The AI trap has closed around Apple. Don’t be next. Paid Members Public
Apple tried to make AI a personal answer engine. It failed. It's a warning to all businesses.
The humour and morality void at the heart of Meta Paid Members Public
A new book is confirming every dark suspicion we had about Facebook
The federated One Man & His Blog Paid Members Public
If you haven't heard of ActivityPub yet, now might be the time to start paying attention
AI: Take a guess Paid Members Public
LLMs are, in essence, guessing machines. They work by determining what’s probably the answer. And that means they’re great for ideas — and terrible for facts.
Media mutatis Paid Members Public
A new season of OM&HB is coming your way. And this might be the most interesting time to be writing about media in the two decades I've been posting here.
Audience Strategy: further reading (listening?) Paid Members Public
More bonus links for my students, with a distinct MAGA world theme…
We are become meme Paid Members Public
Internet culture has infected and mutated mainstream culture — and the shitposters have the reins of power. Meme journalism used to be a joke. Now it's a necessity.
Caught between a Musk and a hard place Paid Members Public
Following the diktats of the MemeMan gets much harder under the harsh eye of parliamentary scrutiny.
