An Open Notebook
When we talk about Mastodon or Bluesky or Reddit or any other social network we tend to talk about them as technical or economic entities, but they are also political visions. Do you want to live in a country where everything everyone says is public? Or one where anybody can mute anybody, but not prevent … Continue reading " Social Networks Are Utopian Communes "
Jay Fienberg made an open-web landing page for his (excellent) new album. I did the same not long before for my thereisonly album. I was inspired by a commercial product that cost $50 and was not quite what I wanted, CDBaby’s HearNow. This is a common problem. It’s not so hard that it calls for … Continue reading " Requirements for an album page "
Back in 2009 Mike Linksvayer reblogged Hal Finney’s blog post about his own death. Sad news from Hal Finney, diagnosed with ALS. I’ve only met him briefly, but have been following his writing, mostly on mailing lists, for nearly two decades. Very few if any people exist whose thoughts I trust and respect as much … Continue reading " Note to the future about notes to the future "
I got into a conversation on Mastodon with @modean987@mastodon.world, an account that posts absurdly good AI art, and I asked the innocent newbie question: how do you even do that? Improbably, the person took the trouble to really explain. The rest of this post is to record their answer for future use by me and … Continue reading " Tips from an AI art master "
Reblog via Geoff Manaugh [Image: The Heathen Gate at Carnuntum, outside Vienna; photo by Geoff Manaugh.] Last summer, a geophysicist at the University of Vienna named Immo Trinks proposed the creation of an EU-funded “International Subsurface Exploration Agency.” Modeled after NASA or the ESA, this new institute would spend its time, in his words, “looking … Continue reading " "
The “Loki” character Sylvie Laufeydottir hides out in doomed places. It’s the fact that they are going to be obliterated that makes them safe. No trace of her existence will be recoverable. No observer wants to be there. She’s in Pompeii just before the lava engulfs it. She’s on an alien world with a moon … Continue reading " The Sylvie Strategy for PII "
Ahoy, friends, I’m doing most of my new writing on a new site at writing.gonze.com. This is a custom domain in front of listed.to, which uses Standard Notes for editing. The WordPress editor necessary for posts on some.gonze.com gets in my way. I prefer the editing experience in Standard Notes: I’m in Standard Notes all … Continue reading " Internet Afterlives "
the weareallghosts netabel released my new collection of pieces entitled “Seclusion.” These pieces were created during the covid-19 novel coronavirus crisis. A Sunday in May of 2020 Creative Commons music. On a netlabel. Hosted by archive.org. Blogged by the artist. Deep social distancing.
Because of my work for Merico, I have started following China-related tech news. Two excellent bloggers on China: Dan Wang Noah Smith
You are commuting to work by bus. While sitting on the bus, you open your favorite social app. Even though it is your favorite app, you don’t trust it enough to share your location with it. At the next stop, a passenger gets on the bus. The passenger sits on the bus and opens the … Continue reading " Unmasking Using Accelerometer Signatures "