Break the Build On Purpose

Yesterday, we entered a new timeline. I don’t know if it’s a better one or a much worse one. But it’s something new. This evening, we arrived home from touring a new city — checking out neighborhoods and schools — and found the unspeakable had marched on our hometown. Filth and venom, spewing. The kids watched a movie, and I...

We're over a decade into the industry's voice assistant experiment, and given the same input, the output doesn't feel reliably deterministic. Voice is an interface that is not stable or discoverable.

If I complain that modern software is too generic and boring, I should take my own advice and try something fun and borderline silly.

In 2021, I received a cold email from an Apple director. They wanted to arrange a video call to learn more about developers' opinions of the App Store.