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Collection of writings that go back to 2006. The links are what I am reading now, with a note on why I'm sharing it. Email is mike@ or reach me on Linkedin.
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Simon has written more sensibly about link blogging than anyone, and his data model is what mine is based on.
It pays to be nice
In today's Superhuman post, which is a #mustread for me every day, they point to a meme made by Albertooz in the ChatGPT subreddit that reminded me of this post I wrote called Why AI Might Fear Us way back in 2016. I know it burns tokens, but I just got to think it is…
Continue reading →I've Got The Fire Of Hell In My Eyes– And It's ChatGPT
"— says the song 'in the style of Nick Cave', and that's kind of true. I have got the fire of hell in my eyes – and it's ChatGPT." Nick Cave from The Red Hand Files
Continue reading →Dreams
While I'm waiting for my old camera to be fixed, I'm using a FujiFilm X-T30 to take some photos and get back in the swing of using a camera. One of the tips I picked up this week was to take pictures using a digital camera's automated settings and see what ISO, Aperture, and shutter…
Continue reading →Photography School and Tools
Since I've decided to get back into photography this year, I picked up where I left off by brushing off my Minolta SRT-201 that I used in college for my photojournalism classes. Even when I got it in college, it was already "old", so now it's a freaking antique. Having been an early adopter of…
Continue reading →A New Year For Old Loves
The 1993 Univerty of Tennessee Advanced Photojournalism class. From left: Sarah Huff, Jason Gregory, Ruth Ware, Trevor Patteson, Karen Dyer, Professor Rob Heller, Shawnaa Pate, David McAree, Mike Whalen, Kellie Carter, Bruce Bracken, Tessa Beach, and me! (not pictured are Laura Weigel and Robert Anderson).
Continue reading →Town Squares
If Twitter is a "town square", then the last month has been like a western movie where some bad guy and his band of hoods rode into Twitter Town, bought it and the locals freaked the f&%k out. Many of us have fled to the dense woods of Mastodon or opted for the [sparsely regulated…
Continue reading →How Bad Is Your Spotify?
Turns out mine is bad. I'm also uncool and old. More on that in a bit. Let me tell you how I found out…
Continue reading →On Grinding
Judas Priest…grinding it out since 1969.
Continue reading →It's Not A Two Horse Race For Voice Assistants And Chatbots Aren't Dying
Our early virtual assistants are kind of janky. That's okay!
Continue reading →The Best of Everything
So many people have written great posts or tweets about Tom Petty and their favorite Tom Petty moments. I've loved reading how Tom Petty moved them or was a part of their life. Thought it might feel good to share a few of my own.
Continue reading →Announcing Tasted!
Regan Burns Cafiso, our Head of Content Strategy, doing a demo of Tasted
Continue reading →Why AI Might Fear Us
Illustration by Renan Cakirerk
Continue reading →The Tiniest of Ideas
Continue reading →You Forgot It In People
Record Store Day reminded me that buying music is more fun with people involved.
Continue reading →Let's retire RSS when they retire Google Reader
Originally published on Pandodaily on April 29, 2013
Continue reading →Trending: The Touch Era of Acquisitions Begins
Originally published on Pandodaily on July 22, 2012
Continue reading →Selling Out
*Originally published on Signal vs. Noise on January 21st, 2006*
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