Super 🙄, intelligence.

Just ordered my first Shure mic. And no, it’s not an SM57 or an SM7B, but an MV88+ to record my son’s violin concert in stereo. Let’s see how it goes … 🤞

A country that livestreams an execution has lost its sense of humanity.

The last few minutes of this fantastic interview are the answer to why AI will never make beautiful music. Ever.

https://youtu.be/PoxLLH_daKI?si=is-qT4DdTJ68gTe0&t=4016

✍️ New post: A Past Tense Word

What I took away from a wonderful Josh Homme interview. And yes, it somehow turned into a post about working on the web again …

https://matthiasott.com/notes/a-past-tense-word

I need to get my battery below 25% before I can replace the display. The best way I could think of: opening the LinkedIn app.😁

Any ideas what I could do while I’m there? Tricking people with a cliffhanger into clicking …more? Posting an AI-generated list of 7 things successful people do before 5am?

Sleazebag

Snake-oil

“sexy”

What does the S in SI *actually* stand for then? 🤔

So … it’s “SI” now? 😂
This is all so comically absurd.

https://youtu.be/-HzHFSxRcro

My iPhone 11 screen broke after all. But you know what? A replacement screen, either refurbished or by JK/NCC, is only about 30-40 €. That’s worth a try – and sounds like fun! Let’s see how long we can keep that thing alive … ♻️🤓🪛

RE: https://mas.to/@skeletor/117379005316119359

“It's pencils down, people. Writing code by hand is no longer an economically viable skill for most programmers at most companies. But the future of making software has never been brighter. Don't you dare black pill this beautiful moment!”

Twenty-five years of writing … congratulations, @adactio! What an achievement – and continued inspiration! 👏💚
https://adactio.com/journal/22781

I’m sure you’ll love that one, @webrocker! 🎸🤗

“Music isn’t about safety when it’s good.”

Rick Beato did the Josh Homme interview 🔥

https://youtu.be/-_WdwJ_4f98

AI will be the end of Tailwind.

Noooooo! I made a huge mistake. I watched a few minutes of the deranged racist‘s AI ramblings in the Ruby World keynote on YouTube – and now my feed is full of that guy … 🤪

I‘d better go watch that Cumberbatch documentary now! 🌍🌱

https://youtu.be/h3mRsvFmWi0

The new Queens of the Stone Age album (scheduled for full release on October 30) is coming together really nicely so far! 👏 For instance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAOIpDUDGX4

Thank you so much to everyone who came to my talk at @getkirby’s very first #KirbyKonf! It was a joy to share some thoughts on The Web We Make with such a welcoming audience. 🤗

Here are the slides:

https://noti.st/matthiasott/IQWsYY/the-web-we-make

Thanks again for listening, chatting, and making these two days so special. What a lovely community! 🖤

Ordentlich verkloppt. 😬 #GERGRE

Super important talk by @mrchrisadams at #kirbykonf about how to get to a fossil free Internet. 🌱🌍👏

Good morning, #kirbykonf! ☀️🤗

Aaaaaand off to @getkirby Konf! 🤗🔥🎉 #kirbykonf #kirbykonf2026

Ooohh. 🔥😁

“You bore a tunnel through the trouble, that's informative stuff
It's moving forward instead of assuming forward is up.”

https://youtu.be/wFtK8qsGRaA?is=cbaItsVUdZvcPHyp

Less than a week until I get to meet the @getkirby community at the very first #KirbyKonf! Can’t wait! 🤗🖤

Sneak peek (🤫):

Screw the narrative. Don’t believe the scare. The Web will never die. Love seeing you all sharing and publishing content on here – and on your personal sites and newsletters! 💚✊

RE: https://mastodon.social/@jimmac/117290856883202034

This has been on my mind as well. Wouldn’t it be great if the AI Wild West – especially the open-weight models – got regulated, and there were only a few very responsible, very trustworthy companies allowed to proceed working with this incredibly dangerous technology? Wouldn’t that be great for their future stock prices, too?

Couldn’t agree more to @kevinpowell here. And I’m really sorry for @geoff who is doing such great work at @csstricks. 🧡 What DigitalOcean does here not only sucks – it is also massively damaging their brand reputation in the community. Not cool! 😕👎

https://youtu.be/9_upvxCAUzM

I’d still suggest a light EQ dip around 500 Hz and a high shelf boost around 8-10 kHz to help compensate for the Royal Albert Hall’s challenging acoustics and bring the solo violin forward a bit more. 😉