Okay so I’ve been out most of the day since I had family visiting, but then I come home and find out that the protests at Delaney Hall had escalated today with government forces descending on civilians with their usual affair—pepper balls, gas, and other riot control gear. From following his page on Bluesky, I know he’s been touring Delaney Hall, which is located in Elizabeth, NJ (about an hour’s train from New York City) and shedding light on the horrid conditions there and as someone who grew ...

Not long before the platform launched, I'd been thinking that a decentralized platform for sex workers with a focus on data ownership is incredibly important due to the sensitive nature of the content they produce and I'm glad that one exists

The DoJ’s suit against the Broadview Six was dismissed with prejudice in a major win for the First Amendment

The Verge finally did it: they integrated their site with the Social Web

The world seems to be hurtling towards both local and web apps…which is definitely confusing

Rich people tend to act like they’re something special when in reality they’re really just lucky

I’ve rebuilt the whole site on a new platform to connect it to the Social Web in a different way

So I’ve been interested in getting a pet cat, they seem fun and they like me. During the Covid lockdowns I would go for walks around town and befriend the local outdoor cats so I figured I’d get one at some point. But the thing is I’m not particularly good at taking care of things, so I figured I’d work my way up to cat. I started with plastic plants. I got some plastic plants from different places, I named them, and I put them around my dorm and then my apartment. It seemed to be going well.

We’re starting to see where AI is really going to matter—and it’s not as consumer-facing as previously thought

With MacBook Neo joining the lineup, there’s no better time to stop thinking about the computer as just the chip inside. It's time to start thinking of the whole package.

Just because it’s not for you doesn’t mean it’s not a good product

A reflection on the workflow and AI tools that let me keep shipping while working full-time and traveling

I see someone brought stones to the glass house again

Threads was supposed to be a new take on corporate social media and…it’s really not, is it? They kinda just gave up on the whole Social Web thing…

Since I’ve been involved in the Social Web, I’ve been fascinated in enabling an ‘everything account’ that serves as your single identity as you build your home on the web.

Please stop being pretentious, we're building a community here

It’s time for the most dangerous model to have been released to die, hopefully freeing many from their AI psychosis

A lot of people write off their staying on Twitter or giving Trump useless trophies as doing what they need to do to have a seat at the table; that maybe if they stay they can do something to make things better.

Don’t just hand all of your ideas over to some company, publish them somewhere that’s sustainable and a place that you can control

I’ve been an avid follower of The Browser Company for years and I haven’t always been their biggest supporter, but time and time again they keep proving me wrong and I’m honestly here for it!

For the longest time, if you wanted to develop on a platform with reach, you’d build on Windows. Though recently we’ve been seeing a whole host of AI apps that are coming to the Mac first.

Let’s talk a little bit about how to stop wealth hoarding

It’s still just guessing…

You can almost just forget about the AI part of most AI browsers

As an Arc power user, can I finally switch over to Dia?

Apple’s big, sweeping changes at the executive level can cause chaos, but there’s also potential for a lot of good here

Usually this kind of fraud is reserved for Elon Musk, but not anymore!

Dia’s finally starting to come into its own as the successor of Arc and the future of The Browser Company

The Browser Company made some interesting claims about not being able to get the performance needed out of SwiftUI for Dia, but Atlas went all in on it

There are a lot of things we do in protest that are to show people they are not alone

All of these AI browsers are supposed to be the next big thing…but I don’t actually know what to do with them at this point

If Bluesky built robust moderation software for the whole of the platform it’s just Twitter

What exactly made you think that releasing Sora as a social media app was a GOOD IDEA

You can’t make people use tech a certain way

There’s a concept in the world of algorithms that they show a ‘revealed preference’; that, even if someone says they want a particular thing, the algorithm is able to look past that and show what a person “truly” wants

Apple showed us that it’s still the company we all became fascinated with—and the company with English narrators and white backgrounds

I can’t believe we waited 15 years for this app and it sucks. Maybe Threads will be next to suffer the same fate?

We all know that getting acquired by an enterprise software company isn’t exactly good news

Y’all: I Literally Never Think About Liquid Glass

I’m a digital-first Gen-Z-er and I am basically swimming in technology, but here’s a few thoughts on some low tech gear in my life

AI is everywhere, but that’s not forever. We’ve seen this kind of thing happen many times and when the dust clears, I believe that good products will emerge.

iPadOS feels more like a laptop replacement with the latest updates to multitasking—but as iPad blurs the line between it and a Mac, how I use the two has become more confusing

The future of AI is probably not going to be in a bespoke assistant

Dia is starting to get into more people’s hands and, honestly I’m really not that impressed right now

Google must have read my last blog post because this is the kind of attention to detail that I'm talking about

Yeah it’s time for the autistic person to do a post about texture

It was always about the money

I’ve finally hit the acceptance stage of grief following the end of Arc’s journey

I think iPad is a great little device, but I think people need to make better apps for it (myself included)

Just this week Robinhood announced a comprehensive set of banking products as Apple struggles to keep its credit card alive

If I’m being honest, I’m not really concerned about Apple’s ability to make this happen

It’s important to understand the systems you are trying to dismantle so that you can do it without unintended consequences

As Apple’s silicon has evolved over the past few years people are asking “who can use this power” well, here’s who

There’s a lot of shit going on with AI, let’s talk a little bit about it

Basically this is my digital fort

Here’s my attempt at the music blog challenge—I don’t know how but I think this is more chaotic than the tech one

Here's my sleep-deprived attempt at the technology blog challenge going around—I'm sorry (no I'm not)

Sometimes people like to conflate “choose how you react” with “ignore the problem” but that’s just not it

I Only Use Matter Over Thread Smart Home, here’s how it’s going

Hey maybe open source and regulation is a good thing—who'da thunk it

Hooray for late-stage capitalism

A lot of stuff goes down on this fateful week, let’s talk about navigating it

So I spent the better part of two weeks converting (most of) my productivity system to Notion, but some things didn’t move over. Here’s why.

Stage Manager is one of those super controversial Apple features, I figured I would share some thoughts on it

So there’s been quite a bit of talk about how tech bros operate, as someone who exists alongside the demographic, I thought I would share my observations

People are mad at Bluesky over their moderation policies…but it’s a decentralized service with composable moderation

We all know about the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO, Brian Thompson, lots of people are celebrating his death, let’s talk about it

I spent a decent chunk of my life working in theater and that time has taught me to really hear people out when they have a weird idea

People talk all the time about how the internet is experiencing major enshittification, but the solution isn’t something they’re fond of

Browser Company CEO Josh Miller basically just made a 'hear me out' cake video for their new idea, let's take a look at what they've got

Apple's kinda infamous for giving a lot of their products stupid names and we're going to get into exactly why they do

Oh don't we all love the stupid little ape pictures? Yeah, didn't think so, but I do like the tech so let's talk about it.

Apple has been pushing for the dominance of native apps on iOS, but macOS isn't quite the same—can it hold up in the world of Apple Intelligence?

iPadOS may have an easier time implementing certain Apple Intelligence features, which could potentially give it a competitive edge over the Mac for some people

Well, people are mad at another company again. Big surprise. Let's talk about people fleeing Threads and the Fediverse for Bluesky.

Reviewers seem to treat Macs differently when it comes to how they perceive particular upgrades—here’s why I think that happens

It seems like Big Tech is no longer the haven of progressivism it once was—thanks to the power of a shitload of cash

With the election behind us, everyone has their ways of processing their emotions, and I decided I would put mine out there for everyone to see

Nintendo just released their own music streaming app and a lot of people like it...am I the only one who thinks it's a little user hostile?

Everyone talks about how everyone is on iMessage all the time but, as a Gen-Z-er on the internet I'm here to give you a little glimpse into what I see going on.

The Browser Company has built something great with their Arc browser, but with recent talk of pivoting to a new project, it seems they may be losing the plot

Modern companies seem to be able to base their entire valuation on the words of their CEOs, even if the actual business activity of the company is at odds with that statement

Join me for a thorough breakdown of Apple's earnings this quarter, taking a look at sales, expenses, net income, and profit margins

Apple's new Image Playground tool has been met with quite a bit of controversy around whether or not such an app should even exist, I go into detail about why I think it does