Record Store Daze
John Semley writes for Defector about the drawbacks of Record Store Day. He hones in on the problem of quantity over quality that has grown in the last few years. Take this year’s slate. From a modest collection of 10 specially pressed singles, Record Store Day’s annual catalog
Record Store Daze
John Semley writes for Defector about the drawbacks of Record Store Day. He hones in on the problem of quantity over quality that has grown in the last few years. Take this year’s slate. From a modest collection of 10 specially pressed singles, Record Store Day’s annual catalog
Flow
On animals and companionship.
Matter Refounded and Rebounded
I love the read-it-later tool Matter, but it seems like it's no longer an active project getting updates. The Matter Obsidian plugin makes my startup time somewhere from 30-60 seconds and it hasn't been touched in 2 years. Readwise, meanwhile, just updated their plugin this week.
Bandcamp Friday
Bandcamp just held another one of their “Bandcamp Fridays,” during which the company waves its share of the revenue from the music and merch sold on the site, allowing the artists to capture more of the proceeds. The monthly event has been a huge success and many record labels and
Snow Patrol
We are going through a very hard time, but I guess the question I would ask is, is it really the world coming to an end? Or are we catastrophizing? There’s no decade in history except maybe the 1990s, I would like to go back to. I really like
Snow Patrol
We are going through a very hard time, but I guess the question I would ask is, is it really the world coming to an end? Or are we catastrophizing? There’s no decade in history except maybe the 1990s, I would like to go back to. I really like
Hey Hey Hey, Goodbye
Though I love the service, I have canceled my HEY email account. I’m not happy about it, but I am pretty sure it’s the right thing to do. The founders have been saying things I’ve been critical of for some time, but it has reached the point
Trusting Agentic AI
Manton Reece commenting on Nick Heer from Pixel Envy expressing his distrust for agentic AI. I also don’t trust AI for this. And yet, in 1995 a lot of people didn’t trust entering credit cards on the web. I’m open to the possibility that in 10 years,
Trusting Agentic AI
Manton Reece commenting on Nick Heer from Pixel Envy expressing his distrust for agentic AI. I also don’t trust AI for this. And yet, in 1995 a lot of people didn’t trust entering credit cards on the web. I’m open to the possibility that in 10 years,