Adam Kalsey
@kalsey.com
Imagine a dad joke trying to double as a TED Talk while riding a unicycle. AKA @akalsey on Twitter
They lied. This ad is plenty annoying.
November 15, 2025 at 6:26 AM
They lied. This ad is plenty annoying.
This @hilton hotel sells "premium Internet" for $5 per day because the standard internet is only fast enough for email and basic web browsing.
The standard internet:
The standard internet:
November 13, 2025 at 3:45 PM
This @hilton hotel sells "premium Internet" for $5 per day because the standard internet is only fast enough for email and basic web browsing.
The standard internet:
The standard internet:
Every app I own has decided to give me flight updates on my lock screen
November 12, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Every app I own has decided to give me flight updates on my lock screen
I need to know more about the edge case that led to the data constraint being this large.
November 5, 2025 at 6:59 PM
I need to know more about the edge case that led to the data constraint being this large.
This is terrible UX from Apple. It's incredibly unclear what the implications of allowing or denying access are. I had to look to see what MacOS considers a "local network" (basically non-internet IP only, not bluetooth). And the app doesn't have a way of explaining to the user WHY they want this.
October 6, 2025 at 6:58 PM
This is terrible UX from Apple. It's incredibly unclear what the implications of allowing or denying access are. I had to look to see what MacOS considers a "local network" (basically non-internet IP only, not bluetooth). And the app doesn't have a way of explaining to the user WHY they want this.
Getting mixed messages from my neighbors.
August 14, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Getting mixed messages from my neighbors.
Most product teams think they have a prioritization problem. They actually have a strategy problem. 🧵
July 23, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Most product teams think they have a prioritization problem. They actually have a strategy problem. 🧵
What runs through my head anytime I see someone report on productivity or velocity by using story points:
July 15, 2025 at 4:48 PM
What runs through my head anytime I see someone report on productivity or velocity by using story points:
Do you think I should risk it?
June 25, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Do you think I should risk it?
AI and megafunds are about to kill the traditional venture model, forcing smaller VCs to stop hunting for hidden gems and start rolling up their sleeves to fix broken companies instead. kalsey.com/2025/06/vcs...
June 22, 2025 at 2:21 PM
AI and megafunds are about to kill the traditional venture model, forcing smaller VCs to stop hunting for hidden gems and start rolling up their sleeves to fix broken companies instead. kalsey.com/2025/06/vcs...
As my wife headed out the door, my five year old granddaughter called, “Have fun storming the castle!”
So we’re doing something right.
So we’re doing something right.
June 12, 2025 at 5:40 AM
As my wife headed out the door, my five year old granddaughter called, “Have fun storming the castle!”
So we’re doing something right.
So we’re doing something right.
How to tell if a company uses AI to write their job descriptions:
May 7, 2025 at 12:30 AM
How to tell if a company uses AI to write their job descriptions:
Granddaughter: what does a real live mouse look like?
Me: let’s look up a picture
DuckDuckGo:
Me: let’s look up a picture
DuckDuckGo:
April 11, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Granddaughter: what does a real live mouse look like?
Me: let’s look up a picture
DuckDuckGo:
Me: let’s look up a picture
DuckDuckGo:
Looking into a school for the Little Peanut and it's not a great sign when they don't now when to use apostrophes.
March 14, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Looking into a school for the Little Peanut and it's not a great sign when they don't now when to use apostrophes.
You’re challenging me to a fight AND a travel-themed trivia contest?
January 29, 2025 at 11:29 PM
You’re challenging me to a fight AND a travel-themed trivia contest?
Someone dumped trashed furniture next to my house.
Checked the cameras and it’s a US Postal worker in his mail delivery truck along with a couple of people in another car, all dragging the furniture out of the mail truck and dumping it in a vacant lot.
I’m dumbfounded.
Checked the cameras and it’s a US Postal worker in his mail delivery truck along with a couple of people in another car, all dragging the furniture out of the mail truck and dumping it in a vacant lot.
I’m dumbfounded.
January 12, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Someone dumped trashed furniture next to my house.
Checked the cameras and it’s a US Postal worker in his mail delivery truck along with a couple of people in another car, all dragging the furniture out of the mail truck and dumping it in a vacant lot.
I’m dumbfounded.
Checked the cameras and it’s a US Postal worker in his mail delivery truck along with a couple of people in another car, all dragging the furniture out of the mail truck and dumping it in a vacant lot.
I’m dumbfounded.
How did this idea get approved? In early 2021 I sent a monitor to LG for warranty repair. Nearly four years later, they send a meaningless holiday message.
This is so obviously dumb that I can’t understand how it made it through the layers of corporate approval that must exist
This is so obviously dumb that I can’t understand how it made it through the layers of corporate approval that must exist
January 1, 2025 at 4:47 PM
How did this idea get approved? In early 2021 I sent a monitor to LG for warranty repair. Nearly four years later, they send a meaningless holiday message.
This is so obviously dumb that I can’t understand how it made it through the layers of corporate approval that must exist
This is so obviously dumb that I can’t understand how it made it through the layers of corporate approval that must exist
I hate this so much. Raise the price.
December 24, 2024 at 8:01 PM
I hate this so much. Raise the price.
If this guy gets rear ended, it’s his own damn fault.
December 14, 2024 at 10:08 PM
If this guy gets rear ended, it’s his own damn fault.
Why is it a security risk, according to the article? Because RCS messages on the iPhone aren’t end to end encrypted. A message to and from an Android phone over RCS isn’t encrypted… just like the SMS message you would have been sending before.
December 13, 2024 at 10:01 PM
Why is it a security risk, according to the article? Because RCS messages on the iPhone aren’t end to end encrypted. A message to and from an Android phone over RCS isn’t encrypted… just like the SMS message you would have been sending before.
Surely you get all your computer security news from Readers Digest.
December 13, 2024 at 10:01 PM
Surely you get all your computer security news from Readers Digest.
The job description said I could be paid in the currency of my choice, but when I asked for antique Spanish doubloons, they stopped replying to my emails.
December 11, 2024 at 5:47 PM
The job description said I could be paid in the currency of my choice, but when I asked for antique Spanish doubloons, they stopped replying to my emails.
I played a lot of Risk, which clearly explains my current penchant for world domination.
December 10, 2024 at 7:17 PM
I played a lot of Risk, which clearly explains my current penchant for world domination.