Jonathon Colman

@jonathoncolman.org

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Coffee first, AI content right after that. Leading UX content design at HubSpot. Returned Peace Corps Volunteer. Partner to Marja, walker of Lola, Ireland immigrant, global migrant. 👉 https://bio.link/jcolman 👈

Matthew Rhys, wide-eyed and trying to back away from something unseen, but scary in “Widow’s Bay”.
A closeup photo of my dog, Lola, a 6.5-year-old shepherd/lab mix. Black with with lots of white speckles, sort like a salt and pepper mix. Piercing golden-brown eyes.
A configuration setting in Conductor that reads "I'm not absolutely right, thank you very much: Strip "You're absolutely right!" from AI messages."
An output message generated by Claude Code that reads, "almost done thinking with high effort."
A bit of street art that reads, “I wanna drop my arms and take your arms and walk you to the shore.”
The exposed back panel of a Sage/Breville Bambino Plus espresso machine. Lots of wires and tubes and other components. Fun!
Text on a computer screen reading "END OF LINE.". A quote from the movie "TRON".
The Master Control Program (MCP) from the movie "Tron"
May Day 2026: a nationwide day of collective action. Friday, May 1, 2026. Workers over billionaires — maydaystrong.org
A series of five alarms I’ve set on my phone at 3:00am, 3:05am, 3:10am, 3:15am, and 3:20am. You know, just in case 🤷
A scene from “The Maxx” cartoon that aired on MTV back in the ‘90s. Maxx and Julie are on her rooftop, looking down on the street below. The words “PLEASE DON’T LEAVE” slowly appear in the sky behind them.
Headline 1: “Justice Thomas Bemoans Incivility as Security Prompts Cancellation of In-Person Speech The justice participated remotely in a closed-door session of a legal conference, a reminder of the heightened threats facing jurists in recent years.”
A menu from Google Gemini showing a bright yellow banana icon for "Create Images". This is a reference to their "NanoBanana" capability to generate images using AI. In case it's not clear: I hate it.
Klara (left) and Oswald (right), two characters from Brian K. Vaughan's and Fiona Staples' SAGA comics, depicted playing a sci-fi board game called "Nun Tuj Nun".
My dog with her head stuck in a bag of dog food
A scene from the “Andor” TV show where Dedra and Partagaz are discussing their plans. Captioned dialogue reads: “We need what’s in the ground. The Empire has been patient long enough. Our struggles with Ghorman are well-documented by this point.”
Lola, the Wonder-Mutt, with her gaping maw open to catch a treat, showing a mouthful of TEEFS.
A two-panel meme of Jim from “The Office” saying: “You’re looking at the master of leaving parties early. I don’t mean to brag, but New Year’s Eve I was home by 9.”
My cycling stats for 2025: 285 rides, 239 hours & 53 minutes, 6,743 kilometers, and 53,326 meters of elevation gain.
A disruptive pop-up notification in the desktop version of Slack. The text reads: - Headline: "Set your holiday status" - Body text: "End-of-year mode: on. Your status can now match."
A black-and-white sticker wrapped around a pole that reads “BETWEEN LANGUAGE + ART”.
A view of the “Moulin Rouge!” Stage just before the start of the show. It’s like the reddest red vortex of lit up hearts with the words “MOULIN ROUGE!” all in lights.
A sign post showing directional arrows to various parts of Finland and within the Christmas Market at the Finn Village here in Dresden, Germany.
Chidi from “The Good Place” TV show talking to Eleanor and saying “You want to eat that sentence for dinner? Can we eat words? ‘Cause I asked Janet about this and —”
Several small shelves of vials filled with various medicines. Upon zooming in, the labels for the medicines are revealed to be fantastical things like “overthinking,” “proactivity”, “self-care”, and more. Part of an exhibit at a contemporary art museum in Copenhagen, Denmark.
A conversation with the chatbot for IHG, a hotel conglomerate. I tell the bot that I've reset my password, but I can't log in with it. The hotel responds with "I understand what you said, but I have not been taught how to answer your question…yet." This is unhelpful. The chatbot should have fallback options (help docs, an option to chat with a human or call one, etc.) to help my solve my issue, which is preventing me from making a booking with them.
My dog wrapped her leash around a tree and is wondering why she can’t go any further
Lola, my dog, sitting on a tree trunk in a park with a golden sunset light on her.
A short video of my dog jumping up and catching her frisbee.
A photo of a new Chuckit! soft frisbee I got for my dog next to the one she pretty much tore to shreds through daily use.
An error message from Anthropic's "Claude" AI just saying "Overloaded" without providing any more context. I felt this deep in my soul of souls.
Rhys Darby, snapping his fingers as {CHARACTER NAME REDACTED TO AVOID SPOILERS} in “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds”. He’s wearing a very fancy jacket.
A shot from the 2025 movie “Superman” showing Krypto the dog lying on top of Superman in bed.
A screenshot of my Zwift cycling profile, showing 25,014 kilometers and 26 days, hours of riding on their platform.
Roy Scheider as Chief Martin Brody in the original "Jaws" movie. Caption reads: "You're gonna need a bigger context window".
An email from the Social Security Administration (SSA) in the United States. The subject line and headline image states: "Social Security Applauds Passage of Legislation Providing Historic Tax Relief for Seniors".
A brown snail crawling on a white stuccoed wall
The actor Josh Holloway in the tv show “Duster”, sitting in a car and smiling up at someone who swats his shoulder with an envelope.
The character Kevin Flynn (played by the actor Jeff Bridges) in the movie "Tron", sitting at a computer terminal and saying, "Hey it's the big Master Control Program everybody's been talking about."
The Master Control Program (MCP) from the movie "Tron". It's a big, spinning red cylindrical software construct.
A morning view looking up a short hill at Eamonn Ceannt park in Dublin, Ireland. Trees and a bright sky framing a mowed path through the grass.
Several emails I received from Slack about AI updates they've made that includes a call-to-action to upgrade to a paid plan. They send out an email like this for each of the communities I'm in, which is… a lot.
The green, leafy branches of a tree swaying in the wind u der a clear blue sky with a few clouds blowing by quickly.
A close-up crop of the image in the previous post showing just my dog’s upper front teeth. They’re a bit chaotic and wonky but I love them all the same.
My dog, Lola, facing the camera and holding up a huge stick in her mouth. Her canines and front teeth are clearly visible.
Erin Sian Williams, McDonald’s Senior Director of Global Experience Design, presenting at Lead With Tempo 2025. Her slide reads, “You’re a leader first. Content second. Being different is your strength.”
Andy Welfle, content designer at Glean, speaking at Lead with Tempo 2025. On-screen is a slide about craft, featuring a scene from “Toy Story”.
Lauren LaPope’s intro slide from her Lead With Tempo 20225 talk on creativity.
The interior of my keyboard with all the keys removed. It’s filled with dust, hair, and other grody bits.
A truncated headline from The Hill reading “Judge temporarily blocks Norm from killing TSA worker…” There’s also a photograph of Kristi Noem, US Secretary of Homeland Security.
A magenta Irish passport laid on top of a wooden cutting board.
Tree branches swaying in the wind against a clear blue sky.
My dog, Lola, a 5-year-old German Shepherd/Labrador mix, eating a noodle in slow motion, her ears flapping around with each chomp.
My dog, Lola, a 5.5 year old German shepherd / labrador retriever mix, panting and “holding” her frisbee between her paws on the grass.
My dog, sleeping on top of me, all stretched out into an amorphous shape.
Two bushy trees on top of a grassy hill in Dublin, Ireland.
My bathtub with tufts of black fur and soap everywhere. My dog’s snoot appears as she sniffs around.
Long grass blowing in the wind in the foreground with rolling green hills dotted with trees under a blue sky in the background.
Shelves filled with wheels of cheese and bottles of olive oil.
A squarish sheet of pasta dough with a green filling in the center, made of spinach and parmesan cheese.