Preparing to share my bookmark backlog on the blog
Looking for recommendations on good bookmark managers, as I plan to start sharing what I have in my read it later pile on the blog.
Town squares, backyards, better metaphors, and decentralised networks
I continue to think about decentralized networks. And I'm wondering, among other things, if we need squares or courtyards, and why good metaphors play a role in wise decisions.
Decentralized is more important than being decentralizable
“Why did you choose Mastodon and not Bluesky?” This is my answer to that question. It begins with a law from the turn of the millennium that was initially described as a failure, takes a path through domain names I've owned for nearly three decades, a need to test the winds, and ultimately lands on the fact that right now, I prioritize “decentralized” over “decentralizable” as a matter of principle.
Three apps that bring your feeds together in one place
Being an internet user means constantly jumping between different services and websites to check what's new. But there are alternatives. Tapestry, Reeder, and Surf are three apps that let you gather much of the content you're interested in—all in one place.
Media monitoring with LLM assistance
Language models make it possible to approach media monitoring in a new way. Instead of keyword searches that try to filter out what I might be interested in, the job is handled by a language model that “assesses the news value” of my most important feeds — based on a prompt where I describe both myself and my interests.
Condensing The Iceberg
What we need isn't algorithmic-free feeds. We need access to the nuts and bolts so that we can tune the feeds, i.e 'condense the iceberg', in ways that makes sense to us.
Preparing your Instagram export for Pixelfed import
I my social feeds I see questions on stalled Instagram imports when trying to move images to Pixelfed. I struggled with this a few months ago, and found a solution (at least for the particular problem I had): Pixelfed doesn’t like caption-less posts.
Blog question challenge 2025
Blogging. Why do I do it, how, history? Let’s dive in.
Additional Thoughts from Simon Willison's 2024 Review
Simon Willison's summary of AI developments in 2024 makes for compelling reading – as I have previously shared on my blog. Upon reviewing it again and processing my own notes, I thought I would share some additional thoughts here.
If you are short on time, this is the AI summary of 2024 to read
If you only have time for one summary of what happened in AI during 2024, Simon Willison's is the one to read.
My Top Newsletter Picks Right Now
In a Slack thread at work, we started sharing newsletter recommendations. These are mine.
We need to refine our discourse on Artificial Intelligence
Artificial intelligence is an incredibly expansive concept. It encompasses a plethora of technological innovations and ways to utilize them. If we're to find the right way to use this tech, we need to sharpen our conversations about AI. Only then can we apply it correctly and for the right purposes.
Finite feeds and friendly friction
How a little road bump in your iPhone nudges you to make more deliberate decisions on where you spend your time.
Social media, algorithms, user control, and server costs
What I want is better control over the algorithms, both on a general level and also access to some settings to fine-tune how they perform.