Matthias Ott
@matthiasott.com
Independent designer + web design engineer, teacher, speaker. Interface Prototyping at Muthesius University of Fine Arts and Design. UX, prototyping, & design engineering workshops.
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Matthias Ott
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· May 16
Matthias Ott – Painting With the Web – beyond tellerrand Düsseldorf 20025
YouTube video by beyond tellerrand
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Last week, I had the immense honor of speaking at one of my favorite events, @beyondtellerrand.com. (🤯)
My talk “Painting With the Web” is now available on YouTube. I hope you like it! 🤗💚
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Pq7...
My talk “Painting With the Web” is now available on YouTube. I hope you like it! 🤗💚
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Pq7...
Ooohh. 🔥😁
“You bore a tunnel through the trouble, that's informative stuff
It's moving forward instead of assuming forward is up.”
youtu.be/wFtK8qsGRaA?...
“You bore a tunnel through the trouble, that's informative stuff
It's moving forward instead of assuming forward is up.”
youtu.be/wFtK8qsGRaA?...
Aesop Rock x Blockhead - Trouble Trouble (Official Video)
YouTube video by Aesop Rock
youtu.be
September 21, 2026 at 9:33 PM
Ooohh. 🔥😁
“You bore a tunnel through the trouble, that's informative stuff
It's moving forward instead of assuming forward is up.”
youtu.be/wFtK8qsGRaA?...
“You bore a tunnel through the trouble, that's informative stuff
It's moving forward instead of assuming forward is up.”
youtu.be/wFtK8qsGRaA?...
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Sommer 2026: 16.000 Hitzetote 🥵 alleine in 🇩🇪. Dürre. Brände.
🤯 Die Bundesregierung subventioniert jetzt mit 2.500.000.000 € von unseren Steuergeldern die Ursache der Hitze: fossile Brennstoffe. Unfassbar. 🤯🤯🤯
Das meiste Geld landet dann wieder bei den Ölkonzernen, der Lobby gegen Klimaschutz.
🤯 Die Bundesregierung subventioniert jetzt mit 2.500.000.000 € von unseren Steuergeldern die Ursache der Hitze: fossile Brennstoffe. Unfassbar. 🤯🤯🤯
Das meiste Geld landet dann wieder bei den Ölkonzernen, der Lobby gegen Klimaschutz.
September 19, 2026 at 8:52 AM
Sommer 2026: 16.000 Hitzetote 🥵 alleine in 🇩🇪. Dürre. Brände.
🤯 Die Bundesregierung subventioniert jetzt mit 2.500.000.000 € von unseren Steuergeldern die Ursache der Hitze: fossile Brennstoffe. Unfassbar. 🤯🤯🤯
Das meiste Geld landet dann wieder bei den Ölkonzernen, der Lobby gegen Klimaschutz.
🤯 Die Bundesregierung subventioniert jetzt mit 2.500.000.000 € von unseren Steuergeldern die Ursache der Hitze: fossile Brennstoffe. Unfassbar. 🤯🤯🤯
Das meiste Geld landet dann wieder bei den Ölkonzernen, der Lobby gegen Klimaschutz.
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you couldn't stop me from blogging if you tried, and I have proof because believe me, people have tried 🤣
Screw the narrative. Don’t believe the scare. The Web will never die. Love seeing you all sharing and publishing content on here – and on your personal sites and newsletters! 💚✊
September 18, 2026 at 3:53 PM
you couldn't stop me from blogging if you tried, and I have proof because believe me, people have tried 🤣
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“Let me make it clear: without people at the top of their game sharing their experience and knowledge—regardless of whatever ‘game changing’ technology is in place—we are pulling up the ladders and committing our industry to stagnation and death.”
bell.bz/youll-miss-p...
bell.bz/youll-miss-p...
You’ll miss publishers when they’re gone
Ever since Piccalilli started to get traction, I’ve always seen CSS-Tricks, Smashing Magazine and A List Apart (among others) as peers. We all help each other behind the scenes and importantly, back…
bell.bz
September 18, 2026 at 12:45 PM
“Let me make it clear: without people at the top of their game sharing their experience and knowledge—regardless of whatever ‘game changing’ technology is in place—we are pulling up the ladders and committing our industry to stagnation and death.”
bell.bz/youll-miss-p...
bell.bz/youll-miss-p...
Less than a week until I get to meet the @getkirby.com community at the very first #KirbyKonf! Can’t wait! 🤗🖤
Sneak peek (🤫):
Sneak peek (🤫):
September 18, 2026 at 1:58 PM
Less than a week until I get to meet the @getkirby.com community at the very first #KirbyKonf! Can’t wait! 🤗🖤
Sneak peek (🤫):
Sneak peek (🤫):
Screw the narrative. Don’t believe the scare. The Web will never die. Love seeing you all sharing and publishing content on here – and on your personal sites and newsletters! 💚✊
September 18, 2026 at 11:39 AM
Screw the narrative. Don’t believe the scare. The Web will never die. Love seeing you all sharing and publishing content on here – and on your personal sites and newsletters! 💚✊
This has been on my mind as well. Wouldn’t it be great if the AI Wild West – especially the open-weight models – got regulated, and there were only a few very responsible, very trustworthy companies allowed to proceed working with this incredibly dangerous technology?
youtu.be/4qV5WWgFTS8
youtu.be/4qV5WWgFTS8
'Big Short' investor Steve Eisman on AI: The companies are trying to manufacture a crisis
YouTube video by CNBC Television
youtu.be
September 18, 2026 at 11:22 AM
This has been on my mind as well. Wouldn’t it be great if the AI Wild West – especially the open-weight models – got regulated, and there were only a few very responsible, very trustworthy companies allowed to proceed working with this incredibly dangerous technology?
youtu.be/4qV5WWgFTS8
youtu.be/4qV5WWgFTS8
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I hadn't posted over on the second channel in a while now, but I felt that it was important to talk about what's going on with @digitalocean.com and @css-tricks.bsky.social as the site has now gone quiet for a second time.
youtu.be/9_upvxCAUzM
youtu.be/9_upvxCAUzM
Digital Ocean killed CSS-Tricks... again
YouTube video by General Musings with Kevin Powell
youtu.be
September 17, 2026 at 1:36 PM
I hadn't posted over on the second channel in a while now, but I felt that it was important to talk about what's going on with @digitalocean.com and @css-tricks.bsky.social as the site has now gone quiet for a second time.
youtu.be/9_upvxCAUzM
youtu.be/9_upvxCAUzM
🎻 People of the UK! (And people who know about get_iplayer!) You still have the chance to hear an extraordinary performance of Beethoven’s Violin Concerto by Augustin Hadelich and the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, recorded at the Royal Albert Hall, on BBC Sounds:
BBC Radio 3 - BBC Proms, 2026, Berlin Philharmonic Plays Beethoven and Scriabin
Live at the BBC Proms: Kirill Petrenko conducts the Berlin Philharmonic.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 18, 2026 at 6:55 AM
🎻 People of the UK! (And people who know about get_iplayer!) You still have the chance to hear an extraordinary performance of Beethoven’s Violin Concerto by Augustin Hadelich and the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, recorded at the Royal Albert Hall, on BBC Sounds:
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Say hello to first speakers revealed for #btconf Düsseldorf. Let's start with @kevinpowell.co about whom I am absolutely happy. Knowing him for a while through other events, I know it is always a pleasure meeting him. Welcome Kevin! beyondtellerrand.com/events/dusse...
Kevin Powell: Speaker at beyond tellerrand in Düsseldorf 2027
Kevin Powell is a CSS evangelist and educator whose primary goal is to help people fall in love with CSS and, failing that, to at least help them be a little less frustrated by it. He is best known fo...
beyondtellerrand.com
September 14, 2026 at 2:38 PM
Say hello to first speakers revealed for #btconf Düsseldorf. Let's start with @kevinpowell.co about whom I am absolutely happy. Knowing him for a while through other events, I know it is always a pleasure meeting him. Welcome Kevin! beyondtellerrand.com/events/dusse...
How on earth did Dario find out that my secret plan was to take over the entire Internet in about 6–12 months with a giant, persistent ottnet…? 😏
September 14, 2026 at 4:42 PM
How on earth did Dario find out that my secret plan was to take over the entire Internet in about 6–12 months with a giant, persistent ottnet…? 😏
Back home 🏡 from Denmark 🇩🇰
September 11, 2026 at 9:24 PM
Back home 🏡 from Denmark 🇩🇰
“Excellence is not born out of committee, and Omarchy is not a democracy. It's a benevolent dictatorship in the grand tradition of Linux, Ruby, and Rails. The dictator's job is to listen to everyone, but make the call according to their intuition, vision, and experience.”
Oh come on, David.
Oh come on, David.
September 10, 2026 at 11:14 PM
“Excellence is not born out of committee, and Omarchy is not a democracy. It's a benevolent dictatorship in the grand tradition of Linux, Ruby, and Rails. The dictator's job is to listen to everyone, but make the call according to their intuition, vision, and experience.”
Oh come on, David.
Oh come on, David.
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Ich fürchte, uns allen ist noch nicht mal ansatzweise klar, was für eine Katastrophe dieses Wahlergebnis für das ganze Land ist.
September 6, 2026 at 7:38 PM
Ich fürchte, uns allen ist noch nicht mal ansatzweise klar, was für eine Katastrophe dieses Wahlergebnis für das ganze Land ist.
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Kolumne: Viele AfD-Wähler leben in einer (strategisch erzeugten) Parallelrealität. Das ist gefährlich für die Demokratie,die ohne Faktenbasis nicht funktionieren kann. Stoppen können andere Parteien diesen Trend nur, indem sie selbst bei den Tatsachen bleiben. Gerade der Kanzler.
September 6, 2026 at 2:49 PM
Kolumne: Viele AfD-Wähler leben in einer (strategisch erzeugten) Parallelrealität. Das ist gefährlich für die Demokratie,die ohne Faktenbasis nicht funktionieren kann. Stoppen können andere Parteien diesen Trend nur, indem sie selbst bei den Tatsachen bleiben. Gerade der Kanzler.
Fuck the AfD and everyone who voted for them today. You should be ashamed of yourself. Fascist losers. #nazisraus #noAfD
September 6, 2026 at 4:49 PM
Fuck the AfD and everyone who voted for them today. You should be ashamed of yourself. Fascist losers. #nazisraus #noAfD
I was in microphone heaven yesterday … 😍
August 30, 2026 at 1:26 PM
I was in microphone heaven yesterday … 😍
Now that’s a very interesting combination … and it makes for a very interesting conversation!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lf5o...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lf5o...
The Man Who Calls BS On AI: They’re LYING About AI, 2027 Is When It All Breaks! | Ed Zitron
YouTube video by The Diary Of A CEO
www.youtube.com
August 28, 2026 at 6:01 PM
Now that’s a very interesting combination … and it makes for a very interesting conversation!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lf5o...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lf5o...
We’re now enjoying Beethoven‘s Violin Concerto live at home, as Kid A1 has decided to practice it “just for fun” ☺️
August 26, 2026 at 7:11 PM
We’re now enjoying Beethoven‘s Violin Concerto live at home, as Kid A1 has decided to practice it “just for fun” ☺️
I’m not saying these are the three best hip hop LPs ever recorded*, but I am saying they’re my three favourites
*I am definitely saying they’re the three best
*I am definitely saying they’re the three best
August 26, 2026 at 9:25 AM
I’m not saying these are the three best hip hop LPs ever recorded*, but I am saying they’re my three favourites
*I am definitely saying they’re the three best
*I am definitely saying they’re the three best
InDesign is also falling apart now, it seems. Laggy af on an M1 Max with 32 GB of RAM, and the undo command is regularly breaking (!). And it’s always the same story: people report these bugs to Adobe, but they just persist for months and months. 🤨
community.adobe.com/questions-67...
community.adobe.com/questions-67...
Undo command not working - InDesign 2025 | Community
Currently having an issue with my undo/history function. I seem to only be able to go back 2 or 3 commands before the entire history disappears. pls help!
community.adobe.com
August 25, 2026 at 4:25 PM
InDesign is also falling apart now, it seems. Laggy af on an M1 Max with 32 GB of RAM, and the undo command is regularly breaking (!). And it’s always the same story: people report these bugs to Adobe, but they just persist for months and months. 🤨
community.adobe.com/questions-67...
community.adobe.com/questions-67...
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On August 24, 1995, Microsoft released Windows 95 for retail sale.
August 24, 2026 at 4:29 PM
On August 24, 1995, Microsoft released Windows 95 for retail sale.