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"https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2026/09/14/on-a-i-hysteria-what-is-driving-it-the-anxiety-it-can-cause-and-how-to-personally-deal-with-that/", "published_at": "2026-09-14T12:08:46+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087e2-86b5-70c0-a1bf-8acc36b0982f", "title": "Robots on the rise (what’s new with robots, 2026 edition)", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2026/09/08/robots-on-the-rise-whats-new-with-robots-2026-edition/", "published_at": "2026-09-08T12:08:17+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087e2-86b5-70c0-a1bf-8acc375c7f27", "title": "On the beginning of the end of the baby boom", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2026/09/02/on-the-beginning-of-the-end-of-the-baby-boom/", "published_at": "2026-09-02T12:08:16+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087e2-86b5-70c0-a1bf-8acc37b74d92", "title": "Women of the 80s and 90s (my annual post of great things from the 80s and 90s)", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2026/08/31/women-of-the-80s-and-90s-my-annual-post-of-great-things-from-the-80s-and-90s/", "published_at": "2026-08-31T12:08:31+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087e2-86b5-70c0-a1bf-8acc38256972", "title": "On Fredkin’s paradox on how to deal with it", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2026/08/27/on-fredkins-paradox-on-how-to-deal-with-it/", "published_at": "2026-08-27T12:08:26+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087e2-86b5-70c0-a1bf-8acc38a72d34", "title": "On agentic AI vs chatbot AI", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2026/08/25/on-agentic-ai-vs-chatbot-ai/", "published_at": "2026-08-25T12:08:11+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087e2-86b5-70c0-a1bf-8acc39501294", "title": "On ignoring terrible people and things and focusing on what good can be done", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2026/08/19/on-ignoring-terrible-people-and-things-and-focusing-on-what-good-can-be-done/", "published_at": "2026-08-19T12:08:52+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087e2-86b5-70c0-a1bf-8acc39b914b8", "title": "On beaujolais and its many names (crus)", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2026/08/17/on-beaujolais-and-its-many-names-crus/", 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"https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2026/08/05/m-is-for-midtown-and-manhattan-and-mamdani-and-much-more/", "published_at": "2026-08-05T12:08:32+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087e2-86b5-70c0-a1bf-8acc3b70cca7", "title": "What to do on a day off", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2026/08/03/what-to-do-on-a-day-off/", "published_at": "2026-08-03T12:08:43+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087e2-86b5-70c0-a1bf-8acc3b95b96d", "title": "On how OpenAI lost control of an AI Model that ended up attacking Hugging Face", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2026/07/31/on-how-openai-lost-control-of-an-ai-model-that-ended-up-attacking-hugging-face/", "published_at": "2026-07-31T12:08:31+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087e2-86b5-70c0-a1bf-8acc3c3a1b35", "title": "On fires and bridges: Canada and Trump’s America", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2026/07/30/on-fires-and-bridges-canada-and-trumps-america/", "published_at": "2026-07-30T12:08:45+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087e2-86b5-70c0-a1bf-8acc3c96433c", "title": "The odd bun flight about The Odyssey, the Sea People, and the Bronze Age Collapse", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2026/07/29/the-odd-bun-flight-about-the-odyssey-the-sea-people-and-the-bronze-age-collapse/", "published_at": "2026-07-29T12:08:41+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087e2-86b5-70c0-a1bf-8acc3cb2d24e", "title": "From Prada Space Suits to Mamdani’s kurta (Fashion links I am interested in, July 2026)", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2026/07/23/from-prada-space-suits-to-mamdanis-kurta-fashion-links-i-am-interested-in-july-2026/", "published_at": "2026-07-23T12:08:59+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087e2-86b5-70c0-a1bf-8acc3cf443b8", "title": "A mouse, a house, and an inflatable chair (what I am interested in when it comes to design and interior design, 2026)", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2026/07/21/a-mouse-a-house-and-an-inflatable-chair-what-i-am-interested-in-when-it-comes-to-design-and-interior-design-2026/", "published_at": "2026-07-21T12:08:38+00:00" }, { "id": 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some day, 2026 edition)", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2026/07/09/on-parenting-getting-older-torture-and-being-useless-i-e-interesting-things-i-wanted-to-write-about-and-maybe-will-some-day-2026-edition/", "published_at": "2026-07-09T12:08:23+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087e2-86b5-70c0-a1bf-8acc3f7b98b8", "title": "On the Cagots", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2026/07/07/on-the-cagots/", "published_at": "2026-07-07T12:08:34+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087e2-86b5-70c0-a1bf-8acc4069ab43", "title": "Friday Night Cocktail: the Lower-Alcohol Dirty Martini", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2026/07/03/friday-night-cocktail-the-lower-alcohol-dirty-martini/", "published_at": "2026-07-03T21:05:21+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087e2-86b5-70c0-a1bf-8acc4069d4d8", "title": "On the problem of popular restaurants not taking reservations", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2026/07/02/on-the-problem-of-popular-restaurants-not-taking-reservations/", "published_at": "2026-07-02T12:08:32+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087e2-86b5-70c0-a1bf-8acc40f50a24", "title": "Pressing pause on the newsletter (i.e. what would have been the June 2026 edition of my not-a-newsletter newsletter)", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2026/06/30/pressing-pause-on-the-newsletter-i-e-what-would-have-been-the-june-2026-edition-of-my-not-a-newsletter-newsletter/", "published_at": "2026-06-30T15:11:38+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087e2-86b5-70c0-a1bf-8acc41cb88fe", "title": "Things are tough? You need Halls as a coach!", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2026/06/25/things-are-tough-you-need-halls-as-a-coach/", "published_at": "2026-06-25T12:08:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087e2-86b5-70c0-a1bf-8acc41ec6e5f", "title": "How to win the New York Times Crossplay game against the computer in hard mode (June 2026)", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2026/06/23/how-to-win-the-new-york-times-crossplay-game-against-the-computer-in-hard-mode-june-2026/", "published_at": "2026-06-23T13:55:32+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087e2-86b5-70c0-a1bf-8acc420c59c6", "title": "How not to clean your house", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2026/06/20/how-not-to-clean-your-house/", "published_at": "2026-06-20T12:08:16+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087e2-86b5-70c0-a1bf-8acc42aaadff", "title": "On nominal amounts", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2026/06/18/on-nominal-amounts/", "published_at": "2026-06-18T12:08:45+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087e2-86b5-70c0-a1bf-8acc42e2bde7", "title": "A small note on Musk and SpaceX and the Mongolian Horde Approach", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2026/06/17/a-small-note-on-musk-and-spacex-and-the-mongolian-horde-approach/", "published_at": "2026-06-17T16:05:26+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087e2-86b5-70c0-a1bf-8acc43bdf9ba", "title": "On Ponzi Schemes", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2026/06/16/on-ponzi-schemes/", "published_at": "2026-06-16T12:08:42+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087e2-86b5-70c0-a1bf-8acc44290831", "title": "Bernie’s rule of business predictions of 5 years (or more)", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2026/06/15/bernies-rule-of-business-predictions-of-5-years-or-more/", "published_at": "2026-06-15T16:13:37+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087e2-86b5-70c0-a1bf-8acc44374c2b", "title": "Books for reading when you’re going through hard times", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2026/06/12/books-for-reading-when-youre-going-through-hard-times/", "published_at": "2026-06-12T12:08:10+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087e2-86b5-70c0-a1bf-8acc44905a7d", "title": "What’s better than 150 Extra Engineers? This blog post! (What I find interesting in tech, June, 2026 edition)", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2026/06/10/whats-better-than-150-extra-engineers-this-blog-post-what-i-find-interesting-in-tech-june-2026-edition/", "published_at": "2026-06-10T12:08:54+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087e2-86b5-70c0-a1bf-8acc45482cf3", "title": "AI: what people are doing and what people are saying (June, 2026)", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2026/06/08/ai-what-people-are-doing-and-what-people-are-saying-june-2026/", "published_at": "2026-06-08T12:08:42+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087e2-86b5-70c0-a1bf-8acc4585b0fc", "title": "How to be an artist, how to do art, and what art can do for you", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2026/06/05/how-to-be-an-artist-how-to-do-art-and-what-art-can-do-for-you/", "published_at": "2026-06-05T12:08:19+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087e2-86b5-70c0-a1bf-8acc4598ee9f", "title": "From the todo lists of Haring to the cutouts of Matisse as well as some stairwell drawings by Byrne (the arts on Wednesday, June 2026 edition)", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2026/06/03/from-the-todo-lists-of-haring-to-the-cutouts-of-matisse-as-well-as-some-stairwell-drawings-by-byrne-the-arts-on-wednesday-june-2026-edition/", "published_at": "2026-06-03T12:08:15+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087e2-86b5-70c0-a1bf-8acc45aa8266", "title": "On the ubiquity of Paul McCartney", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2026/06/01/on-the-ubiquity-of-paul-mccartney/", "published_at": "2026-06-01T12:08:21+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087e2-86b5-70c0-a1bf-8acc4609b54a", "title": "Back to Dirac (What I find interesting in math and science, May 2026)", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2026/05/28/back-to-dirac-what-i-find-interesting-in-math-and-science-may-2026/", "published_at": "2026-05-28T12:08:59+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087e2-86b5-70c0-a1bf-8acc463a38be", "title": "On developing a habit of writing politicians", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2026/05/26/on-developing-a-habit-of-writing-politicians/", "published_at": "2026-05-26T12:45:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087e2-86b5-70c0-a1bf-8acc46f04c8e", "title": "What are the best novels of all time? What about the best Shakespeare plays?", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2026/05/22/what-are-the-best-novels-of-all-time-what-about-the-best-shakespeare-plays/", "published_at": "2026-05-22T12:08:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087e2-86b5-70c0-a1bf-8acc47b68ff7", "title": "Restaurants loved and lost: Libertine in New York City, Rodney Scott’s in Charleston", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2026/05/20/restaurants-loved-and-lost-libertine-in-new-york-city-rodney-scotts-in-charleston/", "published_at": "2026-05-20T12:08:59+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087e2-86b5-70c0-a1bf-8acc48276bb8", "title": "How to set up a blog that’s just a simple html page", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2026/05/18/how-to-set-up-a-blog-thats-just-a-simple-html-page/", "published_at": "2026-05-18T12:08:52+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087e2-86b5-70c0-a1bf-8acc48a01e96", "title": "And now for something beautiful: HASU, a generative instrument and ambient music player that adapts to the time of day", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2026/05/15/and-now-for-something-beautiful-hasu-a-generative-instrument-and-ambient-music-player-that-adapts-to-the-time-of-day/", "published_at": "2026-05-15T12:08:09+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087e2-86b5-70c0-a1bf-8acc4900842f", "title": "On AI generated code and the DevOps Lifecycle", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2026/05/13/on-ai-generated-code-and-the-devops-lifecycle/", "published_at": "2026-05-13T12:08:30+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087e2-86b5-70c0-a1bf-8acc49f5787f", "title": "Microchanges: or how to get unstuck when you are stuck with the 10 minutes a day principle", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2026/05/11/microchanges-or-how-to-get-unstuck-when-you-are-stuck-with-the-10-minutes-a-day-principle/", "published_at": "2026-05-11T12:08:14+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087e2-86b5-70c0-a1bf-8acc4a74303a", "title": "If you had to buy only one ebook…", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2026/05/08/if-you-had-to-buy-only-one-ebook/", "published_at": "2026-05-08T12:08:49+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087e2-86b5-70c0-a1bf-8acc4b2f4420", "title": "A few thoughts on Palantir as dangerous uncool jokers", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2026/05/06/a-few-thoughts-on-palantir-as-dangerous-uncool-jokers/", "published_at": "2026-05-06T12:08:45+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087e2-86b5-70c0-a1bf-8acc4b77f0e3", "title": "On thinking about the U.S. national debt exceeding 100% of the GDP (gross domestic product). Again.", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2026/05/04/on-thinking-about-the-u-s-national-debt-exceeding-100-of-the-gdp-gross-domestic-product-again/", "published_at": "2026-05-04T12:08:23+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087e2-86b5-70c0-a1bf-8acc4c137ec5", "title": "On running GPT-OSS-20B on my Macbook Pro", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2026/04/29/on-running-gpt-oss-20b-on-my-macbook-pro/", "published_at": "2026-04-29T12:08:15+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d089-0437-7229-86b2-fcfddf2f6506", "title": "On turning a certain age and how to approach it", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2026/04/27/on-turning-a-certain-age-and-how-to-approach-it/", "published_at": "2026-04-27T13:39:19+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d089-0437-7229-86b2-fcfde0289936", "title": "On the book, “How to Keep House While Drowning” by KC Davis", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2026/04/22/on-the-book-how-to-keep-house-while-drowning-by-kc-davis/", "published_at": "2026-04-22T12:08:02+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d089-0437-7229-86b2-fcfde1046e00", "title": "Will middle management survive AI? Jack Dorsey says no. Let’s consider some history", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2026/04/20/will-middle-management-survive-ai-jack-dorsey-says-no-lets-consider-some-history/", "published_at": "2026-04-20T12:08:14+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d089-0437-7229-86b2-fcfde15a367f", "title": "How to become an expert in your own way by adopting the Wirecutter way and Amy Stewart’s way", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2026/04/15/how-to-become-an-expert-in-your-own-way-by-adopting-the-wirecutter-way-and-amy-stewarts-way/", "published_at": "2026-04-15T12:08:24+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d089-0437-7229-86b2-fcfde241ad55", "title": "Free or a small fee: Libby and Bookbub help make reading easier for me again", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2026/04/13/free-or-a-small-fee-libby-and-bookbub-help-make-reading-easier-for-me-again/", "published_at": "2026-04-13T12:08:01+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d089-0437-7229-86b2-fcfde2a4f15c", "title": "My Top 20 tools: iPhone apps edition (2026)", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2026/04/09/my-top-20-tools-iphone-apps-edition-2026/", "published_at": "2026-04-09T12:08:10+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d089-0437-7229-86b2-fcfde2ce8961", "title": "My Top 10 tools: desktop edition (2026)", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2026/04/07/my-top-10-tools-desktop-edition-2026/", "published_at": "2026-04-07T12:08:07+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d089-0437-7229-86b2-fcfde354792a", "title": "Sixpence none the richer, a half penny will do, and other thoughts on the old English currency", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2026/04/02/sixpence-none-the-richer-a-half-penny-will-do-and-other-thoughts-on-the-old-english-currency/", "published_at": "2026-04-02T12:08:23+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d089-0437-7229-86b2-fcfde3b2840c", "title": "Six cool things", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2026/03/31/six-cool-things/", "published_at": "2026-03-31T12:08:51+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d089-0437-7229-86b2-fcfde3f73020", "title": "On lacking importance, but still comforting and worthy", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2026/03/27/on-lacking-importance-but-still-comforting-and-worthy/", "published_at": "2026-03-27T12:08:57+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d089-0437-7229-86b2-fcfde4b01264", "title": "On losing your livelihood due to technology", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2026/03/25/on-losing-your-livelihood-due-to-technology/", "published_at": "2026-03-25T12:08:17+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d089-0437-7229-86b2-fcfde5776a92", "title": "It’s Monday. Here’s three good essays on work", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2026/03/23/its-monday-heres-three-good-essays-on-work/", "published_at": "2026-03-23T12:08:20+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d089-0437-7229-86b2-fcfde653ea94", "title": "On the new Apple Neo", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2026/03/20/on-the-new-apple-neo/", "published_at": "2026-03-20T12:08:20+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d089-0437-7229-86b2-fcfde6967614", "title": "On Tracey Emin and David Hockney, in London", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2026/03/18/on-tracey-emin-and-david-hockney-in-london/", "published_at": "2026-03-18T12:08:46+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d089-0437-7229-86b2-fcfde730ba10", "title": "Restaurants loved and living: St. JOHN and Brutto", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2026/03/16/restaurants-loved-and-living-st-john-and-brutto/", "published_at": "2026-03-16T12:08:48+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d089-0437-7229-86b2-fcfde7a5edb3", "title": "Move slow and fix things", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2026/03/13/move-slow-and-fix-things/", "published_at": "2026-03-13T12:08:28+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d089-0437-7229-86b2-fcfde7ad1870", "title": "The Depanneur in Toronto…a food lover’s delight", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2026/03/11/the-depanneur-in-toronto-a-food-lovers-delight/", "published_at": "2026-03-11T12:08:38+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d089-0437-7229-86b2-fcfde8a8f297", "title": "Toronto: sometimes good, sometimes bad", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2026/03/09/toronto-sometimes-good-sometimes-bad/", "published_at": "2026-03-09T12:08:22+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d089-0437-7229-86b2-fcfde8d19563", "title": "Be aware and avoid URLs that start with https://storage.googleapis.com/", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2026/03/06/be-aware-and-avoid-urls-that-start-with-https-storage-googleapis-com/", "published_at": "2026-03-06T13:08:52+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d089-0437-7229-86b2-fcfde95b14a6", "title": "On the iron triangle of project management", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2026/03/04/on-the-iron-triangle-of-project-management/", "published_at": "2026-03-04T13:08:25+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d089-0437-7229-86b2-fcfdea40f601", "title": "There are greater inventions than the Internet or AI", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2026/03/02/there-are-greater-inventions-than-the-internet-or-ai/", "published_at": "2026-03-02T13:08:46+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d089-0437-7229-86b2-fcfdeaedad86", "title": "On Canadian conceptual art", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2026/02/27/on-canadian-conceptual-art/", "published_at": "2026-02-27T13:08:07+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d089-0437-7229-86b2-fcfdeb71912b", "title": "The arts on Wednesday: more VanGogh plus graphic design masters, Futurists and more", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2026/02/25/the-arts-on-wednesday-more-vangogh-plus-graphic-design-masters-futurists-and-more/", "published_at": "2026-02-25T13:08:52+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d089-0437-7229-86b2-fcfdebf2d058", "title": "To deal with aspirational clutter, aspire to something better (think Japanese minimalism)", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2026/02/23/to-deal-with-aspirational-clutter-aspire-to-something-better-think-japanese-minimalism/", "published_at": "2026-02-23T13:08:36+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d089-0437-7229-86b2-fcfdecccd198", "title": "Haiku vandalism (or, be the change/beauty/wisdom you want to see in the world)", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2026/02/20/haiku-vandalism-or-be-the-change-beauty-wisdom-you-want-to-see-in-the-world/", "published_at": "2026-02-20T13:08:54+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d089-0437-7229-86b2-fcfded409509", "title": "A really good AI prompt to help you get the most out of AI", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2026/02/18/a-really-good-ai-prompt-to-help-you-get-the-most-out-of-ai/", "published_at": "2026-02-18T13:08:49+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d089-0437-7229-86b2-fcfdedd5b2da", "title": "From vibe coding to no-code / low-code AI generated coding", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2026/02/16/from-vibe-coding-to-no-code-low-code-ai-generated-coding/", "published_at": "2026-02-16T13:08:50+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d089-0437-7229-86b2-fcfdee8ecce4", "title": "The Webcam of downtown St. John’s is a delight", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2026/02/13/the-webcam-of-downtown-st-johns-is-a-delight/", "published_at": "2026-02-13T13:08:57+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d089-0437-7229-86b2-fcfdeeaa0a81", "title": "On exercise for the mind instead of the body", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2026/02/12/on-exercise-for-the-mind-instead-of-the-body/", "published_at": "2026-02-12T13:08:41+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d089-0437-7229-86b2-fcfdef119e06", "title": "Apple is marching to the beat of a different drummer", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2026/02/10/apple-is-marching-to-the-beat-of-a-different-drummer/", "published_at": "2026-02-10T13:08:50+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d089-0437-7229-86b2-fcfdef1a75e0", "title": "On the rise and fall of Scott Adams, cartoonist of Dilbert", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2026/02/06/on-the-rise-and-fall-of-scott-adams-cartoonist-of-dilbert/", "published_at": "2026-02-06T13:08:05+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d089-0437-7229-86b2-fcfdefea954b", "title": "On lawgivers", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2026/02/05/on-lawgivers/", "published_at": "2026-02-05T13:08:17+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d089-0437-7229-86b2-fcfdf06277e9", "title": "It’s February 2nd. Happy Candlemas to you!", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2026/02/02/its-february-2nd-happy-candlemas-to-you/", "published_at": "2026-02-02T13:08:38+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d089-0437-7229-86b2-fcfdf0b494d2", "title": "How to reward yourself after a difficult task", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2026/01/30/how-to-reward-yourself-after-a-difficult-task/", "published_at": "2026-01-30T15:59:27+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d089-0437-7229-86b2-fcfdf149030a", "title": "On the quote: never give in, never, never, never", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2026/01/28/on-the-quote-never-give-in-never-never-never/", "published_at": "2026-01-28T13:08:34+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d089-0437-7229-86b2-fcfdf21cffff", "title": "On vibe coding with Roo Code", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2026/01/26/on-vibe-coding-with-roo-code/", "published_at": "2026-01-26T16:11:26+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d089-0437-7229-86b2-fcfdf2d96a7f", "title": "In 2026 I am still not shopping at Loblaws or Metro. Why are you? Here’s why you should switch to another grocer", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2026/01/22/in-2026-i-am-still-not-shopping-at-loblaws-or-metro-why-are-you-heres-why-you-should-switch-to-another-grocer/", "published_at": "2026-01-22T16:11:22+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d089-0437-7229-86b2-fcfdf3a4e230", "title": "It’s winter. Here’s some hot IT links to warm you up (What I find interesting in tech, January, 2026 edition)", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2026/01/20/its-winter-heres-some-hot-it-links-to-warm-you-up-what-i-find-interesting-in-tech-january-2026-edition/", "published_at": "2026-01-20T16:11:21+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d089-0437-7229-86b2-fcfdf3fa9f8a", "title": "On my pieces of advice written for the 99u", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2026/01/16/on-my-pieces-of-advice-written-for-the-99u/", "published_at": "2026-01-16T13:08:42+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d089-0437-7229-86b2-fcfdf4d450f1", "title": "Congestion pricing in 2026, from New York to London to Paris", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2026/01/15/congestion-pricing-in-2026-from-new-york-to-london-to-paris/", "published_at": "2026-01-15T13:08:46+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d089-0437-7229-86b2-fcfdf52d3b59", "title": "How to get fit in 2026: start with your workout", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2026/01/13/how-to-get-fit-in-2026-start-with-your-workout/", "published_at": "2026-01-13T13:08:28+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d089-0437-7229-86b2-fcfdf5db9b24", "title": "On the Left and Datacenters", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2026/01/08/on-the-left-and-datacenters/", "published_at": "2026-01-08T13:08:19+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d089-0437-7229-86b2-fcfdf60cb378", "title": "On the great Frank Gehry and 10 of his best buildings", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2026/01/07/on-the-great-frank-gehry-and-10-of-his-best-buildings/", "published_at": "2026-01-07T13:08:32+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d089-0437-7229-86b2-fcfdf6782b27", "title": "The frugality of Bernie Sanders (some brief thoughts on politics and fashion)", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2026/01/06/the-frugality-of-bernie-sanders-some-brief-thoughts-on-politics-and-fashion/", "published_at": "2026-01-06T13:08:33+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d089-0437-7229-86b2-fcfdf6e3f249", "title": "White Out! Here’s a blizzard of good links to end the year (i.e. the December 2025 edition of my not-a-newsletter newsletter)", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2025/12/31/white-out-heres-a-blizzard-of-good-links-to-end-the-year-i-e-the-december-2025-edition-of-my-not-a-newsletter-newsletter/", "published_at": "2025-12-31T13:08:18+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d089-0437-7229-86b2-fcfdf78b2ec1", "title": "The decline of Starbucks", "url": "https://smartpeopleiknow.com/2025/12/29/the-decline-of-starbucks/", "published_at": "2025-12-29T13:08:11+00:00" } ] posts Claim your blog
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2026

A dearth of stories on povertyoriginal ↗
23 Sept 2026
Politics, pizza and the planetarium: my annual update from Toronto, 2026 editionoriginal ↗
21 Sept 2026
Computing in the 90s vs now: the fear factororiginal ↗
16 Sept 2026
On A.I. hysteria: what is driving it, the anxiety it can cause, and how to personally deal with thatoriginal ↗
14 Sept 2026
Robots on the rise (what’s new with robots, 2026 edition)original ↗
8 Sept 2026
On the beginning of the end of the baby boomoriginal ↗
2 Sept 2026
Women of the 80s and 90s (my annual post of great things from the 80s and 90s)original ↗
31 Aug 2026
On Fredkin’s paradox on how to deal with itoriginal ↗
27 Aug 2026
On agentic AI vs chatbot AIoriginal ↗
25 Aug 2026
On ignoring terrible people and things and focusing on what good can be doneoriginal ↗
19 Aug 2026
On beaujolais and its many names (crus)original ↗
17 Aug 2026
On the end of Web 2.0 and possibly the Web itselforiginal ↗
12 Aug 2026
On work in the era of AI and the pandemicoriginal ↗
10 Aug 2026
Blade Runner: 2099 or Blade Runner: 2048?original ↗
7 Aug 2026
M is for Midtown and Manhattan and Mamdani (and much more)original ↗
5 Aug 2026
What to do on a day offoriginal ↗
3 Aug 2026
On how OpenAI lost control of an AI Model that ended up attacking Hugging Faceoriginal ↗
31 Jul 2026
On fires and bridges: Canada and Trump’s Americaoriginal ↗
30 Jul 2026
The odd bun flight about The Odyssey, the Sea People, and the Bronze Age Collapseoriginal ↗
29 Jul 2026
From Prada Space Suits to Mamdani’s kurta (Fashion links I am interested in, July 2026)original ↗
23 Jul 2026
A mouse, a house, and an inflatable chair (what I am interested in when it comes to design and interior design, 2026)original ↗
21 Jul 2026
On the high cost of Canadian beef in the summer of 2026original ↗
16 Jul 2026
On using game theory to better understand and resolve DevOps issues (with help from LLMs)original ↗
15 Jul 2026
On the decline and fall OpenAI?original ↗
14 Jul 2026
On parenting, getting older, torture, and being useless (i.e., interesting things I wanted to write about and maybe will some day, 2026 edition)original ↗
9 Jul 2026
On the Cagotsoriginal ↗
7 Jul 2026
Friday Night Cocktail: the Lower-Alcohol Dirty Martinioriginal ↗
3 Jul 2026
On the problem of popular restaurants not taking reservationsoriginal ↗
2 Jul 2026
Pressing pause on the newsletter (i.e. what would have been the June 2026 edition of my not-a-newsletter newsletter)original ↗
30 Jun 2026
Things are tough? You need Halls as a coach!original ↗
25 Jun 2026
How to win the New York Times Crossplay game against the computer in hard mode (June 2026)original ↗
23 Jun 2026
How not to clean your houseoriginal ↗
20 Jun 2026
On nominal amountsoriginal ↗
18 Jun 2026
A small note on Musk and SpaceX and the Mongolian Horde Approachoriginal ↗
17 Jun 2026
On Ponzi Schemesoriginal ↗
16 Jun 2026
Bernie’s rule of business predictions of 5 years (or more)original ↗
15 Jun 2026
Books for reading when you’re going through hard timesoriginal ↗
12 Jun 2026
What’s better than 150 Extra Engineers? This blog post! (What I find interesting in tech, June, 2026 edition)original ↗
10 Jun 2026
AI: what people are doing and what people are saying (June, 2026)original ↗
8 Jun 2026
How to be an artist, how to do art, and what art can do for youoriginal ↗
5 Jun 2026
From the todo lists of Haring to the cutouts of Matisse as well as some stairwell drawings by Byrne (the arts on Wednesday, June 2026 edition)original ↗
3 Jun 2026
On the ubiquity of Paul McCartneyoriginal ↗
1 Jun 2026
Back to Dirac (What I find interesting in math and science, May 2026)original ↗
28 May 2026
On developing a habit of writing politiciansoriginal ↗
26 May 2026
What are the best novels of all time? What about the best Shakespeare plays?original ↗
22 May 2026
Restaurants loved and lost: Libertine in New York City, Rodney Scott’s in Charlestonoriginal ↗
20 May 2026
How to set up a blog that’s just a simple html pageoriginal ↗
18 May 2026
And now for something beautiful: HASU, a generative instrument and ambient music player that adapts to the time of dayoriginal ↗
15 May 2026
On AI generated code and the DevOps Lifecycleoriginal ↗
13 May 2026
Microchanges: or how to get unstuck when you are stuck with the 10 minutes a day principleoriginal ↗
11 May 2026
If you had to buy only one ebook…original ↗
8 May 2026
A few thoughts on Palantir as dangerous uncool jokersoriginal ↗
6 May 2026
On thinking about the U.S. national debt exceeding 100% of the GDP (gross domestic product). Again.original ↗
4 May 2026
On running GPT-OSS-20B on my Macbook Prooriginal ↗
29 Apr 2026
On turning a certain age and how to approach itoriginal ↗
27 Apr 2026
On the book, “How to Keep House While Drowning” by KC Davisoriginal ↗
22 Apr 2026
Will middle management survive AI? Jack Dorsey says no. Let’s consider some historyoriginal ↗
20 Apr 2026
How to become an expert in your own way by adopting the Wirecutter way and Amy Stewart’s wayoriginal ↗
15 Apr 2026
Free or a small fee: Libby and Bookbub help make reading easier for me againoriginal ↗
13 Apr 2026
My Top 20 tools: iPhone apps edition (2026)original ↗
9 Apr 2026
My Top 10 tools: desktop edition (2026)original ↗
7 Apr 2026
Sixpence none the richer, a half penny will do, and other thoughts on the old English currencyoriginal ↗
2 Apr 2026
Six cool thingsoriginal ↗
31 Mar 2026
On lacking importance, but still comforting and worthyoriginal ↗
27 Mar 2026
On losing your livelihood due to technologyoriginal ↗
25 Mar 2026
It’s Monday. Here’s three good essays on workoriginal ↗
23 Mar 2026
On the new Apple Neooriginal ↗
20 Mar 2026
On Tracey Emin and David Hockney, in Londonoriginal ↗
18 Mar 2026
Restaurants loved and living: St. JOHN and Bruttooriginal ↗
16 Mar 2026
Move slow and fix thingsoriginal ↗
13 Mar 2026
The Depanneur in Toronto…a food lover’s delightoriginal ↗
11 Mar 2026
Toronto: sometimes good, sometimes badoriginal ↗
9 Mar 2026
Be aware and avoid URLs that start with https://storage.googleapis.com/original ↗
6 Mar 2026
On the iron triangle of project managementoriginal ↗
4 Mar 2026
There are greater inventions than the Internet or AIoriginal ↗
2 Mar 2026
On Canadian conceptual artoriginal ↗
27 Feb 2026
The arts on Wednesday: more VanGogh plus graphic design masters, Futurists and moreoriginal ↗
25 Feb 2026
To deal with aspirational clutter, aspire to something better (think Japanese minimalism)original ↗
23 Feb 2026
Haiku vandalism (or, be the change/beauty/wisdom you want to see in the world)original ↗
20 Feb 2026
A really good AI prompt to help you get the most out of AIoriginal ↗
18 Feb 2026
From vibe coding to no-code / low-code AI generated codingoriginal ↗
16 Feb 2026
The Webcam of downtown St. John’s is a delightoriginal ↗
13 Feb 2026
On exercise for the mind instead of the bodyoriginal ↗
12 Feb 2026
Apple is marching to the beat of a different drummeroriginal ↗
10 Feb 2026
On the rise and fall of Scott Adams, cartoonist of Dilbertoriginal ↗
6 Feb 2026
On lawgiversoriginal ↗
5 Feb 2026
It’s February 2nd. Happy Candlemas to you!original ↗
2 Feb 2026
How to reward yourself after a difficult taskoriginal ↗
30 Jan 2026
On the quote: never give in, never, never, neveroriginal ↗
28 Jan 2026
On vibe coding with Roo Codeoriginal ↗
26 Jan 2026
In 2026 I am still not shopping at Loblaws or Metro. Why are you? Here’s why you should switch to another groceroriginal ↗
22 Jan 2026
It’s winter. Here’s some hot IT links to warm you up (What I find interesting in tech, January, 2026 edition)original ↗
20 Jan 2026
On my pieces of advice written for the 99uoriginal ↗
16 Jan 2026
Congestion pricing in 2026, from New York to London to Parisoriginal ↗
15 Jan 2026
How to get fit in 2026: start with your workoutoriginal ↗
13 Jan 2026
On the Left and Datacentersoriginal ↗
8 Jan 2026
On the great Frank Gehry and 10 of his best buildingsoriginal ↗
7 Jan 2026
The frugality of Bernie Sanders (some brief thoughts on politics and fashion)original ↗
6 Jan 2026

2025

White Out! Here’s a blizzard of good links to end the year (i.e. the December 2025 edition of my not-a-newsletter newsletter)original ↗
31 Dec 2025
The decline of Starbucksoriginal ↗
29 Dec 2025
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