Om
@ompinion.bsky.social
Autotelic designer and entrepreneur building Personify
Designers “I want to design something cool.”
Everyone else “let’s build something cool”
Everyone else “let’s build something cool”
December 1, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Designers “I want to design something cool.”
Everyone else “let’s build something cool”
Everyone else “let’s build something cool”
Design isn’t winning, even when it’s winning.
December 1, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Design isn’t winning, even when it’s winning.
Despite everything that’s gone awry, there’s a lot to be grateful about. Happy thanksgiving y’all
November 27, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Despite everything that’s gone awry, there’s a lot to be grateful about. Happy thanksgiving y’all
At our bus stop right outside our front door we have families of the following ethnic backgrounds:
Indian, Pakistani, Nigerian, Vietnamese, Afghani, Korean, Russian and Chinese.
I feel incredibly fortunate to live in such a diverse neighborhood.
Indian, Pakistani, Nigerian, Vietnamese, Afghani, Korean, Russian and Chinese.
I feel incredibly fortunate to live in such a diverse neighborhood.
November 17, 2025 at 12:38 AM
At our bus stop right outside our front door we have families of the following ethnic backgrounds:
Indian, Pakistani, Nigerian, Vietnamese, Afghani, Korean, Russian and Chinese.
I feel incredibly fortunate to live in such a diverse neighborhood.
Indian, Pakistani, Nigerian, Vietnamese, Afghani, Korean, Russian and Chinese.
I feel incredibly fortunate to live in such a diverse neighborhood.
The bottleneck has shifted from making to learning. It’s clear me now we need to use AI to reduce the calories it takes to learn from what you shipped in order to make informed decisions on what to do next.
Human input -> Integrations -> Agentic work with human review.
Coming soon to Personify
Human input -> Integrations -> Agentic work with human review.
Coming soon to Personify
November 16, 2025 at 5:44 PM
The bottleneck has shifted from making to learning. It’s clear me now we need to use AI to reduce the calories it takes to learn from what you shipped in order to make informed decisions on what to do next.
Human input -> Integrations -> Agentic work with human review.
Coming soon to Personify
Human input -> Integrations -> Agentic work with human review.
Coming soon to Personify
Love quietly pushing one of our biggest releases for Personify on a Friday, and reserving the weekend to squash bugs in time for Monnnnday traffic.
November 14, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Love quietly pushing one of our biggest releases for Personify on a Friday, and reserving the weekend to squash bugs in time for Monnnnday traffic.
Your values have to reflect in your work in order for it to have a chance at being valuable for others.
November 9, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Your values have to reflect in your work in order for it to have a chance at being valuable for others.
Billionaires are the biggest welfare queens.
November 8, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Billionaires are the biggest welfare queens.
The “pre-PRD” = design brief
The “perfect PRD” = a mythical and elusive creature that requires precision with words and timing.
The “post-PRD” = technical design document (TDD)
The “perfect PRD” = a mythical and elusive creature that requires precision with words and timing.
The “post-PRD” = technical design document (TDD)
October 20, 2025 at 8:44 PM
The “pre-PRD” = design brief
The “perfect PRD” = a mythical and elusive creature that requires precision with words and timing.
The “post-PRD” = technical design document (TDD)
The “perfect PRD” = a mythical and elusive creature that requires precision with words and timing.
The “post-PRD” = technical design document (TDD)
All the AI native startups are so creative we’re going to end up with over a million ways to do the same thing across the same tools, in different sequences.
September 19, 2025 at 12:28 AM
All the AI native startups are so creative we’re going to end up with over a million ways to do the same thing across the same tools, in different sequences.
I’m really feeling the full weight of that one whole additional click to share a link from safari in iOS26
September 19, 2025 at 12:23 AM
I’m really feeling the full weight of that one whole additional click to share a link from safari in iOS26
While this criminal administration enriches themselves China is making trains that travel as fast as planes.
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September 19, 2025 at 12:22 AM
While this criminal administration enriches themselves China is making trains that travel as fast as planes.
www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/news/...
www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/news/...
What are the chances that Bob Iger watched season 2 of Andor?
September 18, 2025 at 2:56 AM
What are the chances that Bob Iger watched season 2 of Andor?
How has Gamma succeed where Pitch did not?
September 18, 2025 at 12:20 AM
How has Gamma succeed where Pitch did not?
Dead internet theory -> Dead application reality.
September 17, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Dead internet theory -> Dead application reality.
Once you get really exceptional at something, you earn the opportunity to influence others to see the difference between good and great the way you do.
September 17, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Once you get really exceptional at something, you earn the opportunity to influence others to see the difference between good and great the way you do.
iOS 26 giving every damn interaction an easing curve. #iOS26
a woman in a red dress holds a microphone and says you get one and you get one we all get one
ALT: a woman in a red dress holds a microphone and says you get one and you get one we all get one
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September 16, 2025 at 10:10 PM
iOS 26 giving every damn interaction an easing curve. #iOS26
Thinking about writing a long medium post about false assumptions that frequently come up in design reviews that acturalkt reflect a shallow understanding of user feedback.
September 13, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Thinking about writing a long medium post about false assumptions that frequently come up in design reviews that acturalkt reflect a shallow understanding of user feedback.
Reposted by Om
Extremist murders by ideology, 2013 to 2022. www.pbump.net/o/reassessin...
September 13, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Extremist murders by ideology, 2013 to 2022. www.pbump.net/o/reassessin...
A user complaining about an input field with a gray background color in this day and age is a great example of how technology isn’t distributed evenly.
September 13, 2025 at 8:43 AM
A user complaining about an input field with a gray background color in this day and age is a great example of how technology isn’t distributed evenly.
Digital transformation in large companies feels a lot like watching 5 to 6 year olds playing basketball.
September 7, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Digital transformation in large companies feels a lot like watching 5 to 6 year olds playing basketball.
The UI is not the user experience, in the same way the stock market isn’t the economy.
August 31, 2025 at 5:12 PM
The UI is not the user experience, in the same way the stock market isn’t the economy.
So much opportunity to design in new ways on emerging mediums outside of the ux design field.
August 30, 2025 at 10:19 PM
So much opportunity to design in new ways on emerging mediums outside of the ux design field.
If design’s only leverage is convincing PMs and execs they don’t have taste, then design is finished.
August 30, 2025 at 7:34 PM
If design’s only leverage is convincing PMs and execs they don’t have taste, then design is finished.