OMG, what’s with stocks apps on mobile phones?
My memories of the days when mobiles were starting to become a thing and everyone was snapping up some sort of PalmPilot or PDA, one prominent app that was offe...
Category: The Narrative
Did SEO experts ruin the internet or did Google? – The Verge
Just wanted to say: this is a really good article. The article is a great snapshot of where we are in SEO, with insights from the start many decades a go. Great...
Frak you, ChatGPT – good writing is still good writing
Humans are really good at coming up with better ways to create things. And humans are also very good at pointing to anything new as the end of the world as they...
Mosaic of things that draw life from light: finishing a project
Back in May, I mentioned a project that I was working on, inspired from a line in a book, leading me to hack solar deck lights. I just want to say that I finall...
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...