Weird Web and weird gifts
weekly notes Week 52

Is this the return of the indieweb ? It’s not but maybe there is some new middle ground to discover. Anil Dash wrote a piece for the Rolling Stone …

Bruno Amaral
Bruno Amaral
31 December, 2023
Complex issues and clean slates
weekly notes Week 51

Two things were big for me last week, one was the Substack backlash from not removing Nazi content, or demonitizing those accounts. The other was taking …

Bruno Amaral
Bruno Amaral
22 December, 2023
It's the season
weekly notes Week 50

Can’t say this is the easiest time of the year for me, and as a result I always try to look into new areas of interest, or revisit ones I specially …

Bruno Amaral
Bruno Amaral
13 December, 2023
The Problem Of Just Taking A Bite
weekly notes Week 49

This week is about how we read and understand the world. I lost the reference, but this week I found an idea that said our brain is more than what’s …

Bruno Amaral
Bruno Amaral
11 December, 2023
Your Spotify Wrapped
weekly notes Week 48

For week 47, the reflection was about creativity in the age of the algorithm, and right after, Spotify Wrapped took over my social media feeds. From a …

Bruno Amaral
Bruno Amaral
4 December, 2023
Communities in the age of algorithms
weekly notes Week 47

The New Yorker published a nice piece about Why The Internet Isn’t Fun Anymore. And the scenario described is spot on. The algorithms that social …

Bruno Amaral
Bruno Amaral
28 November, 2023
Art is faster than tech
weekly notes Week 46

What’s going on with OpenAI, Sam Altman and Microsoft? I have no idea and will not try to stitch up a theory like everyone else. Instead I just want …

Bruno Amaral
Bruno Amaral
22 November, 2023
Building transparent websites
weekly notes Week 45

I got excited with the work that started last week. A bit of context first. Since 2021, I have been running the Gregory MS Project and it grew more than I …

Bruno Amaral
Bruno Amaral
13 November, 2023
weekly notes Week 44

If you missed it, OpenAI held a conference with some exciting news for developers. …

Bruno Amaral
Bruno Amaral
2 November, 2023
Information wants to be free
weekly notes Week 43

Remember Aaron Swartz? He was a prime example of what the internet and the web can be. When he was 14 he was already contributing to the web with the RSS …

Bruno Amaral
Bruno Amaral
31 October, 2023