I’ve been a bit obsessed thinking about AI agents and this definition shared by Willison from Anthropic’s Hannah Moran works for me. "Agents are models using tools in a loop." Perfect. I might add “and have a memory” to that too, but that isn’t required.
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Agents are models using tools in a loop
I was going slightly spare at the fact that every talk at this Anthropic developer conference has used the word "agents" dozens of times, but nobod...
Omnivore announced they were shutting down last October, but it wasn’t until this week I saw a group of Omnivore addresses subscribed to the Weekly Thing bounce. Seems they turned off the email addresses now.
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One of my favorite read-later apps is shutting down.
[Link: Omnivore is joining ElevenLabs | https://blog.omnivore.app/p/omnivore-is-joining-elevenlabs | blog.omnivore.app] I’ve recommended Omni...
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Dave Winer today… "Where AI fits in The Beatles Personal computers The web Napster AI It is interesting and I’ve made similar comparisons lately myself. It matters who your audience and point is for such a list. For technologists I keep saying it is like… GUI Internet Cloud Mobile I think of those because they changed nearly everything about how technologists do their craft. And I believe AI is going to do that too. It is of course bigger than all that, but that is a different audience.
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Where AI fits in
Dave Winer, OG blogger, podcaster, developed first apps in many categories. Old enough to know better. It
Robin decided that a nest would be great on top of our irrigation controller. Hmm… trying to leave this be until the eggs hatch. 😬 image
First smash burgers of 2025! 🍔 image
Getting the pool ready for summer! image
It was awesome to see @davoh for a delicious coffee at Five Watt today! The conversation covered much ground and could have continued on if not for a lack of time. 🤝 image
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I’ve never had an Apple TV require this Recovery Mode. It seems to be working fine to fix it. image
Pirates of the Spanish Main at Enigma Adventure
Pirates of the Spanish Main at Enigma Adventure
We capped off Mother’s Day with a trip to Enigma Adventures in Maple Grove to do their Pirates of the Spanish Main room. This room was the to...
We went to a live recording of The Object podcast at the MIA today. Dessa was the special guest discussing Salvador Dalí and the surrealists. She is always engaging and entertaining. image https://new.artsmia.org/the-object-podcast https://new.artsmia.org
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