Having fun with code, Google's AI trouble, and Content Curation
weekly notes Week 03

Coding fun with ChatGPT It’s not really coding, it’s more like being able to provide good instructions and description of the expected output. …

Bruno Amaral
Bruno Amaral
20 January, 2024
Prototypes and Strategy
weekly notes Week 02

Prototype with ChatGPT Do you remember a website called del.icio.us? It was sort of a mix of microblog and bookmark manager. You could keep track of the …

Bruno Amaral
Bruno Amaral
14 January, 2024
Future You and the Rise of the Fediverse
weekly notes Week 01

The first week of 2024 is past and we’re all focused on our goals, and on improving our well-being in some way. So I am going to give you an idea …

Bruno Amaral
Bruno Amaral
4 January, 2024
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