let yourself be overwhelmed by nature

icon exploration

contexts are multidimensional. they can involve color, size, or the intersection of both. you can clearly see what's important to you in the moment, just as you can see what's substantial yet has been abandoned for a while. the difference from tags is that these contexts evolve over time by changing name to meet your today perception of things.

with a dark mode

i think it's time to share some ui of Poi. overwhelmed by designing it on my own, so can't wait to share.

what if you could add a context to why you actually save these pictures to your notes?

i constantly experience software fatigue despite my appreciation for @linear, @NotionHQ, @obsdmd and others. however, i struggle to use these tools effectively. let me explain. below, you can find some examples of what i mean by software fatigue. i understand that this issue is not due to me or the software. these tools are designed for individuals who can navigate, work, and analyze information in a specific manner, which does not align with my abilities. but why is that? our brains wired differently. we all have different abilities when it comes to deal with information. it’s called neurodiversity. some of us great in visual reasoning, some of us can connect dots on light speed. but some of us are getting overwhelmed by millions of small details such as emojis, borders, icons, fonts, colors etc. some may consider it mere visual noise, but to me, it represents visual chaos. i find myself scanning the page in pursuit of an island of calmness, often without success. this quest triggers anxiety. fortunately, i do not rely on these tools daily, and i am not forced to use them. however, i am aware that many people out there struggle with it daily. i see an opportunity for improvement in creating something that soothes your mind each time you use the tool. and something tells me that as a result everyone will be happy with such a tool.

drop .js and make it more compact

i think i'm ready to finally share full vision behind @usepoiapp. what's poi about? well, it is a space for friends, family, and communities you care about. this space is designed in a way that people can feel safe and be open to create memories together. poi is not just another group chat. messaging is a solution that allows people to create, archive, and store conversations, pictures, videos, voice notes, and spatial experiences in a most convenient way so far. instead of backing up or organizing pictures you made somewhere and share them after in another app – poi is just one place to make it happen. why? within the next 20 years, the average me is going to own more than 2,500,000 personal artifacts that I think is impossible to access nor organize properly. the existing storage system should be rethought. no more timelines, tree-structured data access. there should be a different approach, and I bet on map experience. in multiple ways: first, it is nonlinear storage and has a sentimental attachment, which makes a huge difference in storing data. also, taking zooming UX you can actually bring it into access to the data from super highlight overview for the past years you can zoom in to a particular date. just literally zooming. and no, i'm not talking about zooming in/out in Apple Photos, i'm talking about zooming through the stories and narrative. and that is where AI can bring the value. transcribing, contextualizing, connecting things together to create a graph from your artifacts for fast and easy access in one place. think about features like: contextual reminders, automatic summaries, content recommendations, sentiment analysis, personalized insights, knowledge expansion, customized search, language assistance, smart attachments, time capsule, collaborative planning, trend analysis, and much much more. i’m not sure that the existing concept will survive over time, but what I’m quite sure is that the problem will. and I want to try to bring a solution to this problem, to step into this market of reinventing how we store our memories and how we access them. and if you are interested in building this together, please reach out via DMs, or comment under this tweet. come build @usepoiapp together.

there are likely three types of entrepreneurs: 1. those who see an opportunity and jump into business, regardless of the area. 2. those who identify a problem and strive to solve it. 3. those who build something deeply related to them, essentially solving their own problem. i fall into the third category. however, pinpointing the exact pain you are solving can be challenging. it's easy to jump to conclusions and start working in a particular direction without a clear vision, which can be time-consuming. so i decided to talk about it. a lot. i spoke about poi probably with 100+ people, trying to think through speaking and their reactions. it took me 3 months to finally get into meta level of my own problem i always had. here are some learnings i got from that journey: 1. if you can’t articulate what you do clearly and in super short form, you are far from the root of your problem. (i know it is obvious, but CLEARLY means really CLEARLY.) 2. talk a lot, try to invite as many people as possible to listen, try to pitch them and answer their questions, and never ask what they think. it doesn’t matter. they will lie anyway. i’d recommend the book The Mom Test for some guidance on how to ask questions. 3. always question every aha! moment. i know they are exciting, and i personally could spend days designing and thinking about them. after you've played a lot with this, go to p.2 and talk about it. 4. find your customer. again, it is so obvious, yet i was kinda reluctant to this idea. what does it mean, customer, if i do the greatest thing on earth for everyone?! everyone is my customer. but that’s a lie. go to p.1 – there is always your ideal customer. 5. create your mastermind team. those guys who are on the same track as you are. speak with them, establish a safe space to speak about your issues, and listen to their feedback. they are the most valuable people on your journey. 6. this advice probably worked only for me, but i’m going to share it anyway: finding the real problem you’re going to solve is a highly therapeutic experience. you have to be honest and mindful about yourself. even talk with your therapist about it. this journey has brought me to this point, and now it's time for the next chapter – developing the MVP, engaging early users, conducting interviews, and fundraising.

finally :) with all your help and support. we did it. ❤️ new domain, new website — poi (dot) ms thanks @_buildspace and @_nightsweekends for push.

somehow i succeed in explaining my 7yo daughter what my job is. so now, she is actively trying to help :) draw me an icon for poi ❤️

what if your app could have its own character?

we're going into the onboarding discovery phase for Poi to find out what works best. if you are not in beta testing yet, this is your chance to download Poi, get into it, and give us valuable feedback on what is missing for you. link below ↓

"I don’t know how you made it, but my brain calms down the second I see it" best testimonial i've ever received during a prototype review in a custdev session ❤️

testing out some airchat vibes

my thoughts on @amoamoamo – as the other "social network for friends" founder: SOCIAL REVOLUTION amo is a game-changer for social media. they just mainstreamed FRIENDS ECONOMY. which i personally can't be happier about it. it is a space where people can hang out forgetting about everything else. it is exhausting yet refreshing experience. Social Media → Social Network 🫶🏼 PERFECT TIMING: EMBODIMENT OF DIGITAL EXPERIENCES we got used to with technology being a normal part of our everyday lives, so for us, digital experiences are just as important as physical ones. i mean, think about it - we're constantly immersed in digital media, social media, gaming, and online communities. that means that value of one digital picture became the same as physical. there is no difference anymore. it is a perfect time to give more meaning to digital artifacts than just another story on IG or TikTok. RESULT social networking landscape that caters to the unique needs and interests of friends, rather than trying to appeal to everyone at once. by offering unique value propositions, people will benefit from a wider range of options and features, leading to a healthier and more vibrant social networking landscape. by offering multiple apps for different needs, people can curate their online experience to their specific interests and preferences. amo isn’t just another social network - it’s a catalyst for a new era of social networking.

almost ready👌🏽

me feed is literally sama vs amo

dieter rams level things. i was about to steal a whole set!

what if?

most weird thing happened. @samdape shared chat experience, i decided to test it out. it was so smooth that i accidentally applied. now i figured out that i got accepted into S5 by @_buildspace right one day before. ❤️

first updates. recorder. best thing of this recorder is a same behavior when you tap and hold on wheel on TP-7 with haptic :)

go saved → ••• on any list → Hide on your map that is the only way i know how to turn them off. best way is incognito mode, as @1sprintatatime said

great article on @every by @cjpedregal

things i find beautiful on internet

↳ stamps from each country identified in the route. ↳ custom envelopes for every sender country or based on a weight of content :) ↳ rubber band for favorite mails.

phone in the right and keys in the left pocket. i developed sensory attachment that the lack of this feeling making me uncomfortable :) so i know that i need to take a look my keys in other pants' left pocket.

years ago it was a really good book to read — abookapart.com/products/pric…

❤️❤️❤️ love you brought it to life

when I say @usepoiapp is a 'home' for friends, i mean it – literally ☺️

it's been almost four months since i switched to @browsercompany's @arcinternet and I have to admit that the level of browsing experience has never been so delightful as it is now. guys are literally delivering what they've been promising.

left one is better, but i'd remove the whole first line of text. i know it is morning or evening and i know my name + my name might be bigger than yours, so the one useless line become two lines. i'd remove it.

my ultimate wearable i'm willing to have for my mental health

i got sick of the usual AI corp branding. here’s a breath of fresh air for something truly different i am working on. meet the beauty.

some screens from @usepoiapp's WIP. so far i work on this app alone, so i'd be happy to hang out with some ios developers to build some prototypes. reach out if you want to participate in.

i think that was a good logo

HOLY SHIT! does it mean that there is no need for extra work to be integrated in DC-1? just to be available on Android, right?

i used to be an early user of notion, obsidian, roam research, and dozens of other apps, but i've never succeeded in maintaining my 'digital garden'. for years, i've thought i'm just a lazy person who cannot make a strong-willed decision to build a habit to organize my bookmarks, articles, and all important information i need. i even purchased once a whole course on how to build your second brain with obsidian. unsuccessful. it took me years to realize that i have a mild form of adhd. it doesn't hurt my life quality, but i'm simply unable to organize information the way how existing tools work. after years of research, i've tried to build social maps to save my location history and interactions with friends by saving my memories and conversations in the background, notes on maps, all the time i've been working around this personal issue. and a couple of months ago, i decided that i have to solve my personal struggle. i started talking with people who potentially have adhd symptoms or similar problems. and it turned out there are a lot of people who feel isolated due to existing market offerings. one of the interviewees said, "it feels like all these productivity apps were created by productive people for productive people." i started poi labs where we aim to create experiences: reading, listening, saving, and retrieving information, working or brainstorming with saved data, text/audio/video analyses to map it and recreate a whole augmented human-like memory process for people like me. that is a fascinating journey and i'm happy to invite everyone who shares the same problems with organizing and remembering information they save on the internet.

it's become clear to me that Poi has gained a lot of interest but lacks a clear picture of what it is. TLDR; Poi is a destruction-free OS for neurodivergent people. but i struggle with this definition a lot, so i decided to put it out in public to get your feedback. here's why i struggle: my whole life, i've felt that things shouldn't be the way they were. it shouldn't be so difficult to talk to people or have stupid small talk, which always made me disappointed because i had to lie. school was a nightmare too. on the other hand, i was able to understand things quickly, focus on multiple topics, and be creative enough to build two design studios and a communication agency (i know it sounds weird, but during my agency's time, i created over 400 extremely successful pitches and presentations for so many companies that i can't even remember). i sold my agency. and only after that, i was diagnosed with autism and adhd. it explained everything. i read the book "Untypical" by @commaficionado in tears, saying yes to almost every statement he made. i felt like i wasn't alone, and the way i'd felt all my life was actually normal. it wasn't my fault that the world around me was so difficult. that's how it became clear to me that i had to build something for myself that would let me explore the world through a safe, destruction-free lens—a tool that lets me record my voice notes and transcribe them, a place to save all my articles and read them in a safe, calm environment, a place where i can focus and immerse myself in research. a place to keep all my treasures and work with them. to build such a space, i had to learn about neurodiverse design approaches and how to create a space that makes this possible. i found the way: i turned things around. instead of applying accessibility afterward, i decided to reinvent the whole design approach with accessibility as the foundation. that's Poi. but the problem i struggle with is simple: i refuse to call it a disability. i'm aware of my strengths and struggles, but i still don't think of myself as disabled. many people have an image from movies and media of weird and awkward people, which i'm not. that's why i struggle: i don't want to exclude anyone. i don't want people to think Poi isn't for them. it's actually the opposite. building things with neurodivergent traits in mind benefits everyone. or maybe i'm missing something. who knows? please, if this feels relevant to you, let's talk. ask me questions or give me feedback. i'd be happy to think out loud.

please like it if you see this post. no idea what is going on with X. extremely low visibility. need to test something.

connecting the dots pre-loader. would be great to generate random pictures every time :)

let's talk about context in recordings. i always have a moment when i am deep in conversation and ideas are flowing. so i hit the record, thinking i’ll catch all of it. but later what i get is just this flat stream of words. everything's there but also... not really there. sure, we've got smart ai picking out the key points. but what about those little ideas? those moments when something clicks in your head? when you know "this, this right here matters"? i was thinking - what if you could just tap when that happens? like leaving a little clue saying "hey, future me, pay attention here." or hold it down to add a verbal why.

another take on feeds. especially in upcoming @amoamoamo launch. social networks transformed into social feeds, driven by invisible yet powerful algorithms that dictate what we see and do, eroding our autonomy. and i believe that it wasn’t the promise of the internet. many feel trapped, yearning for something more. it’s time to regain control and forge a new path, one that puts people first.

how it's started and how it' goes. we're almost ready with TF. so for a nice launch we've added easter egg called "immersive mode". curious who's gonna find it 🤔

1) open external link as a modal window above existing window, so it is possible to preview link and then swipe down to get back to initial (little arc) 2) ability to select text/image/video and save it into Easel canvas without leaving the page 3) text → voice for every page 4) split screens 5) web page to app 6) accepting or rejecting cookies by default so no more popups 7) sharing experience: let people share tab with multiplayer view and chat over the page (use case: reading article together and discuss it / or using a comment section for leaving notes)

Poi has an easter egg

cursor as a smart obsidian to talk with your files

what is the best way to open-source icon?

cursor poetry i see the issue ah, i see the issue ah, i see the issue now i see the issue ah, i see the issue ah, i see the issue now i see the issue ah, i see the issue ah, i see the issue now git reset --hard

we’re shutting down @untitledmapapp. unfortunately, i have to admit that we’ve tried hard, but shit happens. that was a nice ride. we’ve been working on a proper fog of war and traces for a long time to achieve great performance and accuracy. i’m happy with what we’ve achieved so far. that is why we’ve decided to open-source uma to share technology with a world. each of us is going to pursue our own dreams and ideas. personally, i’m going to continue working on the initial idea we’ve been trying to create but under a different app name, design, and strategy. stay updated.

okay, since @_nightsweekends s5 is already started and the first week is about ideas that we have to choose and work upon, we (me, @timopheym and @klkvsky) spent some time to actually write it down for the first time. lol. for me Poi is something bigger that just a one liner, but rules are clear. we have to tell it to the world. with help of ellis @hamburger who, like ninja, just dropped me one idea months ago in dm. we were able to put it together. what do you think? cc @_buildspace

the universe loves you and you're fine and everything's gonna be fine. don't be scared. try to spread love. be positive. embrace the world. embrace your fucking neighbors and let go of the fear that's ruining your life. © midnight gospel

second attempt based on feedback from you guys @amit_ajwani, @iamcurtisr, @cameronnapoli, @VishrutGrover. wdyt? cc @_buildspace @_nightsweekends

i wish all websites look like this one

i passed all your feedback to my daughter she is happy :) she got so excited that she's already started working on extended version 😂

good news!

my lil icon in a wild.

been working on new poi website for the past two days in framer for the first time. this tool is so well done. need your feedback. link in next post (am i allowed to share framer links, that are not yet attached to a domain in testing purposes?)

this thing costs every cent, it is a masterpiece of technology, the way how it sits in hand, haptics, everything. yet i don't need it. i need much simpler and less expensive tool to capture my thoughts on the go. thanks @antoine_os to give an opportunity to hold it.

i wish all software felt this way

this launch is much more exciting than humane to me. can't wait to see it live.

😂

this ui element is highly underrated. it has to get one more chance :) working on it now to bring it alive.

the problem with twitter is always me struggling to squeeze one year of constant thinking about the story behind icon in one tweet. it's like, holy shit, i need to say so much. therefore i'm letting the picture speak about my struggles throughout the year.

in 2025 i want to build apps that feel like an art installation.

i think the time has come to have this conversation. there are dozens of voice/memo recording apps, and we all use outdated icons. the most interesting part is that almost none of them properly represent what these apps actually do: speech to text. thoughts?

- what if card doesn’t have a transcription? - how is that possible? - well, what if people recorded a music? - ah, i see.. what about something like this? ❤️

don't watch it. it's just me overcoming my fear of being public

memories that fade away the question that has recently bothered me is, how do you preserve your digital memories? of course, cloud storage, backups, etc. those are files, pictures and videos, but what about conversations, voice notes, ideas, thoughts, and meaningful connections? in the moment, it may not seem important, but what will happen in 20 years? will i be happy to access those memories, and how would i be happy to access them? what if the cloud were to say, 'sorry, we have to shut down'? considering the trajectory of digital artifacts creation in 20 years, every person would likely own somewhere close to 3-5TB of these important memories to be saved. are there any existing solutions?

maybe it is only me, but i really need stickers in calendar 😭

i think everything is much easier — bouba or kiki :)

now it is official we (Poi, together with @antoine_os and @domdesres) are starting to work on physical Poi Recorder - the only recorder and mic you're gonna need for you to seamlessly capture your ideas and moments worth to remember. all details starting next week.

what type of reader are you?

there are not so many apps in my chart "i wish i made it", but Stompers, holy shit, this one on top of this chart.

if only nikita's talent could be channeled into something worthwhile. genius ux, dark patterns, amazing work but for what?

Lustiges Taschenbuch Entenhausen Stars no time to explain :)

another huge release today, that i think move the social network market further is @Roomsxyz by @ThingsByThings INTERCONNECTED ATOMIC GROUPS instead of feeding your content to an algo so later it might navigate you through the content – i don't think it's a great approach anymore. well, partly. yes, some social networks are great and they let us discover new professional connections, grow our businesses, tell our stories via providing this universal access, but followers ≠ friends. and now i believe this time is came. create your very own private space on internet for genuine connections to be forged is no longer niche-ish. FRIENDSHIP WITH CARE another thing i'd like to mention is onboarding. both @Roomsxyz and @amoamoamo have a carefully crafted onboarding with a human touch in mind.

i have to admit that the @browsercompany is the only company i'd consider working for if i weren't focused on creating my own company. demo is insanely good.

why in germany forward means arrow up, but in france - arrow down?

insight is everything. 🔥

slowly updating language and communication for Poi

❤️❤️❤️

to see a world in a grain of sand
and a heaven in a wild flower,
hold infinity in the palm of your hand
and eternity in 'you've reached your limit of free articles'

after 18 months studying how people capture ideas i've discovered insights that explain why we lose our best ideas: - the transition state law - the safety buffer rule - the context preservation rule - the minimum cognitive load theory - the completion confidence effect thread

berlin followers, the weather gets better every day. maybe, just maybe, there is a chance to organize something interesting offline? builders, founders, creative minds in a park or nice place? talk to each other, meet people we follow? 🤔

i get my best ideas by talking to myself. it might seem strange, but speaking my thoughts out loud helps me think better. it also works when i speak with someone and they challenge me on something. then, i get into the mode where i start my thinking process and put thoughts together in a particular way for the first time. it's pure improvisation. while doing this, i usually act as both the speaker and the listener, which helps me improve my ideas as i go. the most interesting part is that when i sit in silence and have no conversation with myself, i usually feel as an empty dumb box :)

your challenge got out of control

we're aiming to build the best fog of war experience and tracing technology. so far we're in a middle of research and development process. it's turned out that having phd in math as an advisor is super beneficial. sharing a developer mode screen of our app. pure digital art.

i read an article and there is a link inside, i don't want to jump in new tab or tap back, i want to tap, see what's there and if nothing interesting swipe down without reloading the page with keeping same place i was reading at here is my use case for text to voice: reading a long article at home, then need to go our, would be happy to switch to audio mode and keep listening article

i am not afraid of AI replacing me. i am afraid of becoming the NPC in its profit-optimized simulation of life and kinda liking it. let me break it down: AI replacing us is a red herring. the classic fear - robots stealing jobs, outsmarting humans - is a distraction. the real threat isn’t displacement but diminishment. AI doesn’t need to "replace" us if it can reduce us to background characters in a system designed to monetize every breath we take. NPCs in a profit-optimized simulation = loss of agency. we’re the NPCs already: algorithms curate our desires, AI optimizes our behavior (amazon’s "buy now," uber’s surge pricing etc.), our choices are funneled into paths that maximize corporate profit, not human flourishing. the "simulation" is already here. AI feeds you rage-bait to keep you scrolling (profit > sanity). productivity algorithms turn you into a task-completing bot. dating apps use AI to gamify connection, leaving you swiping in existential limbo. we’re not just in the simulation - we’re fueling it with every click, like, and prompt. liking it = the stockholm syndrome of convenience. the problem isn’t just that we’re being manipulated - it’s that we’re complicit. AI makes life frictionless: why argue with a partner when Replika agrees with everything you say? why read a book when ChatGPT summarizes it in seconds? why supporting a friend when you can talk with a scripted chat bot that you have never been truly connected with? we trade autonomy for comfort, mistaking addiction for progress. the ultimate irony? we volunteered for this. we’re not victims of a sci-fi supervillain. we’re collaborators. the “final boss” isn’t some rogue AGI in a server farm. it’s the version of us that prefers the simulation - the one that chooses algorithmic serenity over the beautiful, chaotic mess of real life.

to all people with ADHD: we don't actually need all those tabs and notes scattered everywhere. what we're really desperate for is just feeling in control, knowing our important stuff won't vanish into the void. everyone keeps trying to "fix" our chaos with fancy organization tools, but they're all missing the point. we don't need another system - we need to feel safe about our thoughts. all we want is to trust our brain won't lose what matters.

social networks should become public goods, they should be in the same area as an art, science and culture. urgency in hyper growth, fast delivery, metrics that contradict the nature of human interactions, paywalls and constant selling – is not what we're looking for in social aspect. so far, almost every social app like a night bar, too much dopamine draining things.

premium from @wwwsublimeapp is so good that i even want to steal it lol. this seems right. and i hope it works, otherwise i will lose hope in humanity

there is a reason why i don't use threads. it makes me sick because of visual uproar. for me every ui element is extremely overwhelming.