Tech
Not Like The Others
Nicolas Magand has a post at The Jolly Teapot about “lazy websites.” He is referencing sites that look like they were designed by AI. As recently as last summer, I added a new bookmark folder in Safari called “A.I. Slop”. It’s not a folder for articles I suspect
Natural Orchestra
My wife related to me that she was glad we use Qobuz for our music streaming service, since she had read it was one of the more ethical services in terms of artist payments. I’m happy to see ethics driving consumer decisions around what services to use. I remember,
Down With Podcasts
At this point, I tend to average 1–2 podcasts a week. I’m in hybrid work mode, which means I drive to an office on a local college campus two days out of the week and work remotely from my home office the other three days. That gives me
The Inner Cry of A.I.
Benjamin Wallace writes for the NYT (gift link) about A.I. companies such as Anthropic hiring philosophers. Beyond all the jokes about philosophy grads actually getting jobs, it's a worthwhile examination of the place of the discipline within the tech space. What struck me was the concern that
Jokes From Truth
Bluesky CEO, Tony Schneider, was interviewed by Nilay Patel on a recent episode of The Decoder podcast. I like Patel's interview style and thought he brought a good selection of questions to the conversation. After much business strategy and technical discussion, Patel asked Schneider about the common perception
Fade To Blue
Zigging with your weblog when others are zagging.
Future Shock
What does a panel of "experts" think about the future of work?
The Intelligence Is Still Artificial
The opinions on AI that you find on the internet tend to fall in the extremes of the other side. Either AI is the downfall of humanity or its savior. My thoughts on the subject, as on many others, ride in the middle of the road. In my professional life,
Your Website Is Human Made
404 Media cites a study claiming a third of new websites are IA-Generated. The study measured sites created since 2022. This is one of those findings that strikes me as hard to believe at first, and then pretty plausible. What does one do to ensure that visitors know your
Attie
I just signed up for access to Attie, a new AI-based app from Bluesky, which allows you to shape your feed on the social network using plain language. To be honest, I wasn’t that excited about the app when it was first announced. It can be hard these