Funding Open Source like public infrastructure

"Open Source runs much of the world's critical infrastructure. It powers government services, supports national security, and enables everything from public health systems to elections. This means governments must help fund Open Source."

Perplexity Makes Longshot $34.5 Billion Offer for Chrome

"Artificial-intelligence startup Perplexity offered to purchase Google’s Chrome browser for $34.5 billion as it works to challenge the tech giant’s web-search dominance."

Lifelogging under fascism

How self-tracking became self-incrimination

What I owe to August 6

It was a war crime. And my relationship to it is complicated.

Japan: Apple Must Lift Browser Engine Ban by December

Japan, the EU, and the UK all now require Apple to support third-party browser engines. That's great news for the open web.

Silicon Valley’s Dream Tech Job Is Disappearing

“We’re seeing right now why tech needs unions.”

Ghost 6.0

The new version of Ghost connects every site to an open social network that provides built-in reach without losing independence.

Small repairs

Drinking Sunday coffee in the hyper-normal

Did Craigslist decimate newspapers?

"Here in six short chapters is the tale of Craigslist’s rise to a business generating hundreds of millions of dollars a year, how Newmark has used that fortune and how newspapers, slow to adapt, failed to respond effectively to the digital shift.”

Curate your own newspaper with RSS

"In a media landscape dominated by algorithmic feeds that aim to manipulate and extract, sometimes the most radical thing you can do is choose to read what you want, when you want, without anyone watching over your shoulder."

Evaluating AI

How to think about vendors, technology, and power

If I ran my life

Designing a values-centered life from first principles.