Laura Klein

Was given talking points for a thing at work, and it includes "Feels human/natural" and I really want to reply "well, which is it?"

Incredible opportunity right here

The trick, of course, is to somehow get them consolidated before 100 more spontaneously appear.

Cyd, "only a hundred or so sites to go" made me flinch so hard I almost spilled my coffee!

Engineering Director - Digital Services (0932) The Office of the City Administrator and its 25+ divisions and departments operate core internal and public-facing services in San Francisco.   The Office of the City Administrator’s Mission and Visio...

hallo, I am hiring again! - SF Digital Services is looking for a new Engineering Director careers.sf.gov/role/?id=374...

This reports directly to me, & I’m looking for a practical & flexible technical expert with excellent communication & coaching skills, who is excited to do both. More below...

Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Thou art not as hot

Why Most Product Teams Aren't Really Empowered Although product teams say they're empowered, many still function as feature factories and must follow orders.

Most product teams aren't empowered… they're just told they are. 😬

The uncomfortable truth: empowerment is often structurally incompatible with how large orgs actually work.

Why? Read @lauraklein.bsky.social's take: https://bit.ly/4rl6N7y

##UX #NNG #PM #Product

Calling all Autistic Adults

Technical Project Lead (#9976) **This recruitment is to fill two (2) Technical Project Lead positions.**Application Opening: 1/26/2026Application Filing Deadline: 2/9/2026, 11:59PM PSTRecruitment ID:   PEX-9976-163353 (RTF0163352-0...

*fixed link! couple of *really* interesting opportunities for product managers or TPM sorts, with SF's new PermitSF organization. careers.sf.gov/role/?id=374... this isn't with my team, but we work with this group a lot - they're tasked with some huge changes that people in SF care a lot about!

to fucken vanquish someone wearing scissor shoe

You’ll survive, but you’ll be funnier in a way that worries people

rode by a church sign a little while ago that said STEW IN BASEMENT and I don’t know if that’s an FYI or a command

As a lifelong Californian I am required by local ordinance to say. "No no. It's fine. We need the rain."

2026 starting out strong with the brand new roof having a massive leak. That's a good omen, right?

highly recommend this newsletter — especially if you enjoy UX topics, but even if you don't you might be surprised at how much of [gestures broadly] is adjacent to UX topics!

For the 8 millionth time, it's not supposed to be a gotcha when I ask engineers, "What problem are you trying to solve for people?" I actually want to know the answer!

Belle: hey
Scrooge: sup
Belle: left the house again
Scrooge: lol
Scrooge: did they do the song
Belle: 🫠

in 2026 we are NOT hustling, we are NOT grinding, we are doing just enough Job to have money for Video Game

A cat with very wide eyes looking like it's seen some shit.

A cat glaring at the camera as if it's about to start some shit.

Cats come in two breeds: Seen Some Shit & About to Start Some Shit

[with increasing panic]

and Tiny Tim, who WOULD NOT die,

hold on mate one second yeah I'll ring you back some sleepytime hat wearing old bastard is shouting at me from a window

Rockets owners expand talks to buy, move Sun

Terrifying headline if you don’t realize they are sports teams.

i change into my outdoor pajamas to go to the corner store bc we live in a society

I was at the somewhat famous test screening of Wild Wild West that went so badly, the studio basically reshot huge chunks of the movie and swore to never hold another test screening in a place where everyone was on the internet. This was in 1999 in Mountain View.

One of the many reasons AI can't produce good writing is it can't hate its own writing. It can't think to itself "Maybe I'm illiterate" during the writing process. And that's essential

If I were him, I'd be more worried about a panko coating because that means the next logical step is getting dropped in a vat of boiling oil.

is Microsoft Excel a feminist? Is Gemini a queer ally? Is this graphing calculator my friend

To heal our divided nation I propose splitting Game of the Year awards into two categories:

- Game of the Year That’s 3D and You Use a Sword and/or Gun to Explode a Guy
- Game of the Year That’s Some Gay Bullshit Indie Meditation on Grief or Whatever

I originally posted this thread over at the Other Site many years ago, but I figured I'd reshare it here because 'tis the season (for bourbon sauce).

Be thankful! It’s Angry Cooking with Laura. \1