at any given time the question is which co-president is in charge. At first it was Musk, & we got the crazy chaotic DOGE era. Then Navarro: a trade war that crashed markets. Now Miller..."
June 12, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Possible to start to tell a unified story: "Trump is personally too old, crazy, and confused to run things, so at any given time the question is which co-president is in charge. At first it was Musk, & we got the crazy chaotic DOGE era. Then Navarro: a trade war that crashed markets. Now Miller..."
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These people are the enemy.
June 15, 2025 at 2:51 PM
These people are the enemy.
Liquid Glass*
*Design show-ponying as the beautified tip of the planned obsolescence spear in true Apple fashion
*Design show-ponying as the beautified tip of the planned obsolescence spear in true Apple fashion
June 13, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Liquid Glass*
*Design show-ponying as the beautified tip of the planned obsolescence spear in true Apple fashion
*Design show-ponying as the beautified tip of the planned obsolescence spear in true Apple fashion
Wish I had a Beer rn so I’d be beered instead of bored while waiting on the T to get ready for Drinks and Dinner and Drinks
February 14, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Wish I had a Beer rn so I’d be beered instead of bored while waiting on the T to get ready for Drinks and Dinner and Drinks
I value soft skills more than hard skills.
February 13, 2025 at 9:55 PM
I value soft skills more than hard skills.
whatever happened to Clark from Invision?
July 9, 2024 at 8:48 PM
whatever happened to Clark from Invision?
Design as a tourist in the foreign land of Business
May 23, 2024 at 6:23 PM
Design as a tourist in the foreign land of Business
what's the relationship b/w Service Design and Developer Experience?
how're they distinct? similar?
I've got a nascent inkling that they're more similar than different in focus
how're they distinct? similar?
I've got a nascent inkling that they're more similar than different in focus
March 14, 2024 at 9:41 PM
what's the relationship b/w Service Design and Developer Experience?
how're they distinct? similar?
I've got a nascent inkling that they're more similar than different in focus
how're they distinct? similar?
I've got a nascent inkling that they're more similar than different in focus
Propeller is consulting for my employer, ok, do some googling and: propeller.com/practice-are... see that they in fact have a People & Change practice area
January 24, 2024 at 8:54 PM
Propeller is consulting for my employer, ok, do some googling and: propeller.com/practice-are... see that they in fact have a People & Change practice area
Well, but.
…
But nothing was quite like anything.
- Kim Stanley Robinson
…
But nothing was quite like anything.
- Kim Stanley Robinson
January 24, 2024 at 6:27 AM
Well, but.
…
But nothing was quite like anything.
- Kim Stanley Robinson
…
But nothing was quite like anything.
- Kim Stanley Robinson
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💥 THE BATTLE BEGINS! 💥
2023 is winding down, so it’s time to choose the WORST PERSON IN TECH!
🗳️ ROUND 1 VOTING OPEN NOW: forms.gle/xqcDPSXB98gA...
2023 is winding down, so it’s time to choose the WORST PERSON IN TECH!
🗳️ ROUND 1 VOTING OPEN NOW: forms.gle/xqcDPSXB98gA...
December 13, 2023 at 1:31 PM
💥 THE BATTLE BEGINS! 💥
2023 is winding down, so it’s time to choose the WORST PERSON IN TECH!
🗳️ ROUND 1 VOTING OPEN NOW: forms.gle/xqcDPSXB98gA...
2023 is winding down, so it’s time to choose the WORST PERSON IN TECH!
🗳️ ROUND 1 VOTING OPEN NOW: forms.gle/xqcDPSXB98gA...
always thinkin' unless i'm drinkin'
December 14, 2023 at 1:57 AM
always thinkin' unless i'm drinkin'
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Society is now locked in an existential struggle with itself to decide what archetype will replace “consumer” the way “consumer” replaced “citizen” in the 1950s
December 6, 2023 at 12:53 AM
Society is now locked in an existential struggle with itself to decide what archetype will replace “consumer” the way “consumer” replaced “citizen” in the 1950s
components and composition (TM)
December 5, 2023 at 9:21 PM
components and composition (TM)
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what you're afraid of: AI telling your microwave to kill you in your sleep
what you should be afraid of: AI telling your insurance to reject your life saving surgery because it was trained on medical texts from 1853
what you should be afraid of: AI telling your insurance to reject your life saving surgery because it was trained on medical texts from 1853
November 20, 2023 at 5:01 PM
what you're afraid of: AI telling your microwave to kill you in your sleep
what you should be afraid of: AI telling your insurance to reject your life saving surgery because it was trained on medical texts from 1853
what you should be afraid of: AI telling your insurance to reject your life saving surgery because it was trained on medical texts from 1853
Spent quality time with new AVL friends the past few days and I’m grateful for it. It’s a lot like what I envisioned when I was younger and would daydream about preferable personal futures. Me, good friends, eating, drinking, chatting and laughing around a table.
November 25, 2023 at 1:33 AM
Spent quality time with new AVL friends the past few days and I’m grateful for it. It’s a lot like what I envisioned when I was younger and would daydream about preferable personal futures. Me, good friends, eating, drinking, chatting and laughing around a table.
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47 tabs into a wikipedia journey which is showing no signs of stopping
November 22, 2023 at 5:15 AM
47 tabs into a wikipedia journey which is showing no signs of stopping