Meta Has Entered Its Death Spiral — Maybe, but seems premature to call it.
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.