Finishing the (working) week with a round-up of news from the scrum where AI and journalism meet. Technology is great. People are idiots. https://onemanandhisblog.com/2024/10/ai-friday-3/?utm_source=fediverse&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=first-share
@mike@ben@Flipboard Great episode. I really drew a lot from the conversation.
How will great journalism be discovered in a world where SEO is dying, social media is fragmenting, and AI slop is everywhere? I asked two of the most savvy people in the publishing world @jasonkoebler and @ben on the latest episode of Dot Social. Listen wherever you get your podcasts or […]
This is great reporting from 404 Media - but I do feel they buried the lead. The Blind stuff is more jaw-dropping than the second buyout offer. Things are not good inside Automattic. https://www.404media.co/automattic-buyout-offer-wordpress-matt-mullenweg/
Dashed dreams of better EV batteries are a core disappointment. https://www.coffeeandcomplexity.com/a-core-ev-disappointment/?utm_source=Fediverse&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=First%21
I love Discworld and I like TTRPGs. But I’m not convinced that the combination that’s being Kickstarted is something I’m interested in. What makes Discworld special is Pratchett’s words. And we ain’t getting any more of them […]
This looks worth a watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPqpk_-rMaU
Doing my bit here @andypiper!
Not gonna lie, it sometime righteously pisses me off that journalism was going in exactly the right direction with community/audience work 15 years ago — and then we got distracted by Facebook and Google. Is it too late to change course? […]