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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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So Google dropped any pretense of Chrome being anything other than a full fledged entry into the browser market by introducing extensions. At the same time Microsoft has released IE8 as the latest installment for Internet Explorer and something tells me that automatic upgrades are on their way. Welcome to the latest installment of the browser wars.
This wil ultimately be good news for endusers as it spurs innovation. In the meantime, it means even more of a nuisance for developers as there are more and more platforms to test on. Of course using Javascript libraries helps (handcrafting Javascript without a library is basically crazy at this point), but the myriad of potential differences from interactions between HTML, CSS and Javascript requires actual testing and often some small modifications for every single platform. Add to that the need to support mobile browsers and creating a highly functional and attractive user experience will be by far the biggest effort.
The reasons for wanting to control the browser are obvious. Not only does the browser shape the enduser experience (the argument that Google emphasizes), but it also captures all of a user’s attention data. So the browser war is likely to be with us for a long time, beause “it’s the attention economy, stupid.”
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So Google dropped any pretense of Chrome being anything other than a full fledged entry into the browser market by introducing extensions. At the same time Microsoft has released IE8 as the latest installment for Internet Explorer and something tells me that automatic upgrades are on their way. Welcome to the latest installment of the browser wars.
This wil ultimately be good news for endusers as it spurs innovation. In the meantime, it means even more of a nuisance for developers as there are more and more platforms to test on. Of course using Javascript libraries helps (handcrafting Javascript without a library is basically crazy at this point), but the myriad of potential differences from interactions between HTML, CSS and Javascript requires actual testing and often some small modifications for every single platform. Add to that the need to support mobile browsers and creating a highly functional and attractive user experience will be by far the biggest effort.
The reasons for wanting to control the browser are obvious. Not only does the browser shape the enduser experience (the argument that Google emphasizes), but it also captures all of a user’s attention data. So the browser war is likely to be with us for a long time, beause “it’s the attention economy, stupid.”
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