Intriguing Stuff

I invited Christine to present a section or idea from her book for After Babel. She chose one of my favorites: the loss of “interstitial time.” Interstices are the gaps between things, as with the cells in your body or the spaces between architectural columns. When applied to time, it means the many bits of time scattered throughout the day such as the five minutes that students have in between classes, or the unknown number of seconds that pass while you are waiting for an elevator. These moments used to be given over to silent reflection or conversation with whoever is around. Now, for most of us, nearly all of them are grabbed by our phones.

I’ve noticed I tend to bring my phone with me during small moments throughout the day—times when I really don’t need it. Whether I’m heading to the garage, walking upstairs, or waiting for the microwave, it’s like a security blanket that keeps me from just being alone with my thoughts. I’m going to make a conscious effort to stop doing that and try to appreciate those quiet, in-between moments instead.

Huawei is involved in projects that aim to develop alternatives to technology from chip designer Nvidia, equipment maker ASML, memory-chip maker SK Hynix, and contract manufacturer Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company.

Each of these projects is insanely ambitious. Doing them all in parallel, under one parent company, is unprecedented.

My prediction is that the demand for great thinkers will remain unabated. It’s unclear if we’ll call them engineers or if it’ll matter, because these people will have a lot of full stack impact on the whole business, as they’ll have access to prompt their way to any successful outcome.

I wholeheartedly agree. Developing refined taste and the ability to think through business logic are the crucial skills to master.

Experimental command-line audio tool focused on sample manipulation, structural effects, and song structure workflows inspired by prior generative music tools.

I plan on only using samples and trying to elevate the samples by restructuring and juxtaposed effects chains - and have its creation based entirely in a terminal.

An inspiring music production project that uses SuperCollider and Sox.

The Homebridge Google Smart Home (GSH) plugin enables the integration of HomeKit devices with Google Assistant in the Google Home app. This allows you to do things like use custom Google Assistant voice commands to control devices that are only paired to the Apple Home app.