I was raised to the sublime degree of Master Mason this month.
When Automattic bought Tumblr, I hoped that Automattic would turn Tumblr into a universal platform for personal blogging. Instead, it remains the niche product that it’s been for many years.
I think the only reason Automattic keeps it going is the same reason I remain active there – I just plain like it. I like reading the weird posts (I’m a weirdo too!) and seeing the memes and GIFsets and vintage photos. I browse it at bedtime and other periods of downtime.
Matt Mullenwegg has a gajillion dollars, so he can afford to keep the whole site going for his own amusement the same way I, a middle-class guy who types for a living, can afford $69.99/year for Tumblr Premium.
Just once in my life I want to:
- Enter a meeting room where middle-aged men and women, wearing business suits and military uniforms, are sitting around a long table, talking animatedly.
- They grow silent when I enter the room and stand to attention
- I tell them “be seated” as a take a seat myself, at the head of the table
- Once everyone is seated and giving me their full attention, I bark: “Give me options, people!”
Physical AI’s network demands are telco opportunities — Robots with onboard AI aren’t smart enough, pushing intelligence to the network and creating new opportunities — and challenges — for operators, according to Mobile Experts. My latest on Fierce Network.
I talked with James White, VP of AI for F5, about the state of AI post-Mythos. We talked about how Mythos proves AI is grown up and can do real work. Mythos, he said, is on the leading edge of a new class of AI models specialized for specific tasks. My latest on Fierce Network.
