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- Personally, I see at least 2 "types" of websites. In short: I am for AI for "getting information quickly," against it for "consolidating the internet landscape." 1. "Get stuff done/get information quickly." Where efficiency is key. Get from A→B as fast as possible. "What does this error code mean?" would be an example. "How do I file this {IRS for... See more
How might AI change user interfaces
In response to “what do websites look like in a post URL internet?”
- When using my cellphone, I tend to become a passive consumer of the internet. When using my laptop, I become an active creator of it. The difference is the input mechanisms. The friction and inefficiency of typing on a mobile device is high enough to discourage most production.
- Joseph Heller wrote Catch 22 in the evenings after work - it took him eight years spending 2-3 hours each night. source: Daily Rituals, Mason Currey
fun facts and going slow
- I'd love to have a temporal relevance filter on Twitter. "Show tweets about current affairs", "Show tweets that will be relevant for several years", "Show evergreen tweets", etc. Generally speaking, there's a lot that could be done to enable users to customize their feed.
- Speaking as a creator, the crucial ownership question in a social network is not whether I own my content (and can take it with me) nor whether I own my subscriber list and can take them somewhere else, but whether the network will give me more subscribers. That’s the value.
- You can’t optimize your way toward feeling alive. Efficiency is a tool to enable life; it is not a life.
- A better Twitter tip system than the tip jar: - $0.01 to like a tweet - $0.05 to retweet - $0.10 to post a reply 70% go to the tweet author, and Twitter keeps 30%.