Some updates to my new Shelf Yourself app -- added an info bar with Title/Author and an Amazon search button. Check it out and build your own custom what-I'm-reading sharable bookshelf! www.shelfyourself.app/s/-UmqAACS
From my newsletter: "Some say that this AI moment feels like the NFT hype cycle, circa 2020. The implication being that the NFT era was built around a wildly overhyped concept that was, in the end, deeply stupid, and we may come to see AI in the same way." danackerman.substack.com/p/car-mechan...
I used my new Shelf Yourself app to build a bookshelf showing the digital book galleys I'm currently reading. No cover art yet for most, but worth looking up if you're on Net Galley. (Also, try my new book collection app, shelfyourself.app!) shelfyourself.app/s/WiKWZrPt
New from me -- this weekend I made a quick app for visually sharing what books you're currently reading. Like a mini-Letterboxd. No sign-up/membership, but you can save, share, and edit your shelves with static links. www.shelfyourself.app
Just built a casual app for sharing what books you're currently reading. No account/membership, but it gives you shareable/editable links to save. Hover over each spine to see its cover, reorder the books, name your shelf. This is literally my first test posting from it. shelfyourself.app/s/-UmqAACS
While I’m more optimistic about AI, "people say this AI moment feels like the NFT hype cycle; the implication being that the NFT era was built around a wildly overhyped concept that was in the end, deeply stupid, and we may come to see AI in the same way." danackerman.substack.com/p/car-mechan...
Every line of this article is crazier than the last... Future journalism students should study its careful construction and slow-burn buildup. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/03/u...
ICYMI: From my latest newsletter, on what amateur car mechanics from 100-plus years ago tell us about the future of agentic coding. danackerman.substack.com/p/car-mechan...
From my newsletter: "More often, people say that this AI moment feels like the NFT hype cycle; the implication being that the NFT era was built around a wildly overhyped concept that was in the end, deeply stupid, and we may come to see AI in the same way." danackerman.substack.com/p/car-mechan...
Another fun hands-on -- I tried out this 18.5-inch (!) Acer PM191Q portable monitor for MC News at @micro-center.bsky.social. Resolution is just 1080p, but its got a 100Hz refresh rate and costs a mere $149. www.microcenter.com/site/mc-news...
Maybe the best current workaround for high RAM prices is sticking with Single vs. Dual Channel. We've done some testing in popular games and especially when using an AMD X3D CPU, you don't lose much perf in a lot of cases. Full benchmarks here: www.microcenter.com/site/mc-news...
the Ugreen DXP6800 Pro NAS
How have I never set up a big ol' NAS before? Here's my setup and how-to guide for the Ugreen DXP6800 Pro, a six-bay drive now rocking six 8TB WD Red drives. Read the full buying guide here at @micro-center.bsky.social's MC News: microcenter.com/site/mc-news...
Oh wow, that's crazy, yes, I'd love to get those! I'm at dan at danackerman dot com.
Looking for the Venn diagram of physical book readers and 3D printing enthusiasts -- check out my free app for making custom 4-color 3D printed bookmarks from any book cover. www.3dbookmark.app
Saw Project Hail Mary with the family last night -- really amazing, you should definitely go see it. It took a bit of sleuthing to find, but here's the 2017 podcast episode where @scottstein.bsky.social and I interviewed Andy Weir about the use of tech in his novels: open.spotify.com/episode/2dS5...
Completely agree -- the longer version of that quote, which I had to trim for space, reads: "Now the AI boom closes that door in a way, flooding the internet with AI-generated slop, drowning out everyone else stuck at producing content at mere human speeds."
From my newsletter: "The dotcom boom and AI boom are bookends for the democratization of content. The first opened the door for anyone to be a publisher. Now the AI boom closes that door, drowning out everyone stuck at producing content at mere human speeds." danackerman.substack.com/p/is-the-ai-...
In my latest newsletter: This moment feels like the 1997 of the AI era, a time of massive change that’s inevitable. There are AI naysayers now, just as there were dotcom naysayers then. But despite the dotcom bust, we emerged as an internet-first culture. danackerman.substack.com/p/is-the-ai-...
From my latest free newsletter -- everyone in tech media is talking about a recent report that some sites have lost up to 97% of their peak audience. I worry about it means for publishers who have consolidated so many tech sites: danackerman.substack.com/p/the-tech-m...
Here's the latest on the colorful new $599 MacBook Neo and everything else from Apple today, including my first hands-on, via @MicroCenter News: www.microcenter.com/site/mc-news...
ICYMI: When I need a new tool, now I'm just as likely to have AI help me build a new single-serving app than look for an existing software solution. What does that mean for a software industry built on endless subscriptions? From my latest free newsletter. danackerman.substack.com/p/the-rise-o...
Love seeing all these new articles this week on the latest research showing Tetris helps reduce PTSD symptoms. There's a whole chapter on that subject in my gaming history book, The Tetris Effect -- see it here: www.amazon.com/Tetris-Effec...
From my latest free newsletter: People are legit making their own single-serving software, building highly personalized tools that do one thing, maybe even just one time, and it’s (eventually) going to have an impact on our subscription-heavy app ecosystem. danackerman.substack.com/p/the-rise-o...
I don't get to review nearly as many laptops as I used to (back when that was my primary job), but I really liked getting hands on with this super-slim gaming laptop, the Acer Predator Triton 14 AI. Full review on @micro-center.bsky.social's MC News: www.microcenter.com/site/mc-news...
The latest AI models are also incredibly capable, whether for good or ill. Much of the "AI doesn't really work" vibe comes from peoples' impressions from 2023/2024, when most models really were pretty unreliable.
Good point from this essay on the current state of AI: "The gap between public perception and current reality is now enormous." It's true that much of the public's perception of AI is based on 2023/2024 versions that are nowhere close to the latest models. shumer.dev/something-bi...
From my latest free newsletter: "You own your ideas. You own your content. You don’t own the algorithmically determined slot machine of search engine, AI overview, or social media platform promotion." danackerman.substack.com/p/the-one-me...
"This is the newsletter I didn’t want to have to write." In the wake of yet another wave of journalism job cuts, it’s important to look at what has a chance of working (owning your eyeballs) and what doesn't (depending on a platform you don’t control). danackerman.substack.com/p/the-one-me...
Here's the real key point behind all this: "Online search traffic, partly because of the rise of generative A.I., had fallen by nearly half in the last three years." That inescapable decline is what makes me dubious of almost all media biz models right now. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/b...
These are a few of the 3D-printed custom bookmarks for vintage sci-fi paperbacks I made with my new app, which takes any photo and turns it into a 4-color 3mf file (I use a Bambu A1 multi-color 3D printer). Totally free, so try it yourself at www.3dbookmark.app