What Would “Good” AI Look Like? We're a few years into the tech industry's AI hype cycle, and it's all been characterized by far more heat than light. The assertions by the people making the...
"VC qanon" and the radicalization of the tech tycoons Today, in the New York Times, Paul Krugman shares a key insight that his headline editor summarizes as The Rich Are Crazier Than You and Me . While this is tr...
Web 0.0 I moved back to New York City at the end of last year because of my wife’s work , and despite my love for my coworkers and the work they do. But the decisio...
What I do for a living One of the most common questions I get from people who know about Six Apart is “What the hell do you actually do there?” These days, that question’s easier...
Bonus Features: The House of Links I tend to like the extra features on most DVDs more than the main feature. With that in mind, here’s a look at the links that made up today’s post which was a...
What it's like at Web 2.0 A couple years ago, when I was on the other side of the continent from all the Silicon Valley/San Francisco events, I wanted to know what it was like to attend...
Adding davenet I updated my Quick Links up above today, removing the Silicon Valley weblog from the Merc and adding in DaveNet , which is one of those ancient Intern...