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Frustrated with multiple rejections from Apple holding up Inkwell 1.0 for iOS, I’m switching gears to work on Epilogue. There are several little improvements that I can ship this week.

Imagine you were putting up a skyscraper in Manhattan. I lived in an area of the city, called Billionaire's Row, for nine years where I saw quite a few huge buildings go up from my living room window on the 50th floor. Now imagine you used a different plumbing system in every apartment, over 140 stories, with up to 15 residences per story. Different wiring. All the rooms are different shapes. How could you maintain such a building? I think ChatGPT might be able to do it but no human could. We need patterns to allow us to understand big things.

What you don't hear about AI is that it doesn't know how human minds work, what our limits are, what we can do that they can't. It has no memory. This was hard to believe, but you have to tell it to keep things in some kind of memory, usually a Markdown file, then tell it to...

What you don't hear about AI is that it doesn't know how human minds work, what our limits are, what we can do that they can't. It has no memory. This was hard to believe, but you have to tell it to keep things in some kind of memory, and then remember to tell it to read it. ...

Bluesky is having trouble keeping their network running. As a developer I empathize. As a user, it's beginning to be a problem. I am using it the way I used to use Twitter, taking notes for future blog posts, sharing a few linkblog feeds, DMing with people I work with, and want/need to keep going. I know about its lock-in problems, but at this time there's no open alternative that has the same collection of users who are easy enough to find. So if it stays unreliable I have to think about what to do about that. Every time I get a 403 Forbidden, I stop and think if this is the time to write a post? This was the time.

Watched: Crime 101. I liked this. Has a little bit of the same vibe as Heat, almost. The name doesn’t fit… Didn’t get what they were going for with the “101” until after watching it. 📺

Knicks won in a blowout. As disturbing as Thursday's game was, today we are feeling no pain. Go Knicks! ;-)

Some innovations create a new future that serves people better. Some sustain the status quo. It's time to think more radically.

Without investment in people, processes, and working conditions, AI becomes merely "a technological smoke screen for deeper institutional decline."

One of the most important pieces of AI commentary: "software brain" is important to understand if we want to get through this era with our humanity intact.

I wrote about Jeopardy, Firefox, Matt, Silicon Valley and the writer's web in a long comment on Doc's blog. Here's a quote. "What we really need is interop. If the source is free that’s great. But right now we have silos everywhere and I want WordPress, perhaps along with Firefox to help us boot up the writer's web."

Taytos with Jack at Cork airport

I know people joke about everyone in Ireland knowing everyone else, but I just got off the plane in Cork and the customs officer is my cousin.

Going to Cork. brb

Big sigh a relief from Spurs fans tonight. Whew. This team is well coached. Love seeing Dylan Harper show up just when he’s needed. Steph Castle great too. 🏀

If the announcers say that Wemby is out one more time I’m going to lose my mind. Yes, we know! 🏀

Tonight UT is remembering staff and faculty who have passed away by darkening the tower except for two rings of lights near the top. We sat for a while and listened to the bells.

Acquired via thrift on April 10, 2026. It finally fills my itch to have an italic typeface for use in personal correspondence. It’s in spectacular starting condition though a bit gamey, but this should clean up nicely. It immediately needed a bit of forming on the carriage lock and a new ribbon, but it’s generally … Continue reading

Caught up with a friend I’ve known for over 30 years, for the first time in 5 years. The 4 hours we spent together flew by in a matter of minutes.