I once stumbled across Patreon's Creator Mindset Map. It's long since been deleted from their blog for some reason, but my thoughts on it are still up & running.
https://colonelroyce.com/four-stages/
https://colonelroyce.com/four-stages/
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Four stages that follow us everywhere: In business, careers, projects, and product launches
These stages are universal to anyone launching a project, product, or business. They don't necessarily occur in order — one may follow another repeatedly, or some stages may be skipped altogether.
Saturday is the perfect time to stop the never-ending creative conveyor: colonelroyce.com/stop-the-conveyor/
Give it a try tomorrow ;)
Give it a try tomorrow ;)
Gatti on stage | Francesco Gatti aka Vasily Krouglov
Stop the conveyor
What fills your weekdays? If you're like me — or most digital professionals — you spend them pushing your mental gears to the limit: brainstorming, structuring, tweaking, optimizing, jotting notes, drafting, editing, sketching. Every day feels like a crazy…
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I’m convinced (and I guess you share this idea) that understanding high-level processes and frameworks in any field you’re involved in is crucial. It’s also true of the modern world itself: how it works, where it’s heading, why it works the way it does. It…
Oh, and a bonus: David Graeber’s ‘Bullshit Jobs’ is also a cool choice. A philosophical framework for analyzing the nature of the industrial and post-industrial job market, the bloated overstaffing in some industries and underpayment in others.
For some reason, since the beginning of the year, I keep referring to 2025 as ‘2005’. It drives me crazy, but I can’t deny there’s a certain charm to it
Like, yo yo yo stylus dvd hellomoto
Like, yo yo yo stylus dvd hellomoto
I recently developed a website for a really cool designer: https://thekotek.com
Hire her if you need something outstanding, bold and consistent. Or just check out the site and spread the word!
Hire her if you need something outstanding, bold and consistent. Or just check out the site and spread the word!
Thekotek
Miriam Melnikova — branding & graphic design
A brand designer with a knack for detail (and a bit of a perfectionist streak). I create designs that breathe easily but still pack a punch for brands that want to stand out and achieve their business goals.
If you're a business owner, a marketer, or a project manager, there's an easy way to collect, visualize, and view the data that matters in one place — oh, and it's free. Here's my beginner's guide: https://colonelroyce.com/looker-studio-guide/
Gatti on stage | Francesco Gatti aka Vasily Krouglov
Google Looker Studio (ex-Data Studio) Guide. How to build useful dashboards
How to use Looker Studio to build useful dashboards to visualize and track data. An overview of basic functions and tips.
One 16 Gb phone, a punch card with 256 Mb RAM sauce, and a hand-crafted organic bio book juice, please. To go. No, sorry, no tips!
https://colonelroyce.com/post-industrial-two-sides/
https://colonelroyce.com/post-industrial-two-sides/
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The two sides of post-industrial progress
Sometimes, we forget the pace of progress over the last couple of decades — and over the last ~60 years as well
After months of working side by side with ChatGPT, I've made my decision. I'm not going to fire her... more like keep her on as an unpaid intern
https://colonelroyce.com/20-bucks-isnt-20-bucks/
https://colonelroyce.com/20-bucks-isnt-20-bucks/
Gatti on stage | Francesco Gatti aka Vasily Krouglov
Is ChatGPT Plus worth it? I stopped paying $20 for it (and maybe you should, too). Here's why
Isn't it ridiculous?
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Old but gold: 10+ years of management taught me this https://colonelroyce.com/get-it-all-done/
I don’t normally do clickbait, but sometimes it’s necessary for drama and fun. And yes, jokes about ‘you may not like it, but this is what peak male performance looks like’ aside (or not!)
Welp, I had to use genAI to create the most uncanny, disgusting, and disturbing image snippet for this article:
https://colonelroyce.com/genai-dont-care/
https://colonelroyce.com/genai-dont-care/
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GenAI: top choice for people who don’t care
In many cases, using genAI is just another way of saying 'I don't really care about you. Not that much'.
Now that we have whopping two apps to exclusively host meaningless AI slop — built by utterly deranged people for other insanely stupid and batshit crazy people — can we finally ban it everywhere else?
I can’t imagine a single sane person (minors and elderly, who by definition have less control over what they watch/read/share/etc, excluded) who’ll ever use it. The idea of such an app is pure, concentrated antagonism toward technology, progress, humanity, society, and life itself. Yet, in just a couple of days, two independent parties released fucking two apps. That’s already two more than anyone would ever need.
If you've ever wondered what's wrong with the current state of the tech industry, this is it.
I can’t imagine a single sane person (minors and elderly, who by definition have less control over what they watch/read/share/etc, excluded) who’ll ever use it. The idea of such an app is pure, concentrated antagonism toward technology, progress, humanity, society, and life itself. Yet, in just a couple of days, two independent parties released fucking two apps. That’s already two more than anyone would ever need.
If you've ever wondered what's wrong with the current state of the tech industry, this is it.
Two years. Unbelievable.
I'm glad they are finally back. It's a tragedy that it took so long, and that many more didn't make it — either on the day of the attack or later.
I still remember every bit of it clearly. All of it, raw uncensored field evidence. The feeling that in several hours some group may reach your home. Disorder. Human suffering. People not knowing the fate of their loved ones, relatives, and friends. Silence — informational and literal
— broken only by air raid sirens, and videos of terrorists shooting, torturing, killing, raping, capturing hostages.
Nevertheless, עם ישראל חי
I'm glad they are finally back. It's a tragedy that it took so long, and that many more didn't make it — either on the day of the attack or later.
I still remember every bit of it clearly. All of it, raw uncensored field evidence. The feeling that in several hours some group may reach your home. Disorder. Human suffering. People not knowing the fate of their loved ones, relatives, and friends. Silence — informational and literal
— broken only by air raid sirens, and videos of terrorists shooting, torturing, killing, raping, capturing hostages.
Nevertheless, עם ישראל חי
Happy NY! My 2026 is going to be violent violet hehe
May there be less dictatorship and anti-freedom of any kind (there’ll probably be not), fewer insane and stupid people (totally ain’t gonna happen), more progress that benefits everyone (will happen but the scale is arguable), and more rock & roll kind of shit (practically guaranteed).
Inland Empire: It is not said, but it’s known that the glass of wine can talk. It has a story, and the story is yet to be told. Just needs a bit of gentle handling. What does it have to say? How does it connect to other thoughts of yours — and all of humanity?
Drama: There it stood, motionless and voiceless. Why doesn’t it speak to you? How did you wrong it for this to happen? Or is it the World that did something? Either way, you have to act.
Authority: What do you mean I did? Oh, forget it. It doesn’t matter. We have some work to be done, and we’ll do it. Others can just watch and soak in the proper way of dealing with an officer.
Live long and prosper, may the force be with you, y’know, all that. Let your 2026 be cool and hobocop-ish (or superstarcop-ish hehe)
May there be less dictatorship and anti-freedom of any kind (there’ll probably be not), fewer insane and stupid people (totally ain’t gonna happen), more progress that benefits everyone (will happen but the scale is arguable), and more rock & roll kind of shit (practically guaranteed).
Inland Empire: It is not said, but it’s known that the glass of wine can talk. It has a story, and the story is yet to be told. Just needs a bit of gentle handling. What does it have to say? How does it connect to other thoughts of yours — and all of humanity?
Drama: There it stood, motionless and voiceless. Why doesn’t it speak to you? How did you wrong it for this to happen? Or is it the World that did something? Either way, you have to act.
Authority: What do you mean I did? Oh, forget it. It doesn’t matter. We have some work to be done, and we’ll do it. Others can just watch and soak in the proper way of dealing with an officer.
Live long and prosper, may the force be with you, y’know, all that. Let your 2026 be cool and hobocop-ish (or superstarcop-ish hehe)
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Happy NY! My 2026 is going to be violent violet hehe May there be less dictatorship and anti-freedom of any kind (there’ll probably be not), fewer insane and stupid people (totally ain’t gonna happen), more progress that benefits everyone (will happen but…
Yeah, we’re only three days into 2026 and some big crazy shit is already happening. Wasn’t I right lol?