Dan Brickley
@danbri.bsky.social
data standards technologist. w3c, schema.org etc.
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I’m half Chinese, but the most tiresome type of person on here wants me to apologize to asians for calling an anti-toxicity feature “zen mode.”
October 3, 2025 at 4:19 AM
I’m half Chinese, but the most tiresome type of person on here wants me to apologize to asians for calling an anti-toxicity feature “zen mode.”
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The flute is older than the wheel.
A flute fashioned from the bone of a vulture was discovered in a cave in Germany and thought to be 35,000 years old, making it tens of thousands of years older than the wheel.
Don’t reinvent the woodwinds.
A flute fashioned from the bone of a vulture was discovered in a cave in Germany and thought to be 35,000 years old, making it tens of thousands of years older than the wheel.
Don’t reinvent the woodwinds.
September 15, 2025 at 7:39 PM
The flute is older than the wheel.
A flute fashioned from the bone of a vulture was discovered in a cave in Germany and thought to be 35,000 years old, making it tens of thousands of years older than the wheel.
Don’t reinvent the woodwinds.
A flute fashioned from the bone of a vulture was discovered in a cave in Germany and thought to be 35,000 years old, making it tens of thousands of years older than the wheel.
Don’t reinvent the woodwinds.
Microsoft is trying to boost growth for its Office 365 Copilot AI features by offering price discounts and making improvements to the software's quality. Full story 👇
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/microsoft-hopes-hastened-ai-rollout-price-discounts-can-fuel-office-365-growth
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/microsoft-hopes-hastened-ai-rollout-price-discounts-can-fuel-office-365-growth
Microsoft Hopes Hastened AI Rollout, Price Discounts Can Fuel Office 365 Growth
On paper, Informatica, a Redwood City-based cloud software firm with 5,000 white collar employees, is exactly the type of company that should be gung-ho to pay up and buy Microsoft 365 Copilot, the ve...
www.theinformation.com
September 16, 2025 at 4:36 AM
One of the most level-headed commentators about AI is apparently blocked by 146,000 bluesky users. Decentralised blocklists are important and useful but also a way of outsourcing decisions to someone who may be angrier and more polarised than you.
x.com/emollick/sta...
x.com/emollick/sta...
Ethan Mollick on X: "I have gamely kept posting a little on BlueSky, and I think the X commentary on BSky ignores a feature that shapes that site a lot nowadays: you can subscribe to a blocklist from someone else. People do this a lot It basically turned BSky into a bunch of separate Discord servers https://t.co/OiMtJyPsks" / X
I have gamely kept posting a little on BlueSky, and I think the X commentary on BSky ignores a feature that shapes that site a lot nowadays: you can subscribe to a blocklist from someone else. People do this a lot It basically turned BSky into a bunch of separate Discord servers https://t.co/OiMtJyPsks
x.com
September 14, 2025 at 9:03 AM
One of the most level-headed commentators about AI is apparently blocked by 146,000 bluesky users. Decentralised blocklists are important and useful but also a way of outsourcing decisions to someone who may be angrier and more polarised than you.
x.com/emollick/sta...
x.com/emollick/sta...
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*bird noises*
We heard from many developers and organizations that even finding open source tools that can be used for online safety is a challenge. Our first baby step is putting together this curated list of awesome safety tools.
We welcome contributions and feedback!
github.com/roostorg/awe...
We heard from many developers and organizations that even finding open source tools that can be used for online safety is a challenge. Our first baby step is putting together this curated list of awesome safety tools.
We welcome contributions and feedback!
github.com/roostorg/awe...
GitHub - roostorg/awesome-safety-tools: A curated collection of open source tools for online safety
A curated collection of open source tools for online safety - roostorg/awesome-safety-tools
github.com
March 5, 2025 at 6:35 PM
*bird noises*
We heard from many developers and organizations that even finding open source tools that can be used for online safety is a challenge. Our first baby step is putting together this curated list of awesome safety tools.
We welcome contributions and feedback!
github.com/roostorg/awe...
We heard from many developers and organizations that even finding open source tools that can be used for online safety is a challenge. Our first baby step is putting together this curated list of awesome safety tools.
We welcome contributions and feedback!
github.com/roostorg/awe...
@philarcher.bsky.social do you still have your PICSfail doc online somewhere?
July 30, 2025 at 8:31 AM
@philarcher.bsky.social do you still have your PICSfail doc online somewhere?
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Lots of open positions at GS1 Global Office right now at all levels. Brussels, New Jersey, hybrid, remote... are any of these you or someone you know? www.gs1.org/about/careers
GS1 Careers | GS1
Find here all GS1's job openings and how it is like to work with GS1.
www.gs1.org
July 29, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Lots of open positions at GS1 Global Office right now at all levels. Brussels, New Jersey, hybrid, remote... are any of these you or someone you know? www.gs1.org/about/careers
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ChatGPT agent: "create a PDF of a novel D&D adventure, add illustrations, make it super interesting and deep, add tables, etc"
"Fix the formatting, build it out more"
Got a 19 page PDF. Agent doesn't do layouts well, but pulls off building a coherent adventure, historically very hard for LLMs.
"Fix the formatting, build it out more"
Got a 19 page PDF. Agent doesn't do layouts well, but pulls off building a coherent adventure, historically very hard for LLMs.
July 18, 2025 at 3:28 AM
ChatGPT agent: "create a PDF of a novel D&D adventure, add illustrations, make it super interesting and deep, add tables, etc"
"Fix the formatting, build it out more"
Got a 19 page PDF. Agent doesn't do layouts well, but pulls off building a coherent adventure, historically very hard for LLMs.
"Fix the formatting, build it out more"
Got a 19 page PDF. Agent doesn't do layouts well, but pulls off building a coherent adventure, historically very hard for LLMs.
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If anyone can explain to me why this is still such a common occurrence for people with apostrophes, hyphens, etc - please get in touch! I’m going to write about it
July 17, 2025 at 11:00 AM
If anyone can explain to me why this is still such a common occurrence for people with apostrophes, hyphens, etc - please get in touch! I’m going to write about it
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Powerful study forthcoming in PETS showing how Apple’s claims that the Apple Watch cannot be made to interoperate with Android are false. arxiv.org/html/2507.07...
WatchWitch: Interoperability, Privacy, and Autonomy for the Apple Watch
arxiv.org
July 14, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Powerful study forthcoming in PETS showing how Apple’s claims that the Apple Watch cannot be made to interoperate with Android are false. arxiv.org/html/2507.07...
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There's a real paucity of policy discussion on the left about the problems we're going to face if AI does in fact carry on getting better.
July 11, 2025 at 3:22 PM
There's a real paucity of policy discussion on the left about the problems we're going to face if AI does in fact carry on getting better.
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Whatever you think of NewsGuard’s approach or the usefulness of its labels, the decision speaks to how the internet, political landscape, and notions of collective truth have polarized beyond recognition since 2018. www.niemanlab.org/2025/07/lang...
“Language that once clarified is now obscuring”: NewsGuard retires the labels “misinformation” and “disinformation”
The end of an era?
Since its launch in 2018, NewsGuard has been in the business of labels. The company has rated the reliability of online news and information, giving publishers "nutrition labels" t...
www.niemanlab.org
July 10, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Whatever you think of NewsGuard’s approach or the usefulness of its labels, the decision speaks to how the internet, political landscape, and notions of collective truth have polarized beyond recognition since 2018. www.niemanlab.org/2025/07/lang...
[DSIT] ‘said Google Cloud … had “agreed to work with the UK government in helping public services use advanced tech to shake off decades old ‘ball and chain’ legacy contracts which leave essential services vulnerable to cyber-attack”.’
Wow. Nobody talks about Google Cloud’s charity work.
Wow. Nobody talks about Google Cloud’s charity work.
July 9, 2025 at 9:16 PM
[DSIT] ‘said Google Cloud … had “agreed to work with the UK government in helping public services use advanced tech to shake off decades old ‘ball and chain’ legacy contracts which leave essential services vulnerable to cyber-attack”.’
Wow. Nobody talks about Google Cloud’s charity work.
Wow. Nobody talks about Google Cloud’s charity work.
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Are you a UK AI academic that wants to be GPU rich this summer?
The Sovereign AI Unit has a call out for high ambition proposals in our core priority areas.
Apply by July 7th! www.gov.uk/government/p...
The Sovereign AI Unit has a call out for high ambition proposals in our core priority areas.
Apply by July 7th! www.gov.uk/government/p...
Sovereign AI AIRR launch opportunity: call for researchers
www.gov.uk
July 5, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Are you a UK AI academic that wants to be GPU rich this summer?
The Sovereign AI Unit has a call out for high ambition proposals in our core priority areas.
Apply by July 7th! www.gov.uk/government/p...
The Sovereign AI Unit has a call out for high ambition proposals in our core priority areas.
Apply by July 7th! www.gov.uk/government/p...
@tomwestgarth.bsky.social can you post x.com/tom_westgart... here?
Tom Westgarth on X: "Many top academic AI researchers are GPU poor. The Sovereign AI Unit wants to change this story. We are seeking ambitious AI research proposals for UK academics aiming to take their research to the next level. Read below to find out more and apply 🧵👇 https://t.co/A9zYMwuK52" / X
Many top academic AI researchers are GPU poor. The Sovereign AI Unit wants to change this story. We are seeking ambitious AI research proposals for UK academics aiming to take their research to the next level. Read below to find out more and apply 🧵👇 https://t.co/A9zYMwuK52
x.com
July 5, 2025 at 8:32 AM
@tomwestgarth.bsky.social can you post x.com/tom_westgart... here?
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“Boids Demo Reel” survived as a videotape cassette on my bookshelf for many years, then was digitized for a documentary around 2010. “Breaking the Ice” was on broadcast quality reel-to-reel videotape until 2023 when Tom McMahon and others worked on a remastering for the 50ᵗʰ SIGGRAPH conference.
January 27, 2025 at 9:04 PM
“Boids Demo Reel” survived as a videotape cassette on my bookshelf for many years, then was digitized for a documentary around 2010. “Breaking the Ice” was on broadcast quality reel-to-reel videotape until 2023 when Tom McMahon and others worked on a remastering for the 50ᵗʰ SIGGRAPH conference.
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I enjoyed being invited to attend AAMAS last week in Detroit to receive the 2025 IFAAMAS Influential Paper Award for my 1987 SIGGRAPH paper “Flocks, Herds and Schools: A Distributed Behavioral Model.”
aamas2025.org/index.php/co...
#autonomous #agents #multiagent #boids #flocks
aamas2025.org/index.php/co...
#autonomous #agents #multiagent #boids #flocks
May 27, 2025 at 2:50 PM
I enjoyed being invited to attend AAMAS last week in Detroit to receive the 2025 IFAAMAS Influential Paper Award for my 1987 SIGGRAPH paper “Flocks, Herds and Schools: A Distributed Behavioral Model.”
aamas2025.org/index.php/co...
#autonomous #agents #multiagent #boids #flocks
aamas2025.org/index.php/co...
#autonomous #agents #multiagent #boids #flocks
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Excellent nature photos:
“A Photo Appreciation of Life in Our Oceans — A collection of images showcasing some of the incredible marine biodiversity across our blue planet”
#photography #nature
Gift link: www.theatlantic.com/photography/...
“A Photo Appreciation of Life in Our Oceans — A collection of images showcasing some of the incredible marine biodiversity across our blue planet”
#photography #nature
Gift link: www.theatlantic.com/photography/...
July 3, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Excellent nature photos:
“A Photo Appreciation of Life in Our Oceans — A collection of images showcasing some of the incredible marine biodiversity across our blue planet”
#photography #nature
Gift link: www.theatlantic.com/photography/...
“A Photo Appreciation of Life in Our Oceans — A collection of images showcasing some of the incredible marine biodiversity across our blue planet”
#photography #nature
Gift link: www.theatlantic.com/photography/...
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To expand a little, despite @danbri.bsky.social's best efforts I still can't get excited about AI or indeed horrified by the so-called 'hallucinations'. I am, however, fascinated by C-Suite hallucinations when elders and betters start displaying some form of primitive pattern recognition
June 27, 2025 at 11:29 AM
To expand a little, despite @danbri.bsky.social's best efforts I still can't get excited about AI or indeed horrified by the so-called 'hallucinations'. I am, however, fascinated by C-Suite hallucinations when elders and betters start displaying some form of primitive pattern recognition
@jarkman.bsky.social I have a new hobby, AI catwig-reviewing its own code over MCP. It really didn’t enjoy pacman! codepen.io/danbri/full/...
Shatwigs Blaboon! ⚖️
...
codepen.io
June 8, 2025 at 5:32 AM
@jarkman.bsky.social I have a new hobby, AI catwig-reviewing its own code over MCP. It really didn’t enjoy pacman! codepen.io/danbri/full/...
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i might be looking for a new role, staff developer, remote uk/us
tef.computer
i am pretty good at the whole "fixing distributed systems" stuff but i'm also pretty good at the "levelling up a team" stuff too
tef.computer
i am pretty good at the whole "fixing distributed systems" stuff but i'm also pretty good at the "levelling up a team" stuff too
tef.computer
tef.computer
May 23, 2025 at 3:52 PM
i might be looking for a new role, staff developer, remote uk/us
tef.computer
i am pretty good at the whole "fixing distributed systems" stuff but i'm also pretty good at the "levelling up a team" stuff too
tef.computer
i am pretty good at the whole "fixing distributed systems" stuff but i'm also pretty good at the "levelling up a team" stuff too
Hi @nigelmegitt.bsky.social
Does TTML have conventions for diarized speaker IDs? Eg on a podcast where there is merit in knowing who said what?
ps. lists.w3.org/Archives/Pub...
Does TTML have conventions for diarized speaker IDs? Eg on a podcast where there is merit in knowing who said what?
ps. lists.w3.org/Archives/Pub...
please rename Timed Text (TT) Authoring Format 1.0 � Distribution Format Exchange Profile (DFXP) from Dan Brickley on 2009-09-29 (public-tt@w3.org from September 2009)
lists.w3.org
June 3, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Hi @nigelmegitt.bsky.social
Does TTML have conventions for diarized speaker IDs? Eg on a podcast where there is merit in knowing who said what?
ps. lists.w3.org/Archives/Pub...
Does TTML have conventions for diarized speaker IDs? Eg on a podcast where there is merit in knowing who said what?
ps. lists.w3.org/Archives/Pub...
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Very exciting work, to appear at SIGGRAPH 2025 (in August):
Inverse Geometric Locomotion
Quentin Becker, Oliver Gross and Mark Pauly
Video (8 minutes): www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwlR...
Project page: olligross.github.io/projects/Inv...
#SIGGRAPH #inverse #design #locomotion #animation #ALife
Inverse Geometric Locomotion
Quentin Becker, Oliver Gross and Mark Pauly
Video (8 minutes): www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwlR...
Project page: olligross.github.io/projects/Inv...
#SIGGRAPH #inverse #design #locomotion #animation #ALife
May 14, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Very exciting work, to appear at SIGGRAPH 2025 (in August):
Inverse Geometric Locomotion
Quentin Becker, Oliver Gross and Mark Pauly
Video (8 minutes): www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwlR...
Project page: olligross.github.io/projects/Inv...
#SIGGRAPH #inverse #design #locomotion #animation #ALife
Inverse Geometric Locomotion
Quentin Becker, Oliver Gross and Mark Pauly
Video (8 minutes): www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwlR...
Project page: olligross.github.io/projects/Inv...
#SIGGRAPH #inverse #design #locomotion #animation #ALife