RIP social media. What comes next is messy. “How do we create spaces that are both engaging and fun to use, but that don’t go down to that dark place because of all of these feedback effects?” By Jennifer Ouellette on Ars Technica.
Nathan Lane on Fresh Air: “Nathan Lane says Broadway actors sometimes joke that their job is to keep 1,600 audience members from coughing.” He’s appearing on Broadway as Willy Loman in “Death of a Salesman.”
Why are the Artemis II photos on Flickr? Anil Dash: “The beautiful thing about communities and platforms like Flickr is that they remind us that not everything on the internet has to be ephemeral, not everything on the web has to be hyper-commercial. Sometimes a bunch of decent people can do a good thing for the right reasons, and the result of that work can persevere for decades.”
I like Florida very much every time I visit, which surprises me, because the news makes it look like they’re setting up the Republic of Gilead. My one complaint is the flagrant air conditioning abuse. It’s 86 degrees out, heading to 92, and I’m sitting here getting frostbite in my fingers and toes.
This mini brownie was tasty, and its resemblance to the poop emoji made it even more delicious. #enshittification
I’m here at the Extreme Connect conference in Orlando, where the company unveiled its full-stack vision for AI networking, a new Wi-Fi 7 lineup, and more. My latest on Fierce Network.
AI inference strains enterprise infrastructure—F5 says telcos can help. F5 research finds 78% of enterprises run AI inference, creating distributed system complexity. My latest on Fierce Network.
Extreme bets on simplifying networks. CEO Ed Meyercord says simplicity and supply-chain savvy are driving share gains as Extreme posts its fifth straight double-digit revenue quarter, on the eve of the big annual Extreme Connect conference this week. My latest on Fierce Network.
I am having a grande Starbucks cappuccino and it is 5:15 PM and I am three hours east of my normal time zone and I need to be awake at 6 am. I see no potential problem here.
Name your top 15 TV shows ever, gut instincts only:
Deadwood
Star Trek:TOS
The Odd Couple
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
MASH
Hill Street Blues
ER
The Pitt
Doctor Who
Bob Newhart Show
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Angel
Firefly
The Sopranos
Mad Men
This list is biased toward shows I loved when I was a child, teen and early 20s because shows hit harder then.
It sucks about Joss doesn’t it?