wanderingstan

Socrates was famously critical of writing.

I’ve started reading “The Nature of Technology” by W.

Prediction: in ten years your toaster will know about ancient mesopotamian history (and everything else).

My friend Gabe brought up an interesting point today.

Dall-e input: “An ancient god posed like a comic book, wearing headphones, adorned with many mechanical and electrical gadgets, including a cell phone, electric drill, and leaf blower.

Why are we often so wrong about what we think we want from technology?

tl;dr: Increases in societal knowledge enable increases in tolerable levels of individual ignorance.

A marketing friend once looked at my screen while I was coding and remarked, “That’s so scary looking!”

tl;dr: There are four goals you can prioritize when coding: efficiency, readability, flexibility, and brevity.

tl;dr: Software projects exist on a continuum between the Lewis and Clark expedition, and laying down freeway.