Podcast Episodes

A podcast from post-Katrina New Orleans.

I recorded this podcast in New Orleans on December 16, 2005. I had just spent three days there, visiting New Orleans and the Gulf coast of Mississipp…

4 months, 2 weeks ago

Bird fight in the pond

My house has a view of a pond, which is endlessly interesting, year-round, through all seasons.

And we have all the seasons here in the Catskill Moun…

4 months, 3 weeks ago

Just answer the question, please, dear ChatGPT

Dave Winer explores his frustrations with ChatGPT's tendency to overcomplicate simple programming tasks. What should be a straightforward request for…

5 months, 1 week ago

A podcast user's API

On Thursday I wrote: "It would be interesting if Pocket Casts had an API. I would love to be able to one-click subscribe to a podcast in my feed read…

5 months, 2 weeks ago

Wired and Harvard, big change still coming

I've been thinking a lot about Harvard lately, and a revealing podcast interview with the top editorial person at Wired.

Elon Musk wasn't over-expose…

5 months, 2 weeks ago

AI should behave like a computer

"Behave like a computer. That's where we start."

ChatGPT is not a programming partner, it's a very fantastic improvement over search engines. That's r…

5 months, 2 weeks ago

AI is a revolution

I listened to an Evan Osnos podcast interview with Katie Drummond. Osnos is a reporter at the New Yorker, Drummond is the top editor at Wired.

Sum…

5 months, 2 weeks ago

Do blogs need comments?

WordCamp Canada is doing a great job of creating a little community around my keynote there in October.

I have some experience running blogging confer…

6 months ago

Rebooting the Democratic Party

Fleshing out an idea I presented on Scripting News on July 11.

Next time there's a Big Beautiful Bill, let's set up a ChatGPT project or equivalent to…

6 months ago

Holding your nose, the aftermath (and it's not pretty imho)

This is a followup to the podcast of June 17 where I advised NYC voters to hold their noses and vote for Cuomo.

Well, they didn't. They voted their …

6 months, 3 weeks ago