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...
Category: The Narrative
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 ...
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...
This call to bring back blogging got me reminiscing
Twitter is creaking. Social media seems less fun than ever. Maybe it’s time to get a little more personal. Source: Bring back personal blogging – The Verg...
It’s time we hack the shit out of this virus
The subvariant, known as XBB, accounted for about 52.6% of all cases in New England during the period of time between Dec. 18 and Dec. 24, according to CDC data...
Jammin’ to the venture beat. And my first patent thrown in for good measure.
Back at the end of 2002, if I recall correctly, Nokia set up an internal Venture Challenge – a challenge to have folks submit ideas, find some promising o...