Readit NewsShow me an echo server. Show me how you open a file and read data. Show me SOMETHING. Right on the landing page. How are we still doing this?
EDIT: I stand corrected - this is but a subpage. The actual landing page apparently DOES have code.
I can't wait to see phones becoming a place for _useful_ AI use cases — with the privacy improvements of on-device computation.
The middle ground is what works best for me. I use generative AI exlusively mid-process, but neither for input (ideas) nor output (actual drafts.)
Here's how I write:
- I source my ideas from contemplation or conversations on social media. Topics discussed there have at least some pre-validated relevance - I sit down for ten minutes and dictate my thoughts into a tool like AudioPen (no affiliation, just a fan) which summarizes my 10 minutes in 5 or 6 paragraphs. THIS is the AI step. The tool suggests a few paragraph structures that I cycle through until I find a good one. - From there, I write my draft, following that outline. No more AI tools here other than grammar checking at the end.
AI is a great writing partner. It's a horrible writer.
The saving grace here? The existence of the Wayback Machine. A non-profit by the Internet Archive that is severely underfunded. If you ever needed a reason to donate, this is probably it. And even then, the survival of this information depends on a singular platform. Digital historians of the future will have a tough job.
If this is a window into the soul of a business, then it's a competitive advantage in a world of brands eager to be perceived as authentic. There's still lots of room for manipulation, but it becomes harder to fake when you're recording a show.
A lot of Amazon's publishing-related acquisitions tend to stray from what they were intended to be.
If you look at who's speaking at conferences or who's appearing on podcasts to talk about their successful business, it's almost always B2B.
Look at the schedule for the last listed Microconf: all B2B.[0] Arvid Kahl's maybe the exception, as he does more B2C stuff now, but he was there presenting about his experience with his B2B SaaS.
[0] https://vault.microconf.com/watch/americas-23
I am actively moving further away from B2C, and even though I have a few individual users, the true power of the business shines with agencies, departments and enterprise companies.