Ivan Čurić
@baxuz.bsky.social
Your resident hopeless idealist.
Reposted by Ivan Čurić
A bit of a vulnerable post by me but we need your help to get us through what has been a more difficult period than 2020.
It would be really appreciated if you could read and share in your networks too 💛
bell.bz/its-been-a-v...
It would be really appreciated if you could read and share in your networks too 💛
bell.bz/its-been-a-v...
It’s been a very hard year - Andy Bell
Unlike a lot of places in tech, my company, Set Studio/Piccalilli has no outside funding. Bootstrapped is what the LinkedIn people say, I think. It’s been a hard year this year. A very hard year...
bell.bz
November 27, 2025 at 4:23 PM
A bit of a vulnerable post by me but we need your help to get us through what has been a more difficult period than 2020.
It would be really appreciated if you could read and share in your networks too 💛
bell.bz/its-been-a-v...
It would be really appreciated if you could read and share in your networks too 💛
bell.bz/its-been-a-v...
Liquid Ass™ introduced so many compositing artifacts that it's insane. Shit looks like browser layer promotion hacks from 2010s.
November 25, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Liquid Ass™ introduced so many compositing artifacts that it's insane. Shit looks like browser layer promotion hacks from 2010s.
Never understood why people like GTA.
Like, what's the motivation?
"I want to feel like a criminal"?
"I want to try out all the different ways of commiting crime?"
"I want to murder people and destroy stuff?"
"I want to be the biggest crime lord?"
quanticfoundry.com/2015/07/20/h...
Like, what's the motivation?
"I want to feel like a criminal"?
"I want to try out all the different ways of commiting crime?"
"I want to murder people and destroy stuff?"
"I want to be the biggest crime lord?"
quanticfoundry.com/2015/07/20/h...
How We Developed The Gamer Motivation Profile v2 - Quantic Foundry
The super short version: We validated and refined our motivations model based on data from 30,000 gamers around the world. If you’re a gamer and haven’t taken the Gamer Motivation Profile yet, conside...
quanticfoundry.com
November 23, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Never understood why people like GTA.
Like, what's the motivation?
"I want to feel like a criminal"?
"I want to try out all the different ways of commiting crime?"
"I want to murder people and destroy stuff?"
"I want to be the biggest crime lord?"
quanticfoundry.com/2015/07/20/h...
Like, what's the motivation?
"I want to feel like a criminal"?
"I want to try out all the different ways of commiting crime?"
"I want to murder people and destroy stuff?"
"I want to be the biggest crime lord?"
quanticfoundry.com/2015/07/20/h...
Hey Windows, how about you shut the fuck up and let me use my computer?
November 23, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Hey Windows, how about you shut the fuck up and let me use my computer?
Coding Trance Music from Scratch (Again )
YouTube video by Switch Angel
youtu.be
November 23, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Got banned from reddit for "promoting violence"
I posted this with the caption "And we'll never rest again until every Nazi dies" on a thread about an anti-fascist demonstration being organized in Zagreb
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLkP...
I posted this with the caption "And we'll never rest again until every Nazi dies" on a thread about an anti-fascist demonstration being organized in Zagreb
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLkP...
Chumbawamba - The day the nazi died
YouTube video by Huppelplopp1848
www.youtube.com
November 20, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Got banned from reddit for "promoting violence"
I posted this with the caption "And we'll never rest again until every Nazi dies" on a thread about an anti-fascist demonstration being organized in Zagreb
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLkP...
I posted this with the caption "And we'll never rest again until every Nazi dies" on a thread about an anti-fascist demonstration being organized in Zagreb
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLkP...
I know what my next car WON'T be.
November 19, 2025 at 8:08 PM
I know what my next car WON'T be.
Took public transit for the first time in over 5 years.
Never again. Jesus fucking Christ
Never again. Jesus fucking Christ
November 19, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Took public transit for the first time in over 5 years.
Never again. Jesus fucking Christ
Never again. Jesus fucking Christ
Wow, so amazing! A tool which works 54% of the time!
November 18, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Wow, so amazing! A tool which works 54% of the time!
Not a huge Dune fan, but the Butlerian Jihad seems mighty enticing right now.
November 18, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Not a huge Dune fan, but the Butlerian Jihad seems mighty enticing right now.
@spavel.bsky.social have you thought about making an RSS feed for productpicnic.beehiiv.com/archive ?
Archive | The Product Picnic
Writing on UX and product management to connect today's discourse with classic insights that the industry forgot.
productpicnic.beehiiv.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:37 PM
@spavel.bsky.social have you thought about making an RSS feed for productpicnic.beehiiv.com/archive ?
The Sears Furry Incident of 2010 | Bad Art History
YouTube video by Frankie Fey
youtu.be
November 14, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Mozilla announces an AI ‘window’ for Firefox
Firefox will get more AI.
www.theverge.com
November 14, 2025 at 11:02 AM
I want Pidgin back. I'm tired of webviews and React garbage
November 12, 2025 at 8:48 PM
I want Pidgin back. I'm tired of webviews and React garbage
What is the go-to tool for creating meetup presentations these days?
November 10, 2025 at 7:54 AM
What is the go-to tool for creating meetup presentations these days?
Fantastic article
Ever been in a meeting that fucking sucks? Rhetorical question.
Unfortunately, getting people to what you want requires that you tell them about it — and that's a meeting. Trying to get rid of meetings simply creates a dysfunctional work environment. The only fix is to design the meetings right.
Unfortunately, getting people to what you want requires that you tell them about it — and that's a meeting. Trying to get rid of meetings simply creates a dysfunctional work environment. The only fix is to design the meetings right.
This meeting could have been a picnic
Well-designed meetings are just as important to our work as well-designed artifacts.
productpicnic.beehiiv.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Fantastic article
Reposted by Ivan Čurić
"The AI industry’s most important product at this moment is not a chatbot or a video generator; it’s the story the AI industry is telling about itself.... According to an MIT study, 95% of businesses that have deployed generative AI have gotten no value from it." www.theringer.com/2025/11/04/t...
How Catastrophic Is It If the AI Bubble Bursts? An FAQ.
The AI industry's most important product is not a chatbot or a video generator; it's the story the AI industry is telling about itself
www.theringer.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:00 AM
"The AI industry’s most important product at this moment is not a chatbot or a video generator; it’s the story the AI industry is telling about itself.... According to an MIT study, 95% of businesses that have deployed generative AI have gotten no value from it." www.theringer.com/2025/11/04/t...
These are the worst of all
November 7, 2025 at 10:25 PM
These are the worst of all
