This archeological masterpiece by @aresluna.org is so good that I wish there was a "making of" film for it. I also hope Marcin gets an email every time someone completes every single activity in the piece. As a kid growing up with MacOS, I never saw it as complex. It is! aresluna.org/frame-of-pre...
Sony XM6 headphones
got the sony xm6 headphones a few days ago and posted a few thoughts with them so far, including using them on an international flight paulstamatiou.com/gear/sony-xm...
after 4.5 years with my AirPods Max I was looking for something more comfortable
something to keep in mind the next time you're about to hop on that design trend www.chrbutler.com/good-design-...
(surreal is a new monthly event series. the next one is in may at stanford about consumer social and Rose Wang, COO of Bluesky, will be there: surrealbuilders.com)
but the most interesting thing from the night for me was hearing from Adam about the original vision for Siri decades ago and how it was roughly the same as what everyone is talking about today: MCP servers, orchestrating agents, and doing tasks for you
had a great time chatting about the future of ai interfaces last night at Surreal
the primary things i touched on were around ai personalization and what we need (being transparent about how/when massive personalization context is managed and used), and pushing on simultaneous multimodalities.
hold up, you gotta show us that blue dogfood claude app 🔍😁
I know right
Oura Ring is doing their take on Spotify Wrapped (except it’s a three month seasonal report not annual). I love it
airpods max with a cushion inside the headband for comfort
so there’s a little plastic cushion insert you can buy for your AirPods Max band to make it comfortable again. I got the first one I saw on Amazon for $9
after 4ish years the mesh in my band became stretched and useless, making the Max super uncomfortable to wear
finally added a dark mode which was quite nice with oklch() + tailwind v4 theme vars. i made it greenish to complement my warm light mode.
also used View Transition API + svg filter for this theme reveal effect.
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getting around to the tailwind v4 migration & adding dark mode to my site. with tailwind v4's support of themes as regular css vars I'm starting to use oklch() instead of rgba or hsl for colors. Much easier to tinker with when adding a new theme. this is a good read if you're not familiar:
Yup there’s a separate feed for gear! paulstamatiou.com/gear.xml
Added my iMac G3 to my gear page. Will end up writing much more about it in detail, including all the upgrades I’ve been doing to it.
I included an mp3 on there of the boot up sound. Forgot how lovely a CRT degauss sounds.
paulstamatiou.com/gear/apple-i...
The magic of browsing the web isn't quite gone, but it's waiting to be reinvented.
There's a lot of detail I'm leaving out of this thread, read the full article here: paulstamatiou.com/browse-no-more
We need intentional personalization. We need refined product functionality, greater transparency about how these systems make decisions or apply personalization, and intuitive controls to let users guide their experience without becoming overwhelmed.
There's a better way. A way that can also help these companies grow their moat. Switching costs for users are as low as can be: just head to the App Store and pick up the next AI tool topping the charts. We saw it with DeepSeek one week and Grok another.
And then there's the whole issue of summary homogenization. We're taking these already not too diverse web sources and flattening them into some muted report. Is this how we want to interface with the web? You end up systematically smoothing out any novel perspectives.
The lack of transparency into how these tools rank and use sources leads to multiple issues. They simultaneously lose trust and give off the feeling of too much... that it's infallible.
Here's a perfect example: The internet is talking about Gruber's Apple post but this opts for mainstream sources
We're dealing with a few issues here:
- Deprioritized attribution
- The black box of AI search
- Summary homogenization and mode collapse
Take sources for example - their representation lacks critical context about how sources are selected, how they're used, and more.
Traditional search engines are turning into answer engines too. Between Google SGE and AI mode, the SERP is turning into a zero click search breeding ground. Nearly 60% of Google searches end without the user clicking to any site.
What I gain in efficiency—no longer needing to browse through slow ad-heavy websites just to find out how long to tie a Windsor knot or grab a recipe—I lose in the personality, idiosyncrasy, and creativity that makes the web feel authentic
Read it here: paulstamatiou.com/browse-no-more
📝 just published a new article
I love and use AI answer engines (Perplexity, ChatGPT, Grok, etc) all day.
There's a problem though.
I'm no longer browsing the web; I'm consuming AI answers instead. I'm missing out on what made the web magical to begin with.
Some news! I've decided to resign as Co-Founder of Limitless.ai. I've found myself itching to spend time exploring the intersection of AI and design, and I'll be taking time to do just that.
Had amazing time with the team here from early Rewind Mac app days to Limitless and the Pendant.
Yea my hexclad (probably from 2020 or 2021) was starting to have the non-stick coating peel off. Between that and their lawsuit around having PFAS I replaced it with a ceramic pan
iMac G3 box
Blueberry Rev D iMac G3 new in box
my wife got me the perfect xmas present.. iMac G3 from 1999, Unused in box, 333Mhz Blueberry from the famous “fruit colors” release (right after Bondi, but before slot loading CD and FireWire)
someone there or running the sale mentioned the founder of lattice and I haven’t seen jack tweeting about moving haha
@ekosz.ekg.gg my wife stumbled across your estate sale today. nice stuff! she might go back tomorrow for another look
