Also: AI’s biggest critic loses the plot, Notepad++ on Mac after 20 years, and dark modes as cosplay.
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- AI’s biggest critic has lost the plot - “we desperately need better skepticism.” // He’s no a fan of Ed Zitron.
- The Real AI ROI Problem Isn’t Technology - It’s Measurement - Forrester takes a crack at an enterprise AI business case and ROI model.
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Wastebook
- “[E]very chore coat might be stolen valor, sure, but clicking away at a creative agency while looking like a Parisian waiter is very different than working for a major military contractor and sporting its logo on your breast pocket.” Here.
- “I’ve been doom scrolling GitHub issues since before that was a word” That Mitchell.
- “It’s very easy to take not working for granted, especially when feeling down or stressed, and the days slip by unloved and unappreciated.” Scythin' Phil.
- “[P]re-idea funding” Stanford.
- “It’s a closed loop, and it generates very little compound interest.” Westenberg.
ICYMI
- Hard pass with a 20% registration discount - where-in I complain that my conference talks keep getting rejected.
- Hardened Runtimes, the CEO Job, and Raising as an All-Woman Founding Team - Software Defined Interviews #122 - “Whitney and Coté talk with Emily Long, CEO and co-founder of Edera, about building a hardened container runtime that secures infrastructure foundations instead of chasing detect-and-respond alerts.”
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