Steve Portigal

@steveportigal

Superb user research consultant; author of Doorbells, Danger and Dead Batteries & Interviewing Users ( Host Dollars To Donuts podcast

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Steve Portigal@steveportigal· Jul 14

Nothing says you value honest feedback like a egregiously leading question.

A customer survey card with a photo of many food items. The text reads HOW DELICIOUS WAS YOUR VISIT?
LEAVE US YOUR FEEDBACK!
WE VALUE YOUR HONEST FEEDBACK, THANK YOU!

Steve Portigal@steveportigal· Jul 12

Ripley says “hey, g’morning!”

A black and white dog lies down with casually crossed front paws on a gray dog bed on a wooden floor.

Steve Portigal@steveportigal· Jul 2

San Francisco gets new 13-mile trail through national parks There are no physical markers though that may be incorporated in the future — just signs identifying the existing corridors that make up the course. There is, however, a cartoon mascot to commemorate the experience: a joyful donut

Steve Portigal@steveportigal· Jul 1

hmmm

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Steve Portigal@steveportigal· Jun 3

A young girl's face is close to the camera. The subtitle reads It's a fact

Steve Portigal@steveportigal· May 29

BREAKING: Rod Torfulson’s Armada Featuring Herman Menderchuk have also withdrawn from the Freedom 250 celebration.

Actors in the Kids in the Hall comedy troupe as a garage band of teen men. One holding a guitar, one behind a drum kit, and one in a blue shirt with a red tie.

Steve Portigal@steveportigal· May 6

Seen on the rear bumper of a car in the hood. Who is this?

A portrait of someone in black and white with their signature below

Steve Portigal@steveportigal· May 6

A hamburger bun with words between each bun half, reading that's what I was wondering too

Steve Portigal@steveportigal· Apr 28

Anne waving, and me holding the orange sign....

Steve Portigal@steveportigal· Mar 30

Here he is

A man in brown shorts and a red tshirt and a gray baseball cap holds a No Kings protest sign reading 404 Government Not Found The requested service could not be found in this government

Steve Portigal@steveportigal· Mar 28

#NoKings Palo Alto. Ripley is camera shy if someone else is taking the picture. #AbolishIce

A blonde woman in a blue T-shirt and a dark haired man in a baseball cap and gray T-shirt hold a sign that reads abolish ice. On the street is a black-and-white dog looking away from the camera

Steve Portigal@steveportigal· Mar 28

#NoKings seen in Ann Arbor

A light pole with a red and black sticker on it. The sticker shows the silhouette of our terrible presidents and his child a signature scroll is placed a top his head like a crown. Text reads no kings

Steve Portigal@steveportigal· Mar 26

Amazing new hype video for #NoKings coming up on Saturday. Please watch and share...

Steve Portigal@steveportigal· Mar 21

Here’s what we are up to this evening #potatoAffirmations

Steve Portigal@steveportigal· Mar 14

did no one click through for this amazing image

The background is trees and the foreground is two men. On the left is a white man with a serious smug look on his face, in a blue blazer and white tshirt and a slicked back hairstyle. The other man is shorter, with a patterned shirt peeking through his collar opening. He is wearing a fedora type had that is tilted far back and contemporary black eyeglasses. His head is slightly tilted in a pose for the photo, and he has a smile on his face that is a similar posing for a photo expression.

Steve Portigal@steveportigal· Feb 14

Okay it’s not gorgeous but let’s see how I go. Thank you.

Headphones adapters and cable on a pink blanket

Steve Portigal@steveportigal· Feb 13

Two things vaguely like this - easy to lose - they are just stuffed in the bag my headphones come in and I wonder if I can loop them to the end of the headphone cable somehow

a converter/dongle for a headphone jack and a USB-C connector

Steve Portigal@steveportigal· Feb 5

With alt-text

"I'd like to share a story from a local paper in Coldwater, Michigan dated to the 9th of April, 1945. It tells how the US Army, under General Patton--the US 3rd Army--came onto what you might call a detention center just outside the village of Ohrdruf, Germany.
The US Army brought the leading citizens of Ohrdruf to tour the facility, which turned out to be part of the Buchenwald network of concentration camps. A US Army colonel told the German civilians who viewed the scenes, without muttering a word, that they were to blame.
One of the Germans replied that what happened in the camp was (quote) 'done by a few people, and you cannot blame us all.' And the American, who could have been any one of our grandfathers, said, 'this was done by those that the German people chose to lead them, and all are responsible.'
The morning after the tour, the Mayor of Ohrdruf killed himself. And maybe he did not know the full extent of the outrages that were committed in his community, but he knew enough. And we don't know exactly how ICE will use this warehouse. But we know enough.
I ask you to consider what the Mayor of Ordruf might have thought before he died.
Maybe he felt like a victim. He might have thought, 'how is this my fault? I have no jurisdiction over this.' Maybe he would have said, this site was not subject to local zoning, what could I do?'
But I think, when he reflected on the suffering that occurred at this camp, just outside of town, that those words would have sounded hollow even to him. Because in his heart he knew--as we do-that we are all responsible for what happens in our community.
I urge the council to take action to stop, or stall, or at the barest minimum to think creatively about how to exercise oversight over this proposed ICE facility. Thank you."

Steve Portigal@steveportigal· Feb 1

this is who runs this account

Steve Portigal@steveportigal· Jan 23

Today we stand with #ICEOUTMN. Join me in the streets in solidarity - together we are taking a stand for Truth & Freedom. actionnetwork.org/letters/tell... #ICEOUT

Steve Portigal@steveportigal· Jan 22

All eyes on Minnesota. Today in solidarity I’m demanding Hilton choose us: truth, freedom, the constitution and our communities. Stand with me in demanding Hilton stop siding with ICE actionnetwork.org/letters/tell... #ICEOUT

Steve Portigal@steveportigal· Jan 21

All eyes on Minnesota. Today in solidarity I’m demanding Enterprise choose us: truth, freedom, the constitution and our communities. Stand with me in demanding Enterprise stop renting to ICE. actionnetwork.org/letters/tell... #ICEOUT

ENTERPRISE RENTAL CARS
NO COLLABORATING
DEMAND ICE OUT OF MN
BECOME A 4TH
AMENDMENT BUSINESS
CLOSE MN LOCATIONS JANUARY 23

Steve Portigal@steveportigal· Jan 13

I want all of this on a t-shirt. All of it.

A cute pig illustration on the side of a coffee cup with the caption “The sheriff's deputy said he felt discouraged and uneasy by the drawing. (LASD)”

Steve Portigal@steveportigal· Dec 18

Here’s a short promo for the sixth (and final!) episode of Off the Path with Sam and Steve. It's called Making Mistakes and as @sladner.bsky.social helpfully clarifies, it's about mistakes.

Steve Portigal@steveportigal· Dec 15

Here's a short promo video for the fifth episode of Off the Path with Sam and Steve called "Why aren't you a big shot?" @sladner.bsky.social and I are excited to share this with you and look forward to your perspectives. (links follow) 🧀

Steve Portigal@steveportigal· Dec 11

@sladner.bsky.social and I are back with more episodes of "Off the Path with Sam and Steve." Episode 4 is called "Impact without Authority" and in this promo video we ask about *your* experiences with this.

Steve Portigal@steveportigal· Dec 9

Can't use the app (on my phone) without "age assurance" but also "age assurance" is broken. #WTFUX #uxfail

Screen grab of the iOS app age assurance dialog which gives an error when I try to set my birthdate

Steve Portigal@steveportigal· Dec 1

I got paid for writing fiction! Here's my first royalty payment for Occupied Minds. This is my version of the dollar bill taped above the door in my diner. Thanks to everyone that bought the book (and you can still buy it, of course), and for those that read it and shared their feedback!