I started listening to 99pi’s series on The Powerbroker about Robert Moses while sitting in a park in Manhattan. I left NYC the next day but I am still many hours into the podcast series because it is so good! So many lessons on leadership and community building (mostly what not to do 😅)
The 1982 Put-That-There demo by the Architecture Machine Group at MIT as an example of intent-based computer interaction.
From @genmon.org’s post on AI interfaces
Would love to buy a Neverpost shirt (I like the cleaver one because I am a fan of split keyboards 🙃) but it is USD$26 to ship to Canada making the total CAD$77 (plus I will get dinged for import fees). Sad. But just because I can’t buy one doesn’t mean you shouldn’t! Support @neverpo.st!
There and back again
From today’s iOS Memories… I miss this big guy!
#ikijima
Finished Stone and Sky by Ben Aaronovitch 📚
Good episode. Nice to have Kobna back in my ears. And Abigail! The two first-person characters, not to mention the rest of the fam getting involved, was well-handled, especially in a new setting. More: www.goodreads.com/review/sh…
Amazing track from Jesse 📿
Excellent issue of IXP this week re Euro digital sovereignty showing the level of dependency (92% of Euro data sits in US clouds), the problem of lack of political will and “The Buy European Trap”. Lots of lessons! (Also some great links at the bottom including to #ProtocolsForPublishers 😉)
Travelogue by bullet point
When thinking about “sovereign” AI consider the difference between digital sovereignty and digital nationalism. Take the Swiss model vs the Korean. Listen to @ceciliarikap.bsky.social and think about our approach in Canada as we pursue #publicAI.
Started listening to Stone and Sky by Ben Aaronovitch 📚 on the plane back from New York. Kobna Holdbrook-Smith is so great on audio!
16 days in Quebec. Just 4 days home before going to Kelowna flr a couple days for a baby shower. Then a week in New York. Now I am home… and have no more travel booked until I go to the monastery on retreat at the end of September. Feels good to be home! 😎 🏡
Thanks New York 🗽 Won’t forget you.
Final night in New York. Had a lovely meal and am now just hanging out in Madison Square Park watching the people and listening to a podcast about Robert Caro’s book about Robert Moses.
“Control the means of inference”
— @wang.social at #ATProto_NYC
After working the morning @betaworks.com I had a lobster roll in Chelsea Market like a real New York tourist and now heading to Hex House in Brooklyn for #ATProto_NYC
Coming down from #ProtocolsForPublishers. Lots of processing to do. Was great to meet people like @ivansigal.bsky.social | @ivansigal@social.coop and @werd.io | @ben@werd.social in person. @julietshen.bsky.social is a star 🤩 There were many more! Writing up reflections now…
Currently @betaworks.com in NYC ahead of #ProtocolsForPublishers. Tomorrow night a BUNCH of cool people will be in here to talk about how we can ensure both the distribution AND the app layer of the web can remain open using #openProtocols for #ai and #opensocial
I was a bit nervous trying to sleep last night before coming to the US, so I started Living Theravada by Brooke Schedneck 📚 #Buddhism
All packed and ready for flying to NYC early tomorrow morning. Excited to meet old friends and make new ones at #ProtocolsForPublishers and #ATProto_NYC