Anna Potapova
@puffin-lady.bsky.social
Content designer, swimmer, crafter, bookworm, fashion lover, wife and friend. She/her. Hi from China!
So my pal and I created an account in Rednote, the Chinese instagram, to promote #contentdesign How to do user research, how to localize UI properly, you know, the good stuff… Yet the most popular video to the day is where I speculate about design decisions behind the buttons in an elevator.
Thank you everyone for the birthday wishes! Core memory of the day: walking down the streets of Paris with a half-finished bottle of wine, listening to @jakelab.bsky.social explaining why Citizen Kane is overrated
Okay you TYRANTS we now have copies of the new Space Monkey Mafia epic - THE HUNT FOR HYPERDRIVE - available for general sale at the TMUK stall in The Forge. Come quick! Come often!
We are set and back in business! 🙌 Table right behind the bar, close to the breakfast place.
Jake LaBombarbe@jakelab.bsky.social · last mo.We will be setting up around 1 pm or so, look for the sign!
A reminder! Anna and I will be back collecting toy donations for @toyfu332.bsky.social tomorrow afternoon. If you have anything to donate please find us in the bar. And please do not bring any donations to the Toy-Fu table after the opening of the dealer room early Saturday!
Jake LaBombarbe@jakelab.bsky.social · 2mo agoSo this #TFNation Friday from 2-5pm, look for this sign (or the two people featured in the post below) at a table at the Metropole bar to drop off your @toyfu332.bsky.social toy donations. And if you don't have a toy donation, come over and say hello anyway! #Toy-Fu #TFNation2026
If you ❤️ old #arcadegames, check out Phantom Protocol, a 2D action #platformer with one-hit kill mechanics, a synthwave soundtrack, and gorgeous #pixelart. And if you can leave a review or a quick comment, it would mean a lot to me 🙌 sphinx12896.itch.io/phantom-prot...
Tokyo is just like Paris, in a way. Millions of tourists come there every day because they are obsessed with culture and language, only to find it not meeting their inflated expectations.
Ten years ago, @puffin-lady.bsky.social and I went to the Chinese marriage license office, got married, and surprised our friends at a dinner that was intended to celebrate our first year as a couple. It's been the greatest ten years of my life. I love you, Anna!
Hotel booked, plane tickets purchased, plans made. @puffin-lady.bsky.social and I will see you at TFN2025 in August.
As a big fan of musicals and French language, I have been purposefully avoiding watching Les Miz. I’m certain it will hit me as hard as Hamilton did, and I have way too many projects right now to have songs constantly running in my head.
@puffin-lady.bsky.social and I are in for TFNation 2025. We'll be there the entire time again like last year. Looking forward to seeing you all there!
So I had my first online French class today, and met my fellow student, a beautiful older lady who is learning French so she can speak to her grandson in France. This is the kind of person I want to be when I grow up 🥹
A very special Christmas with @jakelab.bsky.social and this #doctorwho playset he got me ❤️ Very happy and grateful for my fantastic parter and friends!
This one is not for sale, but I did just finish it. Sometimes, you gotta make something just for yourself.
When I watched “Notre Dame de Paris“ twenty years ago, I thought that Esmeralda should have chosen Quasimodo. Watching it now, I think she should have chosen therapy. In fact, they all look like they can use some therapy.
I’m sick and tired of articles on how to be a “good people manager”. Treat your team like coworkers, or treat them like a family. Distance yourself from work emotionally or be heartbroken when your direct is struggling. Do whatever works best for you, in your org, with your people.
#userresearch has more to do with research than with users. It’s great learn what users think. But most of the researcher’s work is about analyzing the feedback, evaluating solutions, and getting a buy-in from your product. We are the scientists pitching for funding, not the scientists in a lab.
Heck yeah we A/B test all our designs: 𝗔sk stakeholders which idea they like 𝗕uild that one
Post you from a different era in your life Going full Woodstock while working 2 jobs on my senior year in college 😂
Andy Welfle 🛰️@andy.wtf · 2y agoPost you from a different era in your life (Here’s a much skinner and more acne’d me from my late teen era. The cat huggjng hasn’t changed much in 25 years though)
Work in progress: a snake necklace crocheted with #Toxo beads. Very excited to see it coming together! #beading #seedbeads #crochet
Yes, I did just purchase a copy of Le Hobbit. Yes, I do have a large French vocabulary with DOZENS of words. Am I being stupid or ambiguous? The time will tell.
Can’t focus on my French class after realizing the French title for The Hobbit is Le Hobbit, with both ‘h’ and ‘t’ silent. Spent a good twenty minutes marveling at Bilbo Sacquet, Cul-de-Sac, la Montagne Solitaire, and other wonders of transcreation. #french #languages
There are shockingly few people here sharing their #beading or #beadingpatterns, so here is one of the necklaces I designed and created. #miyuki beads lovers, hit me up!
