Mike Bal

So my pigs keep breaking out when they decide they are hungry enough. At first I thought it was the fence kind of leaning after the ground froze. Pretty sure they send the little one through and she knocks the ground wire off the grounding bar… #homesteading #kunekune #pigsaresmart

Finally getting around to seeing Deadpool 3. Hilarious. Weird. Also weird.

Me to my almost 12 year old: Why are you wearing my socks? Him: they’re not **your socks** if they fit **my** feet. Me: … you can’t just… that’s not how it… K.

Piglets just roll up and use my ladder as a back scratcher. #homestead #pigs

I’m blown away by how bad Microsoft is at design. It’s not just the UI. It’s everything from core usability to the detailed execution.

One of the biggest challenges of owning outdoor/farm animals in Minnesota is prepping for winter. All of a sudden things lie fresh water become a challenge. #homesteading #hobbyfarm

Looking for a really great book on #product leadership and growth? “Building Rocketships” is now open for pre-order and I helped launch it :) www.leadingproduct.link/p/building-r... #productmanagement

What are your favorite checklist experiences and interactions? Working on something new and want context from every perspective. #product #design #ux

I gave a talk today at Turing on "LLMs as Computer Users". Slides: www.figma.com/deck/rsWK4sR...

Anyone have any kits, lists, or feeds you are loving?

One out of 6 piglets turned out red like her dad and she’s the wildest of the bunch.

Any other #product people feel like data and information architecture/design is becoming even more important? No one expects me to know it/do it, but it needs to be done with the future state of the product in mind.

Don’t you hate it when randos show up at your front door when you are trying to work

I have a new contract and it’s the first one to use Microsoft things in a long time. The #UX in Outlook is horrible. It’s been two weeks and I still don’t know what I’m supposed to do here. Also bordering on inaccessible with color contrast #design #product

Spreading piglet joy today. Didn’t ever expect to get pigs but they are a lot of fun.

“Digital interfaces can be anything. The constraints are all in perception – in the human mind.” — Facing Our Interfaces: Design Notes with Matías Duarte Listen + Read: design.google/library/mati... #designsky

Once @steady5063.bsky.social said that saying #accessibility is an "enhancement" to web or mobile content is like saying flour is an enhancement for a cake or cookies. Accessibility is always part of the recipe to make web and mobile content usable and accessible for everyone #a11y #a11d

Someone is looking for a game they wrote for c64

This is cool. nightsky.hctr.dev

Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #3,873!

Hey @bsky.app community, check out this great explainer on domain name as a username with a big shoutout to Blue Sky. Would love to see us really and share this on external channels cc @pfrazee.com @rose.bsky.team to help out youtu.be/7jiG7DxLgmo?...

Hard to capture all of them together but I love it when we do. They are all so close and full of smiles and laughs.

Just a turkey admiring itself

It’s nothing crazy, but I love how Canva introduced users to their redesign youtu.be/VZqdkUbmWS4?... #product #marketing

Now housing 6 Kunekunes on our little farm/homestead. They are very gentle, social, and love belly rubs.

One of the most vibrant I think I’ve ever seen. Bonus double as well.

24” of rain in 2024 so far…

Easy to forget about the bubble we live and work in. I’ve been neck deep in genAI for several years now but almost half the U.S. hasn’t even heard of GPT www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/... #product #ai

What covers would make sense for a band that plays songs about #starwars?

@pfrazee.com did you know that pigs act like a mix between dogs and cats?

So we got a couple Kunekune pigs. They are super chill and like chickens, ducks, dogs, cats, and kids. #homesteading #pigs

Just found out my #starwars band The Han Solo project is playing the 80/35 #music festival on July 13th!

Just in case you hadn't heard, Bluesky has free algorithmic choice. You are in control of what you see here. Don't trust the algorithm, choose your algorithm. Or write your own.

Oh hey @ronnieburt.me, thanks for all of the Gravatar awesomeness!

@pfrazee.com you’re the og and I can’t remember who else is official bsky- who is running domains when it launches? Would love to connect them with a few people who might help you build momentum.

@bsky.domains who is running this program at launch? Looking to connect you with a few people and @ronnieburt.me specifically.

I’m also the drummer of a band called “The Han Solo Project” and we have 5 full length albums out filled with songs about Star Wars #starwars

To make the process of writing a newsletter/blog for fun, I created a mascot and then a custom GPT to make pictures of him. I recently went on a run of simple icon style illustrations in starting to love #ai #branding

Oh hey #bluesky, I just found some neat feeds and I think I’ll go ahead and drop X and Threads. Thanks for reminding me @ronnieburt.me

I’m a marketer > delivery leadership > growth > product leadership… My greatest hits include: “Did you flush the cache?” “How does that help the user?” “What problem were we trying to solve here?” “I’m not overly competitive… but we are going to win… the whole thing… yeah, the industry.”

The team dynamics between generalists and specialists are changing and more companies are starting to see the value in adaptability as a super power.

Did you all know I am in a #starwars band called The Han Solo Project? We have five full albums up spotify.link/gRgI2yBryJb

What a nice surprise on our evening walk.

I have a series of new user onboarding breakdowns in #SaaS and this is my newest. I use this one to give me time to breath between calls and to ensure I get focus time at least 3 times a week. #productivity #product youtu.be/-3q0uKejLCw?...

Love the context the Opus gives you about how to use it and what it will do. #ux #design #ai

What are the coolest AI interfaces snd interactions you’ve seen lately? #ai #ux

The kid is about 5ft. That was a big snapper.

AI “magic” is working its way into just about every text editor