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thegreenwebfoundation.org/publications/report-ai-environmental-impact/
A solid detailed in-depth report.
The sheer amount of resources needed to support the current and forecast demand from AI is colossal and unprecedented.
Tuesday session
If you gaze for long into an infinite canvas, the infinite canvas gazes also into you.
Sunday session
Today I am the man in seat 61 on the Eurostar from Paris to London.
Circles
Checked in at La Corde à Linge. Spätzle
Checked in at Royal 26. Pairing a good book with a glass of Pinot Gris
Angels in the architecture
Strolling around Strasbourg
Checked in at Chez Yvonne. Choucroute garní — with Jessica
Reading Ariadne by Jennifer Saint.
Going to Strasbourg. brb
trysmudford.com/blog/i-spent-a-day-making-the-website-go-2ms-faster/
Picture me holding Trys back and telling him, “Leave it alone, mate, it’s not worth it!”
Monday session
If you only write when you’re sure you’ll produce brilliance, you’ll never write.
Comparing web components to React is like comparing a good bicycle with a cybertruck.
They do very different things, and they’re used by different people with very, very different mindsets.
This project, based on OpenStreetMap, looks great:
OpenFreeMap lets you display custom maps on your website and apps for free.
You can either self-host or use our public instance.
I’m going to try it out on The Session once there’s documentation for using this with Leaflet.
This special in-depth edition of Quanta is fascinating and very nicely put together.
gov.uk/service-manual/technology/using-progressive-enhancement
Oh, how I wish that every team building for the web would use this sensible approach!
Sunday session
Websites have always been tiny mutinies, perfectly designed for rebellion!
— Robin Rendle, Coming home
This rhymes nicely with Mandy’s recent piece on POSSE:
Despite its challenges, POSSE is extremely empowering for those of us who wish to cultivate our own corners of the web outside of the walled gardens of the major tech platforms, without necessarily eschewing them entirely. I can maintain a presence on the platforms I enjoy and the connections I value with the people there, while still retaining primary control over the things that I write and freedom from those platforms’ limitations.
Every problem at every company I’ve ever worked at eventually boils down to “please dear god can we just hire people who know how to write HTML and CSS.”
Wow! Grace Hopper has always been a hero to me, but I had no idea she was such a fantastic presenter. She’s completely engaging, with the timing and deadpan delivery of a stand-up comedian at times.
This is how I write:
As an online writer, my philosophy is link maximalism; links add another layer to my writing, whether I’m linking to an expansion of a particular idea or another person’s take, providing evidence or citation, or making a joke by juxtaposing text and target. Links reveal personality as much as the text. Linking allows us to stretch our ideas, embedding complexity, acknowledging ambiguity, holding contradictions.
While one of the reasons oft declared for using POSSE is the ability to own your content, I’m less interested in ownership than I am in context. Writing on my own site has very different affordances: I’m not typing into a little box, but writing in a text file. I’m not surrounded by other people’s thinking, but located within my own body of work. As I played with setting this up, I could immediately feel how that would change the kinds of things I would say, and it felt good. Really good. Like putting on a favorite t-shirt, or coming home to my solid, quiet house after a long time away.
Mandy’s writing positively soars and sings in this beautiful piece!
Wednesday session