Process
As the tools evolve, the metaphors we use to understand them must also be updated. Herndon and Dryhurst describe this next phase as the move from sampling to spawning. Sampling was the logic of the 20th century. You took a slice of a record—a James Brown breakbeat, a horn stab from a jazz LP—and folded it into a new track. It was transformative,... See more
Frank Chimero • Frank Chimero · Beyond the Machine
In other words, every new technology promises better clarity, yet its essence is determined by the noise it produces. The friction of limits is what gives a technology its character, so when a system becomes too smooth, too all-encompassing, or too accommodating, it stops having a signature at all. Here’s Eno again from earlier this year:
“I can see... See more
“I can see... See more
Frank Chimero • Frank Chimero · Beyond the Machine
I wouldn’t want an irregular AI in my bank app, but in a creative workflow, hallucinating feels like the point of it all.
Frank Chimero • Frank Chimero · Beyond the Machine
The Solution: The 30-Second Framework
After wasting dozens of hours on the wrong AI tasks, I developed a simple framework.
Before touching AI, I ask three questions. Takes 30 seconds. Saves hours.
The 3 Questions
1. CLARITY: Do I know exactly what I want?
2. SPEED: Can I do this manually in... See more
After wasting dozens of hours on the wrong AI tasks, I developed a simple framework.
Before touching AI, I ask three questions. Takes 30 seconds. Saves hours.
The 3 Questions
1. CLARITY: Do I know exactly what I want?
- YES = Maybe AI can help
- NO = Start solo to get clarity first
2. SPEED: Can I do this manually in... See more
When NOT to Use AI: The 30-Second Decision That Saves 3 Hours
If I believe my inner world is an “ecology” and social media’s algorithms are “incursions” and “extractive”—then I have to think hard about my own part in sustaining the fragile space of my attention, a place I’ve been cultivating with great care all these years.
Lia Purpura Published • The Ecology of Attention
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what are systems, beyond structures of imprisonment, extraction, and control? why build systems for the wilderness of the creative spirit, and how do we do it without diminishing or killing its essence? it starts with getting the machinery of “productivity” out of our heads — deprogramming as liberation. then, slowly, cultivating a new... See more
what are systems, beyond structures of imprisonment, extraction, and control? why build systems for the wilderness of the creative spirit, and how do we do it without diminishing or killing its essence? it starts with getting the machinery of “productivity” out of our heads — deprogramming as liberation. then, slowly, cultivating a new... See more
creative systems — kening zhu
Advice from Cal Flynn as quoted by Mike Sowden,
““A quotation, commonly attributed to the writer and pioneering French aviator Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, says: “If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up people together to collect wood and don’t assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea.” This, if
... See moreThe ingredients of ‘good’ curation
I think great curation comes down to five key elements that span the processes of searching, selection and contextualizing:
I think great curation comes down to five key elements that span the processes of searching, selection and contextualizing:
- Preservation: Caring for, reviving or resurfacing things that might otherwise be lost or forgotten in archives or streams.
- Connection: Inspiring moments of surprise –, “I didn’t think of