Going with the reflow: building my own oven for Level One Manufacturing
A while back I read an interesting article that placed hobbyists making things (Level 1 – 1-100 units) on the same axis as big manufactures (Level 3 ̵...
Author: charlie
Read this on the rise and fall of Google Search
For two decades, Google Search was the invisible force that determined the ebb and flow of online content. Now, for the first time, its cultural relevance is in...
Is the future of the web the past?
Elizabeth Lopato has been on a roll. I feel she’s been the Prophetess of Web 3.0. She’s written a series of great articles on “the decay of Go...
Will adding AI to note-taking apps make us better thinkers?
Casey Newton from The Verge has an interesting ‘state of note-taking apps’ article. Prompted by the arrival of generative AI, he looks back at his u...
Galt’s Gulch? Freeside? The Raft? AKA: Rich people fleeing
Update below (04sep23) This article got me thinking of Galt’s Gulch in Rand’s Atlas Shrugged, or Freeside in Gibson’s Neuromancer: places the ...
Does the generation of AI have to be so grim?
How many humans does it take to make tech seem human? Millions. Source: Inside the AI Factory: the humans that make tech seem human – The Verge Back in 20...
I see so much of my own past in how Google Reader died
Great article looking back at the growth and termination of Google Reader. Google Reader was supposed to be much more than a tool for nerds. But it never got th...
Social media’s end: a long decline seems so sudden
Maybe we should all embrace the downfall of social networks, and maybe my (and our) need for a global water cooler is just a vestigial feeling we’ll all be rid ...
Work in progress: Life from light
I try to only post after I’ve completed a project, but this one has so many pieces (and is not done yet) that I wanted to already post some interesting th...
Project: “My heart beats for you”
I was inspired by this clever little Valentine’s Day card from the delightfully creative Charlyn (left), made with a wee Trinket M0 (a fave of mine), Neop...