Maria: A ClojureScript coding environment for beginners (learning programming). From Matt Huebert and others. (more)

The loony left is a pejorative term used to describe those considered to be politically hard left. First recorded as used in 1977,[1] the term was widely used in the United Kingdom in the campaign for the 1987 general election and subsequently both by the Conservative Party and by British newspapers that supported the party, as well as by more moderate factions within the Labour movement to refer to the activities of more militantly left-wing politicians that they believed moderate voters would perceive as extreme or unreasonable... The 1980s UK press campaign against the "Loony Left" was echoed in the 1990s in the United States where sections of the press campaigned against political correctness (Politically Correct), using much the same rhetoric. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loony_left I'll probably use this page to list things that I think qualify. Though I still think I'm a liberaltarian. (more)

An amateur who dabbles in a field out of interest rather than as a profession, or possesses a general but superficial interest in any art or a branch of knowledge, is often referred to as a dilettante.

conversational AI that communicates in natural language with human "user" (more)

John Ohno: The end-game of the voice UI (like that of the chat UI (Conversational Interface)) is the command line interface. So, it’s useful to take cues from currently-existing good CLI UX. (For instance, look at the differences between zsh & command.com, and the trends in the evolution of borne-compatible command shells since 1970.) (voice control) (more)

Potential computer input (VoiceControl), could be Always On You. (more)

Print-to-disk format used by Adobe Acrobat. Sometimes used for EBook publishing. Just horrible, pls use epub. (more)

Group Discussion Live Chat - mainly for team or large groups. For family/friends, see Group Chat. (Bah these 2 pages are a mess, the line is too fuzzy.) (more)

Joe Procopio: The Unlikely Rise Of The Tech Industry Castoffs. Unsexy is the new sexy, and a misfit army of entrepreneurs are building unsexy tech for customers again. (more)

Small Giants: Companies That Choose to Be Great Instead of Big. Small Giants takes readers deep inside 14 remarkable companies that have rejected the pressure of endless growth to focus on more satisfying goals—like being great at what they do, creating a great place to work, providing great customer service, and making great contributions to their communities. In exploring these “small giants,” Bo Burlingham shows how every company can benefit by questioning the usual definitions of business success. https://boburlingham.com/other-books/ (more)

operating outside traditional/big institutions - Micro-SaaS/Micro-ISV, Micropreneur, One-Man Show, Two-Pizza Company, SmallCo, Neo-Victorian, Arts And Crafts, Co-op, SmallWorld/SmallWeb, SlowWorld (?), Bespoke, Boutique, Small Batch ((2009-07-31) Linderman Boutique Biz Rename), Situated Software, Life-Style Company, NanoCorp, Auteur Theory, Grunt-Fund, Co-op, Bootstrapping (more)

Bruce Sterling: The Big Idea. ...my latest short story collection, “Robot Artists and Black Swans,” which is American science fiction re-imagined as Italian fantascienza. (more)

Erin Sommers: Who’s Afraid of the Internet Novel? Why would anyone want to remember last week’s internet,” writes Calvin Kasulke in his 2021 novel, Several People Are Typing. “We don’t, but we want to remember the fifteen-years-ago internet and that was last week’s internet, once. Humorously, this thought is delivered by a character named Gerald, who has been sucked into his computer’s Slack app. (more)

Gwern: Nenex: A Neural Personal Wiki Idea. If Vannevar Bush or Douglas Engelbart were designing a ‘neural wiki’ from the ground up to be a ‘tool for thought’, taking GPT-4-level LLMs for granted, what would that look like? (more)

Category Pirates: 7 steps to start writing your $100 book. Every year, millions of people say they want to write a book. Almost none of them do. (more)

Itay Dreyfus: What comes after Roam's renaissance? A new year has come. It's 2024 and note-taking isn’t cool anymore. The once-blooming space has had its moment. Moreover, the almighty Roam Research isn’t the only king anymore. The hype is officially over. (more)

Anson Yu: sparkly people and how to find them. I am constantly delighted by the people I get to spend time around. I attribute it to judgement exercised over time (more)

Katie Parrott: I Started Talking to My Computer Instead of Typing. It Changed How I Think. I didn’t notice how much typing slowed my thoughts down until I realized I’d stopped. (more)

Venkatesh Rao: Revenge of the Dilettantes. (more)

Erik Hoel: Why do most popular science books suck? In the science section of the average bookstore rests a bunch of overhyped and uninteresting books. There are a slim number that are original and interesting—they’re there, but they’re rare (more)