I’m a writer, tech analyst, and media project manager living in New Haven, CT. Arachne is my newsletter focused on how technology interacts with creativity, culture, and citizenship.
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Hey friends. Here's one last reminder for Arachne subscribers that I am hosting a live talk called WHAT TO WORRY ABOUT: AI and the Creative Industries tonight. Here are the deets: WHAT TO WORRY ABOUT: AI and the Creative Industries Tuesday, October 22, 2024 at 8pm Eastern Run
I've got a very busy few days before my live session on Monday, so no Weft this week. Here are some weekend reads for you a day early. Still some time to sign up for the live session! Here's the link! live sessions — alex schneidmanalex schneidman0
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Welcome back. Let's Warp. Last week, Tesla and its actively-democracy-undermining CEO Elon Musk hosted an event to unveil multiple daydreams of actual products. Originally planned for August, the event featured the marquee reveal of the Tesla Cybercab. The vision of the Cybercab, or at least of the prototype
Weekend Reads
To Watch To Read Submerged is everything impressive and isolating about the Vision ProYou need a Vision Pro to watch it, though.The Verge Mabel pic of the week Yesterday was Mabel's four year anniversary being in my life. Here's a pic of her from her
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How To Build Real-life Community Last week, I spent about 1500 words discussing ways in which community can be built online. This week, I want to explore how technology can improve our real life communities. The lay of the land There is evidence to suggest that American communities are extraordinarily
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Warp, what is it good for? Absolutely nothing. Welcome back to another week of Arachne. If you haven't yet, be sure to sign up for my live session WHAT TO WORRY ABOUT: AI and the Creative Industries at 8pm on October 21. Here is the link: live sessions
Weekend Reads
To Watch To Read OpenAI CTO Mira Murati is leavingOne of the top execs at OpenAI is out.The VergeJay Peters and Kylie Robison To Listen UNLOCKED: Eric AdamsNew York’s favorite criminal is in the news, so here is our episode about his ridiculous life.To hear all of
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Weft for dead Arachne is cooking with gas. Haven't missed a deadline yet! This week's piece is the one I am proudest to share so far. I could probably write ten thousand words on this topic, and I probably will someday, but for now here'
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For today's newsletter, I'll introduce you to an interesting new app available for iPhones called Social AI.
Weekend Reads
Here are some Weekend Reads that may interest you. No, not all of them are reading! Text Comedian John Mulaney roasts SF techies at Dreamforce“Let me get this straight,” he said. “You’re hosting a ‘future of AI’ event in a city that has failed humanity so miserably?”The
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Which is why I say: If you are a creative individual of any type, you need a website. Here's why.
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Quick note: I am using a new platform to run my newsletter. It's called ghost.io. I was growing frustrated with Squarespace's newsletter functionality so here we are. I have removed your email address from my Squarespace instance and imported it here. Arachne is back and