friday is for kafkaposting

Uh, it's windy out.

Thoroughly enjoying @hoosfoos.bsky.social's autoethnography on notetaking and augmentation (not automation) with AI at #ht2026. The friction is the point. doi.org/10.1145/3800...

Jay Bolter weaves a web about hypertext, literature, and GenAI in this morning’s #ht2026 keynote. A visualization of elit:

I’m not the only one at #ht2026 to speak about hypertext and the workings of government. Lucas Costa on legislative knowledge as hypertext.

On trust in AI -- @gordonr.ca recently wrote about the Canadian AI Strategy and its unrealistic ask (or perhaps, assumption) that Canadians "trust AI" upfront, without that trust having been earned www.linkedin.com/pulse/canada... #ht2026

Canada’s AI strategy asks for trust it hasn’t earned

Canada’s new AI strategy treats trust as a prerequisite. Where is that trust supposed to come from, when the strategy says little about where AI will operate: inside public services Canadians didn’t c...

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I'm seeing a theme around all things temporal at #ht2026. @clausatz.bsky.social quoting @eastgate.bsky.social and Andreas Grimm in his keynote re: LLMs and premature closure.

#ht2026 has formally opened. Peter Nürnberg is speaking to apprehending hypertext and how this differs from reading. What a great start!

Okay kids, where's the #HT2026 discourse? Today at the Narrative and Hypertext workshop, @hoosfoos.bsky.social and @drchargood.bsky.social appear to... agree about something? Crikey. Hypertext, genAI and the middle way.

I spent Sunday at Moseley Folk Festival: I befriended a silly, fun band who sing of trains, Minotaurs and ducks (the Longest Johns). I saw a harvest ceremony with wiggly worms and hay, in which a snowman boated away. And (inevitably?) the headline band was from Regina, Saskatchewan.

Paging Southamptonites, I'll be hanging out at the Hobbit on Tuesday night (8pm-ish onwards). Maybe see you there?

Hey UK folks! Anyone near Birmingham come September? I'll join the Moseley Folk & Arts Festival on Sun 6 September. Maybe see you there. moseleyfolk.co.uk

Moseley Folk & Arts Festival | 4-6th Sept 2026

Family-friendly Festival with a healthy mix of traditional, contemporary and experimental folk music. Nestled in the heart of the beautiful Moseley, Birmingham.

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@darianlinx.bsky.social Great to meet you this week! Monday already feelings like forever ago. In any case, it was a pleasure. Thank you again.

Hello lovely humans! I am visiting Southampton soon. I'll do Hobbit-y hangs on Wed 10 June, around 8.30pm; I'd love to see you there. I'll be doing a longer trip in September and hope to socialise more thoroughly then.

Fascinating piece by @hoosfoos.bsky.social about the implications of AI personalising software flows. A wholly new take to me davidmillard.org/2026/02/18/t...

The Software That Rewrites Itself

Last week I asked Claude Code to help me connect two apps I use every day: Things 3 (my task manager) and Apple Mail. I wanted it to use the content of linked mail messages to automatically name an…

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Farrell continues to be one of the most eloquent and astute writers of this moment, blending the political, the sociological, the historical... Another great read via his newsletter.

Henry Farrell@himself.bsky.social · 10mo ago

www.programmablemutter.com/p/davos-is-a... If I can say so myself, this is a bit of a banger.

Cory Doctorow features in the latest Communications of the @acm.org. He writes about enshittification, corporate treatment of workers in technology, and unionization 💪🏻 cacm.acm.org/opinion/tech...

Vancouver! Don't miss author and service design expert Kate Tarling (@kateldn.bsky.social) speak on what it takes to create great service organizations on Friday Sept 26 at Emily Carr University. Join us for a presentation and Q&A. Register now: www.eventbrite.ca/e/kate-tarli... #servicedesign

Kate Tarling: How to create great service organizations

Join us for a presentation and Q&A with author and service design expert Kate Tarling on how to build great service organizations.

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