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Building a website by feel with AI

I’m sure there are quicker ways to get up and running with a personal website. But in all the years of having my own site, this is the first time I feel like I have something that is truly mine.

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7 May 2026

Links

The Conversation

Even in Japan, robots are a long way from being fully-fledged carers – here’s why

Japan’s care robots can help with lifting and monitoring, but real care still depends on human judgement, emotion, and trust.

Open link7 May 2026

Links

Spyglass

The Age of the “Super App” — Again and Again and Again

MG Siegler argues Western “super apps” keep recurring, but bloat and complexity make them hard to sustain.

Open link3 May 2026

Links

The Curiosity Shop

What the Return-to-Office Debate Gets Wrong

Brené Brown and Adam Grant argue RTO debates miss the point: define the problem, then design hybrid work around it, not attendance.

Open link1 May 2026

Links

On my Om

Memory Is the Machine

Why RAM and bandwidth—not cores—are the limiting factor for local AI, and why Apple’s unified memory is a big edge.

Open link27 Apr 2026

Quotes

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The people who tell us that AI will dominate our future and take our jobs are the people who are hoping that will be true.

Elizabeth Lopatto

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27 Apr 2026

Books

Smartphone Nation

Smartphone Nation

Dr Kaitlyn Regehr

★★★★★
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8 Jun 2025

Thoughts

The pause between scrolls

The real world, with its quiet repetitions and constraints, offers something the digital cannot: room for contemplation.

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22 May 2025

Thoughts

The missing middle ring of human connection

A fascinating reflection on the societal implications of screens and being at home more.

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20 Jan 2025

Thoughts | 7 May 2026

Building a website by feel with AI

I’m sure there are quicker ways to get up and running with a personal website. But in all the years of having my own site, this is the first time I feel like I have something that is truly mine.

→
Links | 7 May 2026

Even in Japan, robots are a long way from being fully-fledged carers – here’s why

The Conversation

Japan’s care robots can help with lifting and monitoring, but real care still depends on human judgement, emotion, and trust.

↗
Links | 3 May 2026

The Age of the “Super App” — Again and Again and Again

Spyglass

MG Siegler argues Western “super apps” keep recurring, but bloat and complexity make them hard to sustain.

↗
Links | 1 May 2026

What the Return-to-Office Debate Gets Wrong

The Curiosity Shop

Brené Brown and Adam Grant argue RTO debates miss the point: define the problem, then design hybrid work around it, not attendance.

↗
Links | 27 Apr 2026

Memory Is the Machine

On my Om

Why RAM and bandwidth—not cores—are the limiting factor for local AI, and why Apple’s unified memory is a big edge.

↗
Quotes | 27 Apr 2026

A robot servant must beat my dishwasher

Elizabeth Lopatto

The people who tell us that AI will dominate our future and take our jobs are the people who are hoping that will be true.

→
Books | 8 Jun 2025

Smartphone Nation

Dr Kaitlyn Regehr

★★★★★

→
Thoughts | 22 May 2025

The pause between scrolls

The real world, with its quiet repetitions and constraints, offers something the digital cannot: room for contemplation.

→
Thoughts | 20 Jan 2025

The missing middle ring of human connection

A fascinating reflection on the societal implications of screens and being at home more.

→