Philosophy Mondays: Human-AI Collaboration
Today's Philosophy Monday is an important interlude. I want to reveal that I have not been writing the posts in this series entirely by myself. Instead I have been working with Claude, not just for the graphic illustrations, but also for the text. My method has been to write a rough draft and then ask Claude for improvement suggestions. I will expand this collaboration to other intelligences going forward, including open source models such as Llama and DeepSeek. I will also explore other moda...
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Web3/Crypto: Why Bother?
One thing that keeps surprising me is how quite a few people see absolutely nothing redeeming in web3 (née crypto). Maybe this is their genuine belief. Maybe it is a reaction to the extreme boosterism of some proponents who present web3 as bringing about a libertarian nirvana. From early on I have tried to provide a more rounded perspective, pointing to both the good and the bad that can come from it as in my talks at the Blockstack Summits. Today, however, I want to attempt to provide a coge...
Philosophy Mondays: Human-AI Collaboration
Today's Philosophy Monday is an important interlude. I want to reveal that I have not been writing the posts in this series entirely by myself. Instead I have been working with Claude, not just for the graphic illustrations, but also for the text. My method has been to write a rough draft and then ask Claude for improvement suggestions. I will expand this collaboration to other intelligences going forward, including open source models such as Llama and DeepSeek. I will also explore other moda...
Intent-based Collaboration Environments
AI Native IDEs for Code, Engineering, Science
Web3/Crypto: Why Bother?
One thing that keeps surprising me is how quite a few people see absolutely nothing redeeming in web3 (née crypto). Maybe this is their genuine belief. Maybe it is a reaction to the extreme boosterism of some proponents who present web3 as bringing about a libertarian nirvana. From early on I have tried to provide a more rounded perspective, pointing to both the good and the bad that can come from it as in my talks at the Blockstack Summits. Today, however, I want to attempt to provide a coge...
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Given the financial crisis, there have been a lot of posts about trimming costs by laying people off. But there may also be opportunities to save money by hiring people. This (generally) does not apply to tiny startups but only to businesses that have achieved a certain scale and employ consultants. It is often the case that consultants are brought in to work on a specific project but wind up working on essentially a recurring basis. So in times like this it’s a good idea to look at all your consultants and their bills and figure out whether they really are working on one-off distinct skill set projects (e.g. iphone app) or are engaged in things that ought to be a core competency and could be accomplished for less money by hiring someone fulltime.
Given the financial crisis, there have been a lot of posts about trimming costs by laying people off. But there may also be opportunities to save money by hiring people. This (generally) does not apply to tiny startups but only to businesses that have achieved a certain scale and employ consultants. It is often the case that consultants are brought in to work on a specific project but wind up working on essentially a recurring basis. So in times like this it’s a good idea to look at all your consultants and their bills and figure out whether they really are working on one-off distinct skill set projects (e.g. iphone app) or are engaged in things that ought to be a core competency and could be accomplished for less money by hiring someone fulltime.
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