reading, watching & listening to
sharing a selection of things I'm reading and find thought provoking
reading, watching & listening to
David Mamet Memo to "The Unit" Writing Staff
David Mamet's memo provides guidelines for the writing staff of the TV show "The Unit" regarding the importance of drama, storytelling, and creating engaging scenes that advance the plot.
screencraft.orggreat writing style. ALL CAPS. shouting on the page.
Smaller, slower distribution could mean better content, better relationships, and better businesses — doubtless at smaller scales than what was hoped from BuzzFeed, Vice, etc., but then those didn’t work out. The benefits of cultivating and controlling your own distribution are mutual comprehension between a publication and its consumers; feelings of loyalty and trust; and perhaps an ability to survive in the long term, building a more durable institution.
i wish i wrote this
You Exist In The Long Context
thelongcontext.com
the future value of AI may depend less on raw computing power and more on how effectively organizations curate the information they feed into these expanded context windows.
OpenAI Platform
platform.openai.com
How AI assistants work
The Disappearance of Rituals: A Topology of the Present
amazon.com