Ivan Braun

Founder of @icons_8 and @generated_media. Building Bruno, Lira and Human Rounds. Bootstrapped. 25 years in #UX.

[Ivan Braun @visualpharm]

Here I am, stuck w 4G and a church and nothing else for miles.

[Ivan Braun @visualpharm]

These AI pets have no future.

They're a poor metaphor for what AI does. They're nothing more than glorified buttons with annoying animations.

They're meant to replicate #Tamagotchi's success, but Tamagotchi is a game designed for fun. AI pets, on the other hand, are just annoyances when users are trying to get things done.

We had enough of Clippy back in the '90s. It's no better now. #usability

[Ivan Braun @visualpharm]

@nexta_tv Next: @waze crackdown.

[Ivan Braun @visualpharm]

@icons_8 It's actually not bad. Quite a sculpture.

[Ivan Braun @visualpharm]

@marcos_galperin Since USAID was dismantled in 2025, Usain Bolt has not set a single new 100m world record. I mean, c'mon, the trend existed before.

[Ivan Braun @visualpharm]

I'm excited with @claudeai projects, but I'm turning to the the biomass clicking "Allow" again. Claude admits I've asked the thing; not it wants me to confirm whatever I asked. @bcherny, at least with the 20x plan, can we have 20x fewer confirmations, please?

[Ivan Braun @visualpharm]

Here's my feedback sandwich of the relaunched Hard Fork podcast. Also, rate my nickname: Spotify invented it and refused to change.

[Ivan Braun @visualpharm]

@dummerspast39 I like my dot. This is a life changer for me.

[Ivan Braun @visualpharm]

@0x_tino Fascinating. Grids, layout, and space - that's something agents almost physically can't do.

[Ivan Braun @visualpharm]

@9dots Все, теперь из аудиозаписи пулл реквест накатать и готов рабочий цикл.

[Ivan Braun @visualpharm]

“Yeah, that’s me” or the role of humans in the future: to be a punching bag for a robot.

[Ivan Braun @visualpharm]

@9dots @Spotify It is! Also, we shop internationally.

[Ivan Braun @visualpharm]

Dear U.S. developers: we, international users, don't always want local language or local currency, so please remember our selections. And, looking at you, @Spotify, sometimes we hate reggaeton.

[Ivan Braun @visualpharm]

@polynoamial I’ll take this over any lawyer coached CEO every time. Subscribed.

[Ivan Braun @visualpharm]

I created this sl*p for myself, but it's useful for all who wants to cut through the noise of 65000 word manifests.

[Ivan Braun @visualpharm]

@thsottiaux We understand you had joy, but can we hear the proposed names too?

[Ivan Braun @visualpharm]

Also note that Claude Design's idea of minimalism is clipping the logo and shortening Español to ES.

[Ivan Braun @visualpharm]

#Astra designs really well on its own, without open design or anything. Somebody on Youtube said it adds noisy detail, so I lectured it before, but boy, look at this.

Apparently, it's possible: beautiful design without 3 bounding boxes and 2 eyebrows for each damn element.

[Ivan Braun @visualpharm]

If you were looking for an icon of j**king off, here it is. Ladies and gentleman, the electric heating pad!

[Ivan Braun @visualpharm]

My $120 GE smart scale’s body fat is just 1.5 × BMI − 17.5.

3 months of data, 40 readings, r = 0.998. Same numbers with socks on.

https://t.co/vQUZ5gd4Pt