Steve Portigal
@steveportigal.bsky.social
Superb user research consultant; author of Doorbells, Danger and Dead Batteries & Interviewing Users (http://portigal.com/books), Host
Dollars To Donuts podcast
Dollars To Donuts podcast
I can see what the link is but something is blocked
November 6, 2025 at 4:57 AM
I can see what the link is but something is blocked
October 31, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Mike Johnson refuses to swear in Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva — because her vote could force the House to release the Epstein Files. The GOP is doing everything they can to keep Trump's Epstein cover-up going.
October 23, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Mike Johnson refuses to swear in Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva — because her vote could force the House to release the Epstein Files. The GOP is doing everything they can to keep Trump's Epstein cover-up going.
October 19, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Got to march with a frog today (and a huge crowd key other creatures and friends) #NoKings #frog @indivisible.org @coastsideind.bsky.social
October 19, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Got to march with a frog today (and a huge crowd key other creatures and friends) #NoKings #frog @indivisible.org @coastsideind.bsky.social
They rig maps & silence voters.
They rip away freedoms we fought and bled for.
They try to silence voices on national TV.
This is dictatorship in action.
On October 18, we rise to remind the world: America has #NoKings
app.sosha.ai/s/DCjwTUW3
They rip away freedoms we fought and bled for.
They try to silence voices on national TV.
This is dictatorship in action.
On October 18, we rise to remind the world: America has #NoKings
app.sosha.ai/s/DCjwTUW3
October 9, 2025 at 8:07 PM
They rig maps & silence voters.
They rip away freedoms we fought and bled for.
They try to silence voices on national TV.
This is dictatorship in action.
On October 18, we rise to remind the world: America has #NoKings
app.sosha.ai/s/DCjwTUW3
They rip away freedoms we fought and bled for.
They try to silence voices on national TV.
This is dictatorship in action.
On October 18, we rise to remind the world: America has #NoKings
app.sosha.ai/s/DCjwTUW3
We're not just resisting, we're rising! Locate a #NoKings event on Oct 18 and join the fight for our rights, our communities, and our future! app.sosha.ai/s/ytEKFC2T
October 9, 2025 at 8:06 PM
We're not just resisting, we're rising! Locate a #NoKings event on Oct 18 and join the fight for our rights, our communities, and our future! app.sosha.ai/s/ytEKFC2T
No Thrones. No Crowns. #NoKings.
On October 18, we rise. Not to protect a broken system, but to protect each other.
We do not bow to power.
We build people power.
app.sosha.ai/s/RMleFRYR
On October 18, we rise. Not to protect a broken system, but to protect each other.
We do not bow to power.
We build people power.
app.sosha.ai/s/RMleFRYR
October 9, 2025 at 8:05 PM
No Thrones. No Crowns. #NoKings.
On October 18, we rise. Not to protect a broken system, but to protect each other.
We do not bow to power.
We build people power.
app.sosha.ai/s/RMleFRYR
On October 18, we rise. Not to protect a broken system, but to protect each other.
We do not bow to power.
We build people power.
app.sosha.ai/s/RMleFRYR
October 9, 2025 at 8:00 PM
You couldn't have a podcast with me and @sladner.bsky.social without talking about...interviewing. Here's Sam talking about talking about interviewing --- or interviewing about talking? We don't know! 🤪 Episodes of "Off the Path with Sam and Steve" come out **this Friday** so find out for yourself!
October 7, 2025 at 3:21 PM
You couldn't have a podcast with me and @sladner.bsky.social without talking about...interviewing. Here's Sam talking about talking about interviewing --- or interviewing about talking? We don't know! 🤪 Episodes of "Off the Path with Sam and Steve" come out **this Friday** so find out for yourself!
I published my first piece of fiction (a sci-fi novella) last week, at 57.
October 6, 2025 at 8:48 PM
I published my first piece of fiction (a sci-fi novella) last week, at 57.
At the end of this week @sladner.bsky.social and I will be sharing the first few episodes of "Off the Path with Sam and Steve." Here we're reflecting on a particular episode (Episode 2, "The Good Enough Career") but more specifically about our process in putting these conversations together.
October 6, 2025 at 1:51 PM
At the end of this week @sladner.bsky.social and I will be sharing the first few episodes of "Off the Path with Sam and Steve." Here we're reflecting on a particular episode (Episode 2, "The Good Enough Career") but more specifically about our process in putting these conversations together.
and here's @sfist.bsky.social making another very very strange very very lazy error where they report on the article but somehow didn't bother to read the article?????
![Cary Elwes, the guy behind the legendary “Blinking White Guy” meme, lives in San Francisco, and he’s using his unlikely fame to raise money for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. [SFGate]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cmdjmhhbzxvx6la7l6yfd63s/bafkreihuotnnnn7lmhd22iz4gzbztsbh3yazi34hdbzpu2aoqvbb46shga@jpeg)
October 5, 2025 at 11:08 PM
and here's @sfist.bsky.social making another very very strange very very lazy error where they report on the article but somehow didn't bother to read the article?????
"Off the Path with Sam and Steve" comes out October 10. (Sam = @sladner.bsky.social). Here's a little bit from me on what the podcast is about! I'll be eager to hear from others what they get out of it...
October 3, 2025 at 8:38 PM
"Off the Path with Sam and Steve" comes out October 10. (Sam = @sladner.bsky.social). Here's a little bit from me on what the podcast is about! I'll be eager to hear from others what they get out of it...
And now some personal news! My book Occupied Minds is for sale on Amazon!
I hope you’ll check it out. It’s only $2.99!
www.amazon.com/Occupied-Min...
I hope you’ll check it out. It’s only $2.99!
www.amazon.com/Occupied-Min...
October 1, 2025 at 4:21 PM
And now some personal news! My book Occupied Minds is for sale on Amazon!
I hope you’ll check it out. It’s only $2.99!
www.amazon.com/Occupied-Min...
I hope you’ll check it out. It’s only $2.99!
www.amazon.com/Occupied-Min...
This government shutdown is on Republicans for refusing to negotiate. Democrats must continue to hold the line to protect our healthcare.
October 1, 2025 at 4:03 PM
This government shutdown is on Republicans for refusing to negotiate. Democrats must continue to hold the line to protect our healthcare.
Big news! I've been working with @sladner.bsky.social on "Off the Path" -- a limited series podcast where we talk about user research careers, especially our own. Episodes come out October 10. In this hype video, I reflect on why I decided to take on this new project together.
September 29, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Big news! I've been working with @sladner.bsky.social on "Off the Path" -- a limited series podcast where we talk about user research careers, especially our own. Episodes come out October 10. In this hype video, I reflect on why I decided to take on this new project together.
Trump wants to stomp out dissent but I refuse to be silent. I’m canceling Hulu until ABC reinstates Jimmy Kimmel. #BoycottDisneyABC
September 19, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Trump wants to stomp out dissent but I refuse to be silent. I’m canceling Hulu until ABC reinstates Jimmy Kimmel. #BoycottDisneyABC
Keith Haring GIF
September 5, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Keith Haring GIF
Posting GIFs from my own computer here
September 5, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Posting GIFs from my own computer here
What the hell is wrong with people? Weird how all the posts like this just memory-hole everything that came before, to save room for more boot-licking, I suppose.
September 4, 2025 at 8:50 PM
What the hell is wrong with people? Weird how all the posts like this just memory-hole everything that came before, to save room for more boot-licking, I suppose.
Last week I shared an Open Letter raising my alarm over how LinkedIn has removed hate speech protection for trans people. One of the calls-to-action is to support trans creators. Here's a thread where trans people (creators, and others) are indicating that they need financial support
September 2, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Last week I shared an Open Letter raising my alarm over how LinkedIn has removed hate speech protection for trans people. One of the calls-to-action is to support trans creators. Here's a thread where trans people (creators, and others) are indicating that they need financial support
