AI
The AI trap has closed around Apple. Don’t be next.
Apple tried to make AI a personal answer engine. It failed. It's a warning to all businesses.
Facebook
The humour and morality void at the heart of Meta
A new book is confirming every dark suspicion we had about Facebook
fediverse
The federated One Man & His Blog
If you haven't heard of ActivityPub yet, now might be the time to start paying attention
AI: Take a guess
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
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.
podcasts
Audience Strategy: further reading (listening?)
More bonus links for my students, with a distinct MAGA world theme…
Politics
We are become meme
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.
X (Twitter)
Caught between a Musk and a hard place
Following the diktats of the MemeMan gets much harder under the harsh eye of parliamentary scrutiny.
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Your coffee reading, or the Monday linkdump
For your amusement and edification as you sip your coffee