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🔗 Blog: om.co
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Climb to the Stars
Stephanie Booth's online ramblings
climbtothestars.org
October 1, 2025 at 12:43 AM
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"I came here in an Uber this morning and asked the guy what street we were on. He had no clue. He said, 'I just follow it.'" -Rodney Brooks to @om.co crazystupidtech.com/2025/09/29/i...
iRobot Founder: Don’t Believe The (AI & Robotics) Hype!
Rodney Brooks, co-founder of three robotic companies and an AI guru has a pragmatic and honest opinions about the state of AI and Robotics. An interview!
crazystupidtech.com
September 29, 2025 at 4:37 PM
"I came here in an Uber this morning and asked the guy what street we were on. He had no clue. He said, 'I just follow it.'" -Rodney Brooks to @om.co crazystupidtech.com/2025/09/29/i...
This is technically the longest piece we have published on @crazystupidtech.com thus far. It is long because @rodneyabrooks.bsky.social is an interesting guy and I can wait to go for round two!
Are you in the mood for a 6000-word interview about AI, Robotics, and get a lowdown on the hype and reality of the two of the hottest tech trends? Well, we have you covered in this chat with @rodneyabrooks.bsky.social (Also, please sign up for our newsletter) crazystupidtech.com/2025/09/29/i...
iRobot Founder: Don’t Believe The (AI & Robotics) Hype!
Rodney Brooks, co-founder of three robotic companies and an AI guru has a pragmatic and honest opinions about the state of AI and Robotics. An interview!
crazystupidtech.com
September 29, 2025 at 6:09 PM
This is technically the longest piece we have published on @crazystupidtech.com thus far. It is long because @rodneyabrooks.bsky.social is an interesting guy and I can wait to go for round two!
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LLMs mean that no one has to write anything they don't care about, but they also mean that "writing anything" will get equated with "not caring" for most people. (If you really cared, you would video yourself talking about it on your phone.)
September 23, 2025 at 6:25 PM
LLMs mean that no one has to write anything they don't care about, but they also mean that "writing anything" will get equated with "not caring" for most people. (If you really cared, you would video yourself talking about it on your phone.)
It took Apple to come up with a worthy follow-up to one of its best-ever phones — the iPhone X. The iPhone Air is a surprise, and it is at its peak Apple in more ways than one. My early impressions of a phone I didn’t need, want, or care about. om.co/2025/09/22/g...
Go Out & Get Some Air
Over the weekend, I got a surprise package from the folks at Apple: a review unit of the iPhone Air. I don’t tend to get smitten by something so quickly, but the “Air” is really u…
om.co
September 23, 2025 at 10:54 PM
It took Apple to come up with a worthy follow-up to one of its best-ever phones — the iPhone X. The iPhone Air is a surprise, and it is at its peak Apple in more ways than one. My early impressions of a phone I didn’t need, want, or care about. om.co/2025/09/22/g...
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This feels like an egregious missed opportunity. @katie-drummond.bsky.social your team has been doing so much good work lately, but there's not a single person in this lineup who's written a line of code, let alone critiqued an AI system or that knows about the half-century of AI prior to LLMs...
September 11, 2025 at 4:47 PM
This feels like an egregious missed opportunity. @katie-drummond.bsky.social your team has been doing so much good work lately, but there's not a single person in this lineup who's written a line of code, let alone critiqued an AI system or that knows about the half-century of AI prior to LLMs...
I couldn’t help myself and decided to do a post-game analysis of the iPhone 17 launch event — and I am impressed by some stuff. I explain in this piece, which went as a newsletter to my readers. om.co/2025/09/10/t...
The iPhone 17 Event: Less Awe, More Unsexy & That’s A Good Thing
As you know, for the first time since the iPhone era began, I didn’t attend the iPhone launch event. I am gutted that I didn’t get to see the new iPhone 17 devices in person. Still, …
om.co
September 10, 2025 at 4:41 PM
I couldn’t help myself and decided to do a post-game analysis of the iPhone 17 launch event — and I am impressed by some stuff. I explain in this piece, which went as a newsletter to my readers. om.co/2025/09/10/t...
Congratulations to @techmeme.com founder @gaberivera.bsky.social for celebrating two decades as “conversation” king of tech. My partner in writing adventures, @fvogelstein.bsky.social has a great story about tech.memorandum on @crazystupidtech.com crazystupidtech.com/2025/09/08/a...
September 10, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Congratulations to @techmeme.com founder @gaberivera.bsky.social for celebrating two decades as “conversation” king of tech. My partner in writing adventures, @fvogelstein.bsky.social has a great story about tech.memorandum on @crazystupidtech.com crazystupidtech.com/2025/09/08/a...
Well, I couldn't help myself. I can't do video or podcasts. They take a lot of effort. But I love to write. So I started a newsletter devoted to what else -- but pens. Here is the first edition describing why I started this newsletter. omlovespens.com/2025/09/06/w...
Lessons Learned from a Pen Show: A Journey of Friendship
Join my journey through the world of fountain pens, friendship, and creativity. Discover the joy of pen collecting and writing in my newsletter.
omlovespens.com
September 7, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Well, I couldn't help myself. I can't do video or podcasts. They take a lot of effort. But I love to write. So I started a newsletter devoted to what else -- but pens. Here is the first edition describing why I started this newsletter. omlovespens.com/2025/09/06/w...
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"Venture is dead." I've heard this same prediction in every tech wave Web 1.0, crypto, and now AI. The argument is AI's capital efficiency makes VC obsolete.
I believe the opposite. AI won't just save venture; it will restore value to the entire startup economy.
trueventures.com/blog/the-tra...
I believe the opposite. AI won't just save venture; it will restore value to the entire startup economy.
trueventures.com/blog/the-tra...
The Tragedy of the Common: How AI Will Restore Value to Startup Equity
We support and empower extraordinary founders from all walks of life.
trueventures.com
August 25, 2025 at 7:11 PM
"Venture is dead." I've heard this same prediction in every tech wave Web 1.0, crypto, and now AI. The argument is AI's capital efficiency makes VC obsolete.
I believe the opposite. AI won't just save venture; it will restore value to the entire startup economy.
trueventures.com/blog/the-tra...
I believe the opposite. AI won't just save venture; it will restore value to the entire startup economy.
trueventures.com/blog/the-tra...
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The five things that were necessary before you could have podcasting:
Blogging.
HTTP.
RSS.
MP3.
iPod.
It's pretty simple, but this confluence eludes most tech people and journalists. scripting.com
Blogging.
HTTP.
RSS.
MP3.
iPod.
It's pretty simple, but this confluence eludes most tech people and journalists. scripting.com
August 20, 2025 at 2:26 PM
The five things that were necessary before you could have podcasting:
Blogging.
HTTP.
RSS.
MP3.
iPod.
It's pretty simple, but this confluence eludes most tech people and journalists. scripting.com
Blogging.
HTTP.
RSS.
MP3.
iPod.
It's pretty simple, but this confluence eludes most tech people and journalists. scripting.com
Hey any one seen any screenshots of this Slack message from
Sam Altman to his team. Lot of chatter about this. Just curious. Or maybe the old reporter in me wants to see before believing 🤪 www.perplexity.ai/discover/tec...
Sam Altman to his team. Lot of chatter about this. Just curious. Or maybe the old reporter in me wants to see before believing 🤪 www.perplexity.ai/discover/tec...
Perplexity
Perplexity is a free AI-powered answer engine that provides accurate, trusted, and real-time answers to any question.
www.perplexity.ai
August 19, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Hey any one seen any screenshots of this Slack message from
Sam Altman to his team. Lot of chatter about this. Just curious. Or maybe the old reporter in me wants to see before believing 🤪 www.perplexity.ai/discover/tec...
Sam Altman to his team. Lot of chatter about this. Just curious. Or maybe the old reporter in me wants to see before believing 🤪 www.perplexity.ai/discover/tec...
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SoftBank buying a factory from Foxconn is a real rat king of "companies that have called things off in the past"
August 18, 2025 at 4:00 PM
SoftBank buying a factory from Foxconn is a real rat king of "companies that have called things off in the past"
Am I the only one who finds this report pretty much worthless. What is the actual number of glasses shipped by Meta? That is the real number. Not some bullshit “percentage growth.”
Global smart glasses shipments grew 110% YoY in H1; Meta's share of the market rose to 73%; AI smart glasses accounted for 78% of shipments, up from 46% YoY (Counterpoint Research)
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
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August 17, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Am I the only one who finds this report pretty much worthless. What is the actual number of glasses shipped by Meta? That is the real number. Not some bullshit “percentage growth.”
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Links to the full conversation:
Spotify -
open.spotify.com/episode/1Qk...
Apple podcasts -
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/...
YouTube -
youtu.be/s8Bnd-5p0oA
Spotify -
open.spotify.com/episode/1Qk...
Apple podcasts -
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/...
YouTube -
youtu.be/s8Bnd-5p0oA
Dan Romero & Varun Srinivasan (Co-founders of Farcaster)
In this episode of The Slow Hunch, I spoke with Dan Romero and Varun Srinivasan, the co-founders of Farcaster. Farcaster is a social app and protocol that is...
www.youtube.com
August 8, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Links to the full conversation:
Spotify -
open.spotify.com/episode/1Qk...
Apple podcasts -
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/...
YouTube -
youtu.be/s8Bnd-5p0oA
Spotify -
open.spotify.com/episode/1Qk...
Apple podcasts -
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/...
YouTube -
youtu.be/s8Bnd-5p0oA
I was watching this excellent conversation between Stripe co-founder John Collison and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, where the latter eloquently outlines non-financial reasons as to why the software sector is getting (and will keep getting) disrupted by AI. om.co/2025/08/06/w...
Why AI Disrupts Software First
A few days ago, when decoding Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella’s memo to his company about layoffs and artificial intelligence, I said that “this is not just about Microsof…
om.co
August 6, 2025 at 11:02 PM
I was watching this excellent conversation between Stripe co-founder John Collison and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, where the latter eloquently outlines non-financial reasons as to why the software sector is getting (and will keep getting) disrupted by AI. om.co/2025/08/06/w...
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Om Malik
Om Malik carries with him the quiet gravity of someone who has seen the world change and helped shape its direction. He is one of my oldest friends, someone I’ve known for more than twenty years. We have stood together on icy runways in Svalbard and watched the blue light stretch…
Om Malik carries with him the quiet gravity of someone who has seen the world change and helped shape its direction. He is one of my oldest friends, someone I’ve known for more than twenty years. We have stood together on icy runways in Svalbard and watched the blue light stretch…
Om Malik
Om Malik carries with him the quiet gravity of someone who has seen the world change and helped shape its direction. He is one of my oldest friends, someone I’ve known for more than twenty years. We have stood together on icy runways in Svalbard and watched the blue light stretch endlessly across Greenland. In those places, conversation slows and the essential rises to the surface.
explorers.com
August 6, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Om Malik
Om Malik carries with him the quiet gravity of someone who has seen the world change and helped shape its direction. He is one of my oldest friends, someone I’ve known for more than twenty years. We have stood together on icy runways in Svalbard and watched the blue light stretch…
Om Malik carries with him the quiet gravity of someone who has seen the world change and helped shape its direction. He is one of my oldest friends, someone I’ve known for more than twenty years. We have stood together on icy runways in Svalbard and watched the blue light stretch…
All this talk about Substack (including a wonderful piece by @gruber.foo ) prompted me to ask a few questions and try to answer the Why of Substack. om.co/2025/08/03/t...
The Why of Substack
Not for the first time, the newsletter platform Substack is coming under criticism for hosting and now (accidentally) promoting Nazi content. Today, John Gruber of Daring Fireball is leading this c…
om.co
August 3, 2025 at 11:17 PM
All this talk about Substack (including a wonderful piece by @gruber.foo ) prompted me to ask a few questions and try to answer the Why of Substack. om.co/2025/08/03/t...
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A look at newsletter platform Beehiiv, which has hit $30M in ARR and fees starting at $43/month for 1,000 subscribers, unlike Substack, which takes a 10% cut (Jessica Roy/The Information)
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August 3, 2025 at 6:20 PM
A look at newsletter platform Beehiiv, which has hit $30M in ARR and fees starting at $43/month for 1,000 subscribers, unlike Substack, which takes a 10% cut (Jessica Roy/The Information)
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
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The annoying spam texts destroying the Democratic brand:
$678M raised through those spam tactics
$282M to one consulting firm: Mothership Strategies.
$11M to actual campaigns (1.6%)
The party isn’t just treating donors like marks—it’s being fleeced itself yet continues to back Mothership.
$678M raised through those spam tactics
$282M to one consulting firm: Mothership Strategies.
$11M to actual campaigns (1.6%)
The party isn’t just treating donors like marks—it’s being fleeced itself yet continues to back Mothership.
The Mothership Vortex: An Investigation Into the Firm at the Heart of the Democratic Spam Machine
How a single consulting firm extracted $282 million from a network of spam PACs while delivering just $11 million to actual campaigns.
open.substack.com
August 3, 2025 at 5:02 PM
The annoying spam texts destroying the Democratic brand:
$678M raised through those spam tactics
$282M to one consulting firm: Mothership Strategies.
$11M to actual campaigns (1.6%)
The party isn’t just treating donors like marks—it’s being fleeced itself yet continues to back Mothership.
$678M raised through those spam tactics
$282M to one consulting firm: Mothership Strategies.
$11M to actual campaigns (1.6%)
The party isn’t just treating donors like marks—it’s being fleeced itself yet continues to back Mothership.
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An incisive and on-point read by @om.co om.co/2025/07/30/d...
Decoding Zuck’s Superintelligence Memo
Mark Zuckerberg, the chief executive of Meta (aka the company formerly known as Facebook), has published a memorandum about “superintelligence” and what it will mean not only for his co…
om.co
August 1, 2025 at 8:12 PM
An incisive and on-point read by @om.co om.co/2025/07/30/d...
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Apple has now sold over 3B iPhones since its 2007 launch; it reached 1B sold in July 2016, and is estimated to have reached 2B around September 2021 (Chance Miller/9to5Mac)
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July 31, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Apple has now sold over 3B iPhones since its 2007 launch; it reached 1B sold in July 2016, and is estimated to have reached 2B around September 2021 (Chance Miller/9to5Mac)
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
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Mark Zuckerberg has done a good job of making personal super intelligence his own idea. The phrase “personal super intelligence” was coined by Character.AI CEO and co-founder Noam Shazeer. I take a historical look at Zuck “Xerox Machine as a business strategy.”
om.co/2025/07/31/m...
om.co/2025/07/31/m...
Meta’s Favorite Product Isn’t AI. It’s the Copy Button.
An hour after I posted my piece about Meta’s Super Intelligence memo, a friend pinged me and pointed out that once again, Mark Zuckerberg has subsumed someone’s idea and phrase and…
om.co
July 31, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Mark Zuckerberg has done a good job of making personal super intelligence his own idea. The phrase “personal super intelligence” was coined by Character.AI CEO and co-founder Noam Shazeer. I take a historical look at Zuck “Xerox Machine as a business strategy.”
om.co/2025/07/31/m...
om.co/2025/07/31/m...
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This is a good read, and you should read "Super-Intelligence" as well. An instructive comparison is to compare Zuckerberg's manifesto: www.meta.com/superintelli...
with Dario Amodei's www.darioamodei.com/essay/machin...
with Dario Amodei's www.darioamodei.com/essay/machin...
Zuck's new "Super intelligence" memo is talk of the Internet. I try to decode what he is saying & why he is saying it. Either way, the memo is very much on point for Zuck and in keeping with every single time his company has faced an existential crisis.
om.co/2025/07/30/d...
om.co/2025/07/30/d...
Decoding Zuck’s Superintelligence Memo
Mark Zuckerberg, the chief executive of Meta (aka the company formerly known as Facebook), has published a memorandum about “superintelligence” and what it will mean not only …
om.co
July 31, 2025 at 6:11 PM
This is a good read, and you should read "Super-Intelligence" as well. An instructive comparison is to compare Zuckerberg's manifesto: www.meta.com/superintelli...
with Dario Amodei's www.darioamodei.com/essay/machin...
with Dario Amodei's www.darioamodei.com/essay/machin...