Dan Hiester

@majtom2grndctrl.bsky.social

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Lighthearted takes on UX, creativity, and other goofy things—by a technology wunderkind who grew up to be a product designer, and former agency developer. Was really into Poppins before it went mainstream. Currently in Seattle.

A text message that says, I bet your mailman still knows you by name.
A user review of the Ubuntu distribution for Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL). Review title: “My dogs name is Ubuntu”. Review text: “LAY DOWN UBUNTU”
Screen shot of a social media activity summary indicating “1 new follower; 200% increase.”
Screen shot of the LinkedIn icon on an iPhone with a badge indicating 19 notifications.
Screen shot of a message in a monospace font that says, “no healthy upstream”
A screen shot of the Axios home page hero section that’s been playfully altered to say, “Stop trying to make .fetch() happen. It isn’t going to happen.”
A screen shot of some test content from the AstroWinds theme for Astro, with the custom typography configuration Dan set up for this new project.
A list of “Popular AI characters” including “Step Sis Sarah” (sibling love, drama guaranteed), “Therapist,” and “My Girlfriend” (Your best friend till the end).