Daniel Martin
@dpm-906.bsky.social
Graphic designer and assistant professor at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside. he/him/yooper
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This is why OpenAI is selling so aggressively to education at all levels—they want to create entire generations of users incapable of reading, writing and thinking without ChatGPT to hold their hands
And teachers and professors should call this out for what it actually is
And teachers and professors should call this out for what it actually is
To bear out this rosy projection, HSBC assumes that OpenAI will become "as ubiquitous [...] as Microsoft 365" (345mm users worldwide) while bringing in 10x the number of users (3bn).
November 25, 2025 at 11:11 PM
This is why OpenAI is selling so aggressively to education at all levels—they want to create entire generations of users incapable of reading, writing and thinking without ChatGPT to hold their hands
And teachers and professors should call this out for what it actually is
And teachers and professors should call this out for what it actually is
Always kinda blows my mind that Kwik Trip, of all evil oil and gas companies, has this genius UX design element on their pumps, a mute button for the screen blaring ads. Wisconsin can be proud of this, at the very least.
November 22, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Always kinda blows my mind that Kwik Trip, of all evil oil and gas companies, has this genius UX design element on their pumps, a mute button for the screen blaring ads. Wisconsin can be proud of this, at the very least.
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"We are asking the UW Board of Regents to stand up for students' right to learn and the faculty's right to teach, both of which are intertwined with democracy itself," writes Neil Kraus, AFT-Wisconsin VP of Higher Education.
The shady tactics shaping policy in the UW System
Unwritten "political deals," perpetual audit threats, and fear are being used to reduce educational opportunities outside of UW–Madison and UW–Milwaukee.
tonemadison.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:32 PM
"We are asking the UW Board of Regents to stand up for students' right to learn and the faculty's right to teach, both of which are intertwined with democracy itself," writes Neil Kraus, AFT-Wisconsin VP of Higher Education.
Too cloudy in da Kenosh to see northern lights. :(
November 12, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Too cloudy in da Kenosh to see northern lights. :(
Making animated gifs with DrawBot, fun times.
November 10, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Making animated gifs with DrawBot, fun times.
Designer by day, hot saucier by night. 🌶️
October 27, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Designer by day, hot saucier by night. 🌶️
The things one sees when walking one's dog along Lake Michigan.
I wouldn't be enthusiastic about being out in open water in this thing, even if it wasn't currently swamped on the beach.
It would probably also make a good album cover for some sad bastard inde folk band…
I wouldn't be enthusiastic about being out in open water in this thing, even if it wasn't currently swamped on the beach.
It would probably also make a good album cover for some sad bastard inde folk band…
October 10, 2025 at 9:39 PM
The things one sees when walking one's dog along Lake Michigan.
I wouldn't be enthusiastic about being out in open water in this thing, even if it wasn't currently swamped on the beach.
It would probably also make a good album cover for some sad bastard inde folk band…
I wouldn't be enthusiastic about being out in open water in this thing, even if it wasn't currently swamped on the beach.
It would probably also make a good album cover for some sad bastard inde folk band…
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44 years ago - Dead Kennedys ⚡
Klaus Flouride, East Bay Ray, Jello Biafra and D.H.Peligro, September 1981,
Photo by Peter Noble
#punk #punks #punkrock #hardcorepunk #deadkennedys #history #punkrockhistory
Klaus Flouride, East Bay Ray, Jello Biafra and D.H.Peligro, September 1981,
Photo by Peter Noble
#punk #punks #punkrock #hardcorepunk #deadkennedys #history #punkrockhistory
September 19, 2025 at 2:16 AM
44 years ago - Dead Kennedys ⚡
Klaus Flouride, East Bay Ray, Jello Biafra and D.H.Peligro, September 1981,
Photo by Peter Noble
#punk #punks #punkrock #hardcorepunk #deadkennedys #history #punkrockhistory
Klaus Flouride, East Bay Ray, Jello Biafra and D.H.Peligro, September 1981,
Photo by Peter Noble
#punk #punks #punkrock #hardcorepunk #deadkennedys #history #punkrockhistory
Question for graphic, interaction, web & app #design professionals/instructors.
Do you think it's relevant to teach undergrads #HTML, #CSS, and #JavaScript in today's world of #Figma and other popular prototyping tools?
Not sure what kind of response I'll get, but I am genuinely curious.
Do you think it's relevant to teach undergrads #HTML, #CSS, and #JavaScript in today's world of #Figma and other popular prototyping tools?
Not sure what kind of response I'll get, but I am genuinely curious.
September 19, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Question for graphic, interaction, web & app #design professionals/instructors.
Do you think it's relevant to teach undergrads #HTML, #CSS, and #JavaScript in today's world of #Figma and other popular prototyping tools?
Not sure what kind of response I'll get, but I am genuinely curious.
Do you think it's relevant to teach undergrads #HTML, #CSS, and #JavaScript in today's world of #Figma and other popular prototyping tools?
Not sure what kind of response I'll get, but I am genuinely curious.
I had the fawaffle at the MN State Fair. It was good, lots of potential, but I think demand kinda outstripped quality on the production side of things.
August 23, 2025 at 8:52 PM
I had the fawaffle at the MN State Fair. It was good, lots of potential, but I think demand kinda outstripped quality on the production side of things.
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teachers!
excited to share a new website at this late date of Aug 15 to try to help us collectively prepare for back to school in the interpretative humanities classroom assaulted by the AI grift, so we don't have to go it alone.
take a look, share, + most importantly: CONTRIBUTE
against-a-i.com
excited to share a new website at this late date of Aug 15 to try to help us collectively prepare for back to school in the interpretative humanities classroom assaulted by the AI grift, so we don't have to go it alone.
take a look, share, + most importantly: CONTRIBUTE
against-a-i.com
AGAINST AI
against-a-i.com
August 15, 2025 at 5:39 PM
teachers!
excited to share a new website at this late date of Aug 15 to try to help us collectively prepare for back to school in the interpretative humanities classroom assaulted by the AI grift, so we don't have to go it alone.
take a look, share, + most importantly: CONTRIBUTE
against-a-i.com
excited to share a new website at this late date of Aug 15 to try to help us collectively prepare for back to school in the interpretative humanities classroom assaulted by the AI grift, so we don't have to go it alone.
take a look, share, + most importantly: CONTRIBUTE
against-a-i.com
Graphic design so powerful
August 4, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Graphic design so powerful
Took a ride through rural northern WI today and had flashbacks galore from @jeffsharlet.bsky.social's Wisconsin Death Trip redux from a few years ago. Essential reading:
www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/11...
www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/11...
“Fuck Biden,” “Don’t Tread on Me,” and a Wisconsin Death Trip for Our Times
The author knocks on the doors bearing the darkest symbols, behind which lie guns, ammo, antisemitism, antiabortion dogma—and a belief in the coming civil war.
www.vanityfair.com
July 29, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Took a ride through rural northern WI today and had flashbacks galore from @jeffsharlet.bsky.social's Wisconsin Death Trip redux from a few years ago. Essential reading:
www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/11...
www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/11...
Product Design Studio, it was such a great overview and chance to practice how ideas for products, services, and really any creative endeavor are developed and refined. Excellent balance of theory and practice.
What was your favorite early clas NOT in your eventual major. Mine was Ethnomusicology: an introduction to folk music.
I invariably get, "Ooh anthro that was my favorite class/cool professor" from people I meet. I tend to think soms of it is our outré material, being willing to talk "taboo" subjects in a cross-cultural context.
Ironically MY favorite class was probably Geology 101...
Ironically MY favorite class was probably Geology 101...
July 28, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Product Design Studio, it was such a great overview and chance to practice how ideas for products, services, and really any creative endeavor are developed and refined. Excellent balance of theory and practice.
I tell people this kind of shape-as-letter thing rarely works well. Jeer? Gun-ee-gun? Lazy stuff.
July 17, 2025 at 10:06 PM
I tell people this kind of shape-as-letter thing rarely works well. Jeer? Gun-ee-gun? Lazy stuff.
I've got a piece of work in the ISCC Color Shifts exhibition, you can check out the online portion here: iscc.org/CI25-Color-E...
Color Exhibition
iscc.org
July 5, 2025 at 8:32 PM
I've got a piece of work in the ISCC Color Shifts exhibition, you can check out the online portion here: iscc.org/CI25-Color-E...
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I think LLMs are appealing to a certain set of people who think they're entitled to be good at something without wanting to actually put in any work
mostly, it seems people who think the disciplines of the Humanites aren't "real" and so just any rube can do it. Chris Arnade, basically
mostly, it seems people who think the disciplines of the Humanites aren't "real" and so just any rube can do it. Chris Arnade, basically
June 16, 2025 at 1:50 PM
I think LLMs are appealing to a certain set of people who think they're entitled to be good at something without wanting to actually put in any work
mostly, it seems people who think the disciplines of the Humanites aren't "real" and so just any rube can do it. Chris Arnade, basically
mostly, it seems people who think the disciplines of the Humanites aren't "real" and so just any rube can do it. Chris Arnade, basically
1000x this
I can support you, I can help you, I can try and work with you flexibly if needed. But what I can't do is care more about your education than you do.
April 4, 2025 at 12:42 PM
1000x this
Rode into the city and back today on the Metra and no one checked my ticket either way.
March 16, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Rode into the city and back today on the Metra and no one checked my ticket either way.
Just checked some old reliable links that I use to supplement my instruction on information architecture in web design. The dot gov ones, more broadly addressing accessibility and designing for disability accommodations, are all gone. Thanks for making the internet even worse, nu-techbro overlords!
March 6, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Just checked some old reliable links that I use to supplement my instruction on information architecture in web design. The dot gov ones, more broadly addressing accessibility and designing for disability accommodations, are all gone. Thanks for making the internet even worse, nu-techbro overlords!
First post here, currently listening to an artist talk from Carlo Alberto Giardina on synesthesia and his mural-painting/teaching practices.
www.instagram.com/carloalberto...
www.instagram.com/carloalberto...
March 5, 2025 at 9:01 PM
First post here, currently listening to an artist talk from Carlo Alberto Giardina on synesthesia and his mural-painting/teaching practices.
www.instagram.com/carloalberto...
www.instagram.com/carloalberto...