Some standardized packages to get you started
Over the years, a few recurring types of engagement — best practices, if you will — have emerged that I want to make more transparent and easier to access.…
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GenAI, polyester & slop galore
David Marx (of Ametora fame), draws parallels between the role of polyester in textile manufacturing and its cultural implications and today’s rise of generative AI. When polyester first…
Notes from re:publica 25
This week was re:publica week, Germany’s most important conference/festival around digital society and digital rights since 2007. It doesn’t quite feel like a family gathering anymore — it’s…
New report: From Software to Society — Openness in a changing world
A quick heads-up: A new report (PDF) just dropped that I co-wrote with Dr. Henriette Litta, executive director of Open Knowledge Foundation Germany. In it, we explore the…
Democracy needs a healthy internet. We don’t have one.
Here’s a story about how democracy, our very way of organizing our society and our lives, is under existential threat — because our public information sphere, our media environment,…
What will AI mean for executives?
What will AI mean for executives? Will AI overturn corporate structures? Will it require new skills from executives? Spoiler alert: I don’t expect dramatic changes — I’ll lay…
The era of Engagement AI
Lots has been happening in the world of AI chat bots, not all of which has been particularly savory. It looks like we might be on the very…
The link not clicked
Have you ever not clicked a link because you didn’t want to send a signal to an algorithm or the entity behind it? To avoid being targeted with…