I Lost My Apple Watch To A Volcano. I Am Not Sure If I'll Buy A Replacement.
Living without an Apple Watch for two months has caused me to have second thoughts about buying a new one due to Apple's software and business practices.…
Happy 18th Anniversary, Serenity
It may seem silly to celebrate the anniversary of my first Mac purchase. But without that machine which I unboxed 18 years ago today, I would not have built the indie game that launched my crazy career where I was in the right place at the right time many times.…
Kevin Kelly on why current AI should be thought of as an alien intelligence
In an interview with Russ Roberts on EconTalk, author and futurist Kevin Kelly convincingly suggests that we should treat AIs like Midjourney and ChatGPT as alien intelligences (in a non-spooky way).…
A Three Point Mastodon Guide for the Technologically Un-inclined
If you're curious or confused by all the hype about the Twitter-like social network called Mastodon, but all the jargon and tech lingo are giving you cold feet about trying it out, this three-point guide is all you need to get started. Just like you don't…
"Nonprofit social media enables healthier design"
Scott Feeney on his blog post, "Four Twitter Features Mastodon Is Better For Not Having" points out several negative aspects of Twitter's design that the Twitter-like Mastodon does not have: If you’ve gotten in an intense argument on Twitter, you might dread this “So-and-so liked…
Twitter, Mastodon and the Trust Thermocline
Every five to ten years, a popular social network gets hit with a crisis. Twitter's current Musk-y crisis feels precipitously different than its previous ones.…
