Sean penned a nice love letter to LA.
Sean penned a nice love letter to LA.
I grabbed a domain because of course I did and just moved the resources I’ve been collecting to a single page that’s easy to read easy to share. You can also contribute to the repo, if that’s your thing.
One of the things that continues to make me furiously angry, sometimes rageful, is how difficult it is to find high-quality, factual information during a disaster. The fact that Twitter, of all places, has been the place I have spent the most time, should say something. It’s absolutely infuriating.
If you live in Southern California, you’ve probably downloaded Watch Duty sometime in the last week, if you didn’t already have it on your phone. Watch Duty has been extremely helpful. John Clarke Mills, their CEO and co-founder, has been interviewed quite a bit over the last week, and with good reason. I saw an interview with The Hollywood Reporter this morning and absolutely loved his answer to the question of selling Watch Duty.
The Palisades Fire is raging. So scary.
Politico got 15 futurists, foreign policy analysts and other prognosticators to provide some potential scenarios for 2025. What’s on your bingo card?
I thoroughly enjoyed Tim Carmody’s take on HTML.
Sure would be cool to live in Andy’s old place on Lex. Wow.
I love this illustration from Qian Qian, who just joined Warpcast. HNY. It’s gonna be a doozy.
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This was a good rallying cry.
Flighty continues to be an essential app if you take more than a few flights per year. I didn’t travel internationally this year and I took just a few fewer flights than I did last year.
If you read a wrap-up about AI in 2024, make sure it’s Simon’s. It’s comprehensive and he continues to be the best person to follow if you want to stay up on all things AI.
It’s white out.
Poor Ozzie has had a significant fever (103) for the last couple of days, so I took him to an urgent care, where they tested him for Influenza and Strep, both of which were possibilities. My money was on Influenza and I was correct. He tested positive for Influenza A. He has been largely isolated in his bedroom, but I’m sure all of us are exposed.
I’m starting a course of antivirals, assuming that it might save me from getting it or, if I do get it, it won’t be that bad. I unfortunately never got around to getting the flu vaccine this year.
A few shots from our flight to Colorado for the Bezos wedding.
Remember the good ole days when we thought the Internet was forever? Who says the Internet doesn’t forget?
Surf is centered on human curation, authentic connection, and a rejection of the interruption-driven media models we’ve endured for far too long. Just as vinyl records pushed back against a generation of digitized, algorithm-driven music, Surf is a retro reimagination of our algorithm-fueled, advertising-driven information economy.
Bring it on. I don’t know if this is for me, but I really like that is exists and to Om’s point, Mike is an OG. If anyone can do this well, I bet he can.
Google released Gemini Flash 2.0 today and Simon’s post about it is worth reading. Looking forward to playing around with it.
I would have imagined that for a news topic where things are changing rapidly, a paid AI tool trying to replace Google would have more frequent updates. 12 hours is way too long for a fire.
I bought an IOT dog food dispenser, filled it with M&Ms, and made a script checks the Strava API to see if I ran a sufficient distance.
Your reminder that humans are just smart animals.
Apparently, you can make $100/hour scratching someone’s back.
Maybe I’m just overthinking it, but I don’t get what Tony Hawk has to do with Kraftwerk. I’m into it!
A former Sonos colleague recommended the Yannis & The Yaw EP, Lagos Paris London (feat. Tony Allen), on LinkedIn no less! (I know, I know…) I’ve been enjoying it this week.
How do you sit quietly in the middle of a storm? was a very good episode of Search Engine.
I just finished reading about the fact that a single mutation in bovine influenza H5N1 hemagglutinin switches specificity to human receptors. That is pretty damn concerning, to say the least. We are not prepared for this.
Man, Brian Eno’s take on generative AI is a brutal read. I got to the end and whispered, “damn” under my breath.