Tag: Advertising
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Category: Technology
WordPress Needs Better Export Support
I love WordPress, but getting my data out of WordPress.com isn’t as “easy” as promised. On a Premium plan I can’t export my data in useful way, and that lock-in worries me. Here’s why true data portability matters and why WordPress.com needs to do better .
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The Problem With AI Is You! Moron!
I’m so sick of these AI fluff pieces showing up on the sites of supposedly reputable news organizations that feel like little more than paid advertising. Take this piece from The Guardian as a prime example. Yet another evacuation of verbal diarrhea to declare that AI isn’t the problem: you are, we are, I am!…
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Category: Technology
Data Centers In Space? I Can’t Even Stream YouTube In The Bathroom
I’ve seen a plethora of “5-minute experts” pontificating on “Data Centers In SPAAAAAAAACCE Space”, touting it as the solution to AI’s power and cooling needs. Notably, the idea has gained considerable credibility since it was vomited up by the World’s Richest Idiot, Elon Musk. Perhaps this was an attempt to shift the narrative away from…
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Category: Technology
It’s Being Done To Us – The Problem With “AI”
It occurred to me that, despite its absolute laundry list of flaws and impossible claims, the major perceptual problem with “AI” is that it’s being hoisted upon us by a handful of tech bros, instead of regular people being part of the process. When you have a handful of narcissistic, clearly biased and self-interested, possibly…
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OpenAI Adding Ads Is An Admission Of Failure
“Today, we’re beginning to test ads in ChatGPT in the U.S. The test will be for logged-in adult users on the Free and Go subscription tiers. Plus, Pro, Business, Enterprise, and Education tiers will not have ads. Ads do not influence the answers ChatGPT gives you, and we keep your conversations with ChatGPT private from…
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Category: Technology
Podcast Loudness Levels Are Still Crap
-16 LUFS for podcast (stereo) audio has been the standard for longer than I can remember. By exporting your audio at this level, you help ensure that your listener isn’t suddenly forced to either raise their volume to hear your podcast properly or panic grab for the volume button before their eardrums start to bleed.…
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Let Me Fix That Response To The CMA, Google
The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) Google has proposed changes to how Google Search works in order to promote a “fairer deal” for consumers and businesses in a market that is absolutely dominated by Google. To be clear, these are proposals, not laws, and are only at the consultation phase. Google Search accounts for…
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Category: House Keeping
Changing Colours
I’ve done a bit of an overhaul on the site today and settled on a bit of branding. I wasn’t happy with the previous colour scheme or logo, so I spent the morning brainstorming colours / fonts / iconography based on what I want this site to represent. Gone are the dark, moody colours, and…
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Category: Advice
Your Domain. YOURS.
I really can’t stress this enough, but I feel the need to say this: nobody should control your domain name except you. I’ve spent the past two days attempting to track down and restore the ownership of a domain for a client whose online store has been offline for the past 4 days. All because…
Fitz Thiar: Thinking For The Impatient 