Dani Barca ⛵️

@danibarca
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Studying games. Doing games. Playing games. Hi from Barcelona
Dani Barca ⛵️Feb 17

BTW I’m writing in Spanish too, now

I started writing in English because this language was a large part of my life, I wanted to improve my writing and I liked the idea of being seen as someone who communicates in English. I have a feeling that lots of people reach my blog through my LinkedIn profile, so it's also a bit of a competitive advantage in Spain, where most people have big difficulties to speak English.

http://danibarca.com/2026/02/17/btw-im-writing-in-spanish-too-now/

BTW I’m writing in Spanish too, now

I started writing in English because this language was a large part of my life, I wanted to improve my writing and I liked the idea of being seen as someone who communicates in English. I have a fe…

Daniel Barca
Dani Barca ⛵️Feb 16

No compres para cumplir objetivos

En la vorágine consumista en la que nos encontramos, es muy habitual que se nos presenten productos o servicios como una solución a una carencia personal. Nos autoexigimos: no conseguimos leer un libro por semana, o entrenar 4 veces por semana, o estudiar tanto como deberíamos, tomar notas, escribir un diario, llevar una dieta equilibrada... Para todas estas cosas el mercado nos promete soluciones rápidas y efectivas.

http://danibarca.com/2026/02/16/no-compres-para-cumplir-objetivos/

No compres para cumplir objetivos

En la vorágine consumista en la que nos encontramos, es muy habitual que se nos presenten productos o servicios como una solución a una carencia personal. Nos autoexigimos: no conseguimos leer un l…

Daniel Barca
Show threadDani Barca ⛵️Jan 30
@dank @grumpygamer @claudius as I said they are massively different technologies so comparing them has its limits. I wasn’t trying to draw an absolute parallel between them, my point is that every tech sucks when it’s in development. Also I didn’t mean millions at any given time, but Steam is not representative of VR usage.
Show threadDani Barca ⛵️Jan 30
@dank @grumpygamer @claudius oh, I’m so sorry I had to make you repeat yourself. Touchscreens are not useful per se, everything that can be done with one, can be done with a mouse too. VR is at least as useful as a touchscreen but there’s a big entry barrier as it requires the commitment of wearing a big device that blocks your view. Screens are a lot more accessible as of today but that doesn’t make them more useful.
Show threadDani Barca ⛵️Jan 30
@dank @grumpygamer @claudius I think it is short sighted to dismiss a tech that hasn’t fulfilled its potential, just because a few mega corporations have been bullshitting a bit too much with it.
Show threadDani Barca ⛵️Jan 29
@dank @grumpygamer @claudius and millions of people use VR as of today. VR is a massively more complex tech than touchscreens. Only in the last decade we started having the compute power and capabilities to make them minimally usable. We haven’t yet seen any version of VR that provides a good user experience. No matter how long VR has been around, it is today what touchscreens were in the 90s: disappointing, not quite there, but with potential.
Dani Barca ⛵️Jan 29
@[email protected] @thomasfuchs I try different browsers but after getting used to Arc there’s just no going back. Zen is the only alternative out there. It’s improved a ton in the past couple months.
Show threadDani Barca ⛵️Jan 29
@the5thColumnist @grumpygamer @claudius touchscreens is how people want to interface with their devices nowadays (like it or not).
Show threadDani Barca ⛵️Jan 29
@the5thColumnist @grumpygamer @claudius if you say so
Show threadDani Barca ⛵️Jan 29
@grumpygamer @claudius describing VR on those terms is like saying "touchscreens suck, they're dead" after trying out a 90s PDA. There's tons of potential on VR, it's just not ready.