Author: mt
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Why AI Might Fear Us
Illustration by Renan Cakirerk I chuckle every time I see an article on AI article saying “We may be on the verge of creating a new life form, one that could mark not only an evolutionary breakthrough, but a potential threat to our survival as a species!” Not because it’s not possible that we would create…
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the tiniest of ideas
I watched Nick Cave’s biopic “20,000 Days on Earth” this weekend. The subplot that holds this documentary together is the creative process and what drives Cave to still create songs into his 50’s. The final scene’s soliloquy struck me as the best advice you could give a an entrepreneur or artist who is wavering on…
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You Forgot It In People
Record Store Day reminded me that buying music is more fun with people involved. Broken Social Scene’s “You Forgot It In People”album whose title I lifted for this post. It’s been a little over a week since the music geek holiday of Record Store Day has passed. For those who don’t know, this holiday consists of…
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Let’s retire RSS when they retire Google Reader
Originally published on Pandodaily on April 29, 2013 It’s been over a month since Google announced it would shut down Reader on July 1. Over that time, I’ve come to realize how unnecessary and outdated RSS and RSS readers are today. Like a Palm Pilot, this 90’s technology is no longer the most effective way…
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Trending: The Touch Era of Acquisitions Begins
Originally published on Pandodaily on July 22, 2012 Does anyone else find it interesting that two of our most engineering-centric technology companies just bought an email client and a news reader last week? I mean, aren’t Google and Facebook just stuffed with engineers who could jam these products out in their sleep? Don’t get me…
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Selling Out
Originally published on Signal vs. Noise on January 21st, 2006 Jason’s earlier post on “Building to Flip…” got me thinking about some of the emails and calls I get on a regular basis from people ready to flip their flop. These offers seem to be eerily familiar lately, with something like: “Since launching our site…