2026-08-03T09:29:05+02:00 https://nostr.ae Harry McCracken https://nostr.ae/npub13t29p7hgx9s8hqf4ntsvkmgeuv3zw7klkz8xx6d3qpv5u2vr04kq2agh8m https://files.mastodon.social/accounts/avatars/111/031/573/931/930/759/original/f34493b97f0de6f7.jpg https://files.mastodon.social/accounts/avatars/111/031/573/931/930/759/original/f34493b97f0de6f7.jpg https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs86787znrqgz72340uj5wfpfxrl7wzyjjsu4hw0hrc4pmqmvk23pgzyz9dg586aqckq7upxkdwpjmdr83jyfm6m7cgucmfkyq9jn3fsd7kcnm8sy8 With apologies to Alan Kay, thanks to vibecoding we’ve entered the era when people who are really serious about their own productivity should build their own software.<br/><br/>(I just made an email client, and it’s exactly the one I’ve wanted for years.) 2026-04-19T19:35:34+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsywp02ftqc0hr84gztxdp84d0h2e5mrpyjh7j5t04fe4vfx8eucgqzyz9dg586aqckq7upxkdwpjmdr83jyfm6m7cgucmfkyq9jn3fsd7kcg3tg70 Among the things that surprised me as I interviewed people for our oral history of Apple’s origin story is that several people referred to the very young Steve Jobs doing things that are more technical than I associate with him. <a href="https://www.fastcompany.com/91514404/apple-founding-50th-anniversary-apple-1-apple-ii-jobs-wozniak?mvgt=kiimQhPOTihz">https://www.fastcompany.com/91514404/apple-founding-50th-anniversary-apple-1-apple-ii-jobs-wozniak?mvgt=kiimQhPOTihz</a><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/293/985/102/541/482/original/20c52e35c2e66262.jpeg"> <br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/293/985/098/131/053/original/b1096941a412013b.jpeg"> <br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/293/985/121/332/811/original/c370f42688e9e128.jpeg"> <br/> 2026-03-26T07:09:48+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqszmyxvcxka5cchnhfkd74l2su8j5644ka83uls06a89243f7r9pmszyz9dg586aqckq7upxkdwpjmdr83jyfm6m7cgucmfkyq9jn3fsd7kcwze7pg This week’s Plugged In newsletter: I asked Claude Opus 4.6 to critique that viral blog post about AI, and was startled by how perceptive it was. <a href="https://www.fastcompany.com/91491419/matt-shumer-something-big-is-happening">https://www.fastcompany.com/91491419/matt-shumer-something-big-is-happening</a> 2026-02-13T18:17:24+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs07jv8d9m3p22x3lhmw2lzvf7wn654y9qqqg0zfl7gej3ggw38skgzyz9dg586aqckq7upxkdwpjmdr83jyfm6m7cgucmfkyq9jn3fsd7kckhp0ql I’ve been taking Tesla’s Robotaxi service, and have some notes. (I didn’t expect the most interesting about it to be that it’s often unbelievably cheap, at least for now.) <a href="https://www.fastcompany.com/91419058/tesla-robotaxi-bay-area">https://www.fastcompany.com/91419058/tesla-robotaxi-bay-area</a> 2025-10-10T18:06:37+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqstfjywjfq80a6zavha92cn6l6x3hnvytd5e49te0ml3khzx60gwfczyz9dg586aqckq7upxkdwpjmdr83jyfm6m7cgucmfkyq9jn3fsd7kccjx3fe Strong words from my colleague Jesus. I do think that the iPad’s ability to let you be productive without losing time to wrangling windows is incredibly important. <a href="https://www.fastcompany.com/91349280/apple-just-turned-the-ipad-into-a-mac">https://www.fastcompany.com/91349280/apple-just-turned-the-ipad-into-a-mac</a> 2025-06-11T16:41:47+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs2v9z9ywseqdmkjpv5r0c3wkyk97w0uwvqezvhruqdvshyr6w0scszyz9dg586aqckq7upxkdwpjmdr83jyfm6m7cgucmfkyq9jn3fsd7kcetv0sf In this week’s newsletter, I share previously unseen quotes from my 2013 interview with Larry Page about self-driving in particular and moonshots in general. He hasn’t said much for public consumption about either since. <a href="https://www.fastcompany.com/91302721/larry-page-google-self-driving-cars-waymo">https://www.fastcompany.com/91302721/larry-page-google-self-driving-cars-waymo</a> 2025-03-21T15:53:21+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsd0lhgtfuzc6t2e4gz2cpl8dxvs2rg2danfq08wz8u2mfku4n2g4qzyz9dg586aqckq7upxkdwpjmdr83jyfm6m7cgucmfkyq9jn3fsd7kcxs99am It’s always horrifying when a company shuttering a media site deletes it from the web. That’s why I’ve created archives of my Technologizer site as well as stuff I wrote for TIME and PC World and even (you never know) my Twitter feed. <a href="https://daringfireball.net/2025/03/abc_shuts_down_fivethirtyeight">https://daringfireball.net/2025/03/abc_shuts_down_fivethirtyeight</a> 2025-03-06T18:34:42+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqspdcj7qn25q9n5tn76y0ksa570yu0eqwjnem4g7gd0w6kjmxch3gczyz9dg586aqckq7upxkdwpjmdr83jyfm6m7cgucmfkyq9jn3fsd7kc9pnq2u The Duolingo Owl is with Mr. Peanut now. <a href="https://www.fastcompany.com/91277643/i-will-never-recover-from-this-the-internet-is-spiraling-over-the-duolingo-owls-untimely-death">https://www.fastcompany.com/91277643/i-will-never-recover-from-this-the-internet-is-spiraling-over-the-duolingo-owls-untimely-death</a> 2025-02-13T17:35:15+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs2rfz3zy9uz3ej8hgrxw8qudk32ctqa7kxv9aysf3ahfevjvkez9czyz9dg586aqckq7upxkdwpjmdr83jyfm6m7cgucmfkyq9jn3fsd7kce6aajg Another photo from today I&#39;d normally have posted on Instagram.<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/966/383/331/632/888/original/9390a5d2549f0da0.jpg"> <br/> 2025-02-08T05:30:04+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsrgcv7xzefk4d5ra9wkmf4udpn8s80eet4ghurw9nzvjq2lhdg9nszyz9dg586aqckq7upxkdwpjmdr83jyfm6m7cgucmfkyq9jn3fsd7kcy4x3n8 Just like the tour guide we had on my first trip to Beijing.<br/>From: <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ry2mcdygmcufem93yun6cqvl8q6weyqa8zfyud6ys0kuyr7paaesekma3q" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Dan Gillmor</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ry2…ma3q</span>)</a></span> <br/><a href="https://mastodon.social/@dangillmor/113904576652821702">https://mastodon.social/@dangillmor/113904576652821702</a> 2025-01-28T08:03:08+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsrw3nfma9yfhck3g2w9ehnfe56h5phj88ak74909g9y4697mywflgzyz9dg586aqckq7upxkdwpjmdr83jyfm6m7cgucmfkyq9jn3fsd7kcypzxed As long as I’m in NYC I visited the former Time &amp; Life Building. When I worked at TIME I got a thrill walking into the same building Luce once entered. Still bizarre that Time Inc. no longer exists.<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/568/250/787/787/298/original/de9ab6041e3b1bc9.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/568/250/795/494/298/original/d56e28c22bb8260a.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/568/250/735/437/119/original/ae983443f2dc9ea1.jpg"> <br/> 2024-11-29T21:59:43+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs2yt9ws0595gqfrscnr0dph2ylsywghuw5lzxugn7rvvm4gd3hjlqzyz9dg586aqckq7upxkdwpjmdr83jyfm6m7cgucmfkyq9jn3fsd7kca3tt6g I wrote about Tim Berners-Lee’s vision of a standard for digital wallets. Sound unlikely that Apple and Google would support such a thing? “Safari and Chrome do the same HTML,” he reminded me, <a href="https://www.fastcompany.com/91231379/tim-berners-lee-solid-inrupt-pod-digital-wallet">https://www.fastcompany.com/91231379/tim-berners-lee-solid-inrupt-pod-digital-wallet</a> 2024-11-27T22:55:19+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsghs0mf94d9xw76cg6q0glus7g39akjg243dy7hs4gx26pkc3tyhszyz9dg586aqckq7upxkdwpjmdr83jyfm6m7cgucmfkyq9jn3fsd7kcsa4ds8 Just peeked at Twitter. Absence did NOT make my heart grow fonder. 2024-11-26T03:14:04+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsqcjjrz9rzdggzp8z0759lae84w5dhzn9lug0t70gvsztvcwslxmgzyz9dg586aqckq7upxkdwpjmdr83jyfm6m7cgucmfkyq9jn3fsd7kc5yhpjr This new feature is yet another reason to use Openvibe, my favorite new app of 2024. I think I can mention <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1f3d8v7hk8mzjjgdt404mgx367ya0ye89tu2e9ckjyns70mc8375qv5yk3x" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Benj Edwards</span> (<span class="italic">npub1f3d…yk3x</span>)</a></span> now and have it work on both Bluesky and Mastodon.<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/539/860/909/229/286/original/c464a9c42869c7ca.jpg"> <br/> 2024-11-24T21:39:48+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsxwdqg09e696c8hz83zy9qjh30nxmfexfd06g764fnns4j4xtp6rqzyz9dg586aqckq7upxkdwpjmdr83jyfm6m7cgucmfkyq9jn3fsd7kcvh527x If Bluesky was really like old-school Twitter, it would look and read more like this.<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/530/824/441/916/822/original/efd6b984a7ad30cd.jpg"> <br/> 2024-11-23T07:21:42+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs2p8d8k4ghsfamemmwgxc268g692vhuswfrt3grxlrkaeej0fajhszyz9dg586aqckq7upxkdwpjmdr83jyfm6m7cgucmfkyq9jn3fsd7kcsfnyl9 I’m happy to have kicked the Twitter habit. But any guesses as to whether the recent exodus is big and permanent enough to seriously damage Twitter’s relevance and prospects as a business? Does Elon care? 2024-11-17T05:41:42+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqspek7kqc55l6nnc68x0ttc793jhvqnjurd5955tk4xpeqxkcvev6szyz9dg586aqckq7upxkdwpjmdr83jyfm6m7cgucmfkyq9jn3fsd7kcxh63es Rummaging through a huge folder of photos looking for something else, I found a photo I took of Woz having a happy birthday.<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/452/035/203/765/223/original/952f9f2f12095f1b.jpg"> <br/> 2024-11-09T09:24:34+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs0perlaaxa57fvgt30zz8fy8x332pnmx24qx09h4melsjctawqzugzyz9dg586aqckq7upxkdwpjmdr83jyfm6m7cgucmfkyq9jn3fsd7kca9dxnz AnandTech had a low profile in recent years, but man, I’m still sorry to see it go. I was once offered a job there and turned it down on the grounds that I wasn’t worthy. <br/><br/>Also, many years ago when we made PC World’s WorldBench benchmark available for use by others, they were one of our first customers.<br/><br/> <a href="https://www.anandtech.com/show/21542/end-of-the-road-an-anandtech-farewell">https://www.anandtech.com/show/21542/end-of-the-road-an-anandtech-farewell</a> 2024-08-30T18:15:21+02:00