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@ellenb.bsky.social
I work with startups. How do we understand what people want, how they think, & how they decide? CMU, INSEAD; GOOG/ LNKD/SFIX/etc.
#innovation, #behavioraleconomics, #servicedesign, #HCI, #strategy. Occasional #UXRants & #productivity.
ellenb7248@pm.me
#innovation, #behavioraleconomics, #servicedesign, #HCI, #strategy. Occasional #UXRants & #productivity.
ellenb7248@pm.me
My great uncle worked for the DOJ and according to him, they DO know what happened to Jimmy Hoffa, they just can’t prove it.
October 25, 2025 at 3:05 PM
My great uncle worked for the DOJ and according to him, they DO know what happened to Jimmy Hoffa, they just can’t prove it.
Here, I removed the American flag from the background. Let’s stop letting these creeps appropriate OUR country. They’re not real Americans.
October 25, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Here, I removed the American flag from the background. Let’s stop letting these creeps appropriate OUR country. They’re not real Americans.
If the peasants have no housing, let them build ballrooms
October 21, 2025 at 2:06 AM
If the peasants have no housing, let them build ballrooms
Speaking of toilet-based authentication and AI
October 19, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Speaking of toilet-based authentication and AI
Pro tip from our French friends a few years ago —
October 19, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Pro tip from our French friends a few years ago —
My fellow Americans & true patriots — I can’t join you today in person but I am with you in spirit. Know your rights, bring joy, fight the hatred of fascism with love. #NoKings
www.nokings.org/kyr
www.nokings.org/kyr
October 18, 2025 at 10:22 AM
My fellow Americans & true patriots — I can’t join you today in person but I am with you in spirit. Know your rights, bring joy, fight the hatred of fascism with love. #NoKings
www.nokings.org/kyr
www.nokings.org/kyr
Ok this time the mods were right
October 16, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Ok this time the mods were right
He’s got narcissistic personality disorder.
October 16, 2025 at 4:40 AM
He’s got narcissistic personality disorder.
I canceled even though it was free!
September 19, 2025 at 2:43 PM
I canceled even though it was free!
TLDR it’s complicated but no.
Is “radical-left” violence really on the rise in America?
economist.com/graphic-deta...
from The Economist
Is “radical-left” violence really on the rise in America?
economist.com/graphic-deta...
from The Economist
September 16, 2025 at 12:29 PM
TLDR it’s complicated but no.
Is “radical-left” violence really on the rise in America?
economist.com/graphic-deta...
from The Economist
Is “radical-left” violence really on the rise in America?
economist.com/graphic-deta...
from The Economist
if u see this quote with the energy u bring to blue sky
September 16, 2025 at 3:36 AM
if u see this quote with the energy u bring to blue sky
April 19, 2025 at 2:52 AM
One of Google Calendar's biggest #UX fails is having per-interaction modal dialogs (popups) that should be default settings.
I want it to "never ask me again" to automatically change the timezone, but I suspect this will never even prompt me versus always doing it without asking. 1/
I want it to "never ask me again" to automatically change the timezone, but I suspect this will never even prompt me versus always doing it without asking. 1/
April 16, 2025 at 3:13 PM
One of Google Calendar's biggest #UX fails is having per-interaction modal dialogs (popups) that should be default settings.
I want it to "never ask me again" to automatically change the timezone, but I suspect this will never even prompt me versus always doing it without asking. 1/
I want it to "never ask me again" to automatically change the timezone, but I suspect this will never even prompt me versus always doing it without asking. 1/
Several died in Nazi concentration camps. Others were tried at Nuremberg, stripped of their assets, and jailed.
Looking forward to holding the complicit accountable.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Looking forward to holding the complicit accountable.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
April 9, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Several died in Nazi concentration camps. Others were tried at Nuremberg, stripped of their assets, and jailed.
Looking forward to holding the complicit accountable.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Looking forward to holding the complicit accountable.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
An example of how data is used to oppress:
Today I visited the Verzetsmuseum (Dutch Resistance Museum) in Amsterdam.
The map of Amsterdam below was made after the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands began. Every dot represents the residence of 10 Jewish people. #resist
Today I visited the Verzetsmuseum (Dutch Resistance Museum) in Amsterdam.
The map of Amsterdam below was made after the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands began. Every dot represents the residence of 10 Jewish people. #resist
April 8, 2025 at 3:13 PM
An example of how data is used to oppress:
Today I visited the Verzetsmuseum (Dutch Resistance Museum) in Amsterdam.
The map of Amsterdam below was made after the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands began. Every dot represents the residence of 10 Jewish people. #resist
Today I visited the Verzetsmuseum (Dutch Resistance Museum) in Amsterdam.
The map of Amsterdam below was made after the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands began. Every dot represents the residence of 10 Jewish people. #resist
Yahoo Finance:
S&P 500 lookup > advanced chart
click "comparisons", add the ticker symbol of interest
finance.yahoo.com/quote/%5EGSP...
S&P 500 lookup > advanced chart
click "comparisons", add the ticker symbol of interest
finance.yahoo.com/quote/%5EGSP...
March 20, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Yahoo Finance:
S&P 500 lookup > advanced chart
click "comparisons", add the ticker symbol of interest
finance.yahoo.com/quote/%5EGSP...
S&P 500 lookup > advanced chart
click "comparisons", add the ticker symbol of interest
finance.yahoo.com/quote/%5EGSP...
PRO TIP: The important thing to look at is stock performance *relative to the rest of the market*. Like if the entire economy had tanked 23.7% YTD, it's no big deal that Target also fell.
but yeah LOL #holdtheline #boycotttarget IT'S WORKING! #schadenfreude
but yeah LOL #holdtheline #boycotttarget IT'S WORKING! #schadenfreude
March 20, 2025 at 7:48 PM
PRO TIP: The important thing to look at is stock performance *relative to the rest of the market*. Like if the entire economy had tanked 23.7% YTD, it's no big deal that Target also fell.
but yeah LOL #holdtheline #boycotttarget IT'S WORKING! #schadenfreude
but yeah LOL #holdtheline #boycotttarget IT'S WORKING! #schadenfreude
I’ve been donating $25/month to my NV senator @cortezmasto.senate.gov for the last 38 months.
Cancelled.
Cancelled.
March 15, 2025 at 4:25 AM
I’ve been donating $25/month to my NV senator @cortezmasto.senate.gov for the last 38 months.
Cancelled.
Cancelled.
LOL continuing to drop in after-hours
March 10, 2025 at 9:46 PM
LOL continuing to drop in after-hours
Check out this horrifying graffiti someone made
February 28, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Check out this horrifying graffiti someone made