iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Anna Potapova @puffin-lady.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

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.

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Anna Potapova @puffin-lady.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

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

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Gav @gavtrdq.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

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!

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Anna Potapova @puffin-lady.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

We are set and back in business! 🙌 Table right behind the bar, close to the breakfast place.

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Jake LaBombarbe @jakelab.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

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!

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Anna Potapova @puffin-lady.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

#Scotland charmed me with its stunning views and lovely people. Thank you all for warm welcome!

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Anna Potapova @puffin-lady.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

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...

Screenshot of a game featuring an assassin running through a cyberpunk city

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Anna Potapova @puffin-lady.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

For real this time! I have my visa 😎

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Anna Potapova @puffin-lady.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

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.

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Temple Phoenix @templephoenix.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

How your email finds me

A statue of Laocoön and his sons Antiphantes and Thymbraeus being attacked by sea serpents

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Jake LaBombarbe @jakelab.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

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!

My beautiful wife and me in an ill-fitting suit celebrating our wedding in a Chinese Jazz bar.

Anna and I surrounded by friends after our surprise announcement that we had gotten married.

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Jake LaBombarbe @jakelab.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

Hotel booked, plane tickets purchased, plans made. @puffin-lady.bsky.social and I will see you at TFN2025 in August.

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Anna Potapova @puffin-lady.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

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.

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Jake LaBombarbe @jakelab.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

@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!

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Anna Potapova @puffin-lady.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

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 🥹

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Anna Potapova @puffin-lady.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

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!

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Just Believe Creations @justbelieve.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

This one is not for sale, but I did just finish it. Sometimes, you gotta make something just for yourself.

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Anna Potapova @puffin-lady.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

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.

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Anna Potapova @puffin-lady.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

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.

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Anna Potapova @puffin-lady.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

#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.

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Anna Potapova @puffin-lady.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Finish my first book in French ✅ Celebrate ✅

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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Heck yeah we A/B test all our designs: 𝗔sk stakeholders which idea they like 𝗕uild that one

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Anna Potapova @puffin-lady.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Post you from a different era in your life Going full Woodstock while working 2 jobs on my senior year in college 😂

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Anna Potapova @puffin-lady.bsky.social · 06/10/2024

Work in progress: a snake necklace crocheted with #Toxo beads. Very excited to see it coming together! #beading #seedbeads #crochet

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Anna Potapova @puffin-lady.bsky.social · 28/09/2024

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.

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Anna Potapova @puffin-lady.bsky.social · 28/09/2024

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

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Anna Potapova @puffin-lady.bsky.social · 18/09/2024

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!

A seed bead necklace with an owl pattern

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Anna Potapova @puffin-lady.bsky.social · 18/09/2024

I’m not very good at this whole social media thing, but let’s give it a try! ✌️

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