Author Archives: Artur@Piszek.com

Engineer, Psychologist, Productivity explorer. Both Software Engineer and Psychologist by education, I try to bridge the gap between those worlds by creating human-centric applications and use behavioral psychology principles to design ‘smart’ software.

2022 – A year of coming to terms with mediocrity

In 2022 I feel like I have finally accepted a middle-class life. It’s pretty great.

Posted byArtur@Piszek.comJanuary 9, 2023January 9, 2023Posted inNewsletter, TravelTags:2022, 2023, AI, RV, Year Review1 Comment on 2022 – A year of coming to terms with mediocrity

Work of Art in the age of mechanical reproduction

Is AI art “Art”? In my quest for answers, I dug up 1935 essay titled “Work of Art in the age of mechanical reproduction”

Posted byArtur@Piszek.comDecember 12, 2022December 12, 2022Posted inNewsletter, Tech & Psychology, WordPressTags:AI, Dalle, Midjourney, Stable Diffusion, WordpressLeave a comment on Work of Art in the age of mechanical reproduction

It is ok to be ordinary

You don’t have to be ordinary to be enough. And also – what are you most interested in at the moment and what is your favorite cheese?

Posted byArtur@Piszek.comNovember 28, 2022November 28, 2022Posted inNewsletter, Staying SaneTags:Happiness, Innovation, Long Now, Nasim Taleb, Premium Mediocre, Taleb, TreesLeave a comment on It is ok to be ordinary

Boring Innovation

Real progress is boring, unsexy and incremental. It’s time for some boring innovation.

Posted byArtur@Piszek.comNovember 21, 2022November 21, 2022Posted inNewsletter, Tech & PsychologyTags:Boring Innovation, Composability, Innovation, Romantic ScienceLeave a comment on Boring Innovation

Great career advice

In the 80th issue of my newsletter I share great Career advice gathered from around the web.

Posted byArtur@Piszek.comNovember 14, 2022November 14, 2022Posted inAutomattic, Career, Newsletter, Online Commerce, Remote WorkTags:DreamJob, Economy, Job search, Remote Work, StripeLeave a comment on Great career advice

Artificial Vanity for the masses

In the 79 issue of my Newsletter I talk about AI avatars, where AI is going and how to get yourself a kickass stylized portrait.

Posted byArtur@Piszek.comNovember 7, 2022November 7, 2022Posted inNewsletterTags:AI, Dalle, gpt-3, Midjourney, Stable Diffusion1 Comment on Artificial Vanity for the masses

Discussing Elon is tedious now

At this point, discussing Elon becomes counterproductive: It becomes a tangled mess of opinions about a broad area of topics that really have little to do with the man himself.