Weekly Notes
Short review of the week, useful links, random thoughts
![Weird Web and weird gifts](https://brunoamaral.eu/story/week/week-52/images/andrea-de-santis-bZLj_AVBn4s-unsplash_hueddad5fa0098f4d844417d608347bd97_290057_402x269_fill_q75_lanczos_smart1.jpg)
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 …
![Complex issues and clean slates](https://brunoamaral.eu/story/week/week-51/images/valentin-petkov-ooKXjakIyTw-unsplash_hub84a823a61064282a51229126979d2e4_327039_402x269_fill_q75_lanczos_smart1.jpg)
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 …
![It's the season](https://brunoamaral.eu/story/week/week-50/images/elisa-rYrawNU0wH0-unsplash_hu7d8f77cd39aebe18002a8c3d2ddbd72b_261063_402x269_fill_q75_lanczos_smart1.jpg)
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 …
![The Problem Of Just Taking A Bite](https://brunoamaral.eu/story/week/week-49/images/week-49_hu15ffac1ca70efe0af5af52e0361c54c6_1671855_402x269_fill_lanczos_smart1_3.png)
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 …
![Your Spotify Wrapped](https://brunoamaral.eu/story/week/week-48/images/week48-dall-e_hu611ba5db34c1a239356225b449b20ee4_1376165_402x269_fill_lanczos_smart1_3.png)
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 …
![Communities in the age of algorithms](https://brunoamaral.eu/story/week/week-47/images/notebook47_hu339346d0d45bb8c62f3ea708591c22a0_328052_402x269_fill_q75_lanczos_smart1.jpeg)
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 …
![Art is faster than tech](https://brunoamaral.eu/story/week/week-46/images/wooden-number-46_hu7a6961527f84eb4933c66352de659c2d_369374_402x269_fill_q75_lanczos_smart1.jpeg)
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 …
![Building transparent websites](https://brunoamaral.eu/story/week/week-45/images/lucas-van-oort-QTOCu4bDq1Q-unsplash_hu2e9b40d5ff352a4b7d5ebde449c7f00d_7340665_402x269_fill_q75_lanczos_smart1.jpg)
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 …
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If you missed it, OpenAI held a conference with some exciting news for developers. …
![Information wants to be free](https://brunoamaral.eu/story/week/week-43/images/john-van-weelden-aipkPDrAHNA-unsplash_hu02aa61ae1d9de35cbe238d2676170cb9_249693_402x269_fill_q75_lanczos_smart1.jpg)
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 …