Rupert Manfredi
@ruperts.world
Citizen of the web. Making stuff @ https://telepath.computer
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On 2) a fair point, and part of this is due to a tension between wanting to show what a computer will actually look like in use, and trying to tell a clear story about the underlying pieces.
February 13, 2026 at 1:24 AM
On 2) a fair point, and part of this is due to a tension between wanting to show what a computer will actually look like in use, and trying to tell a clear story about the underlying pieces.
However, brevity is useful. I expect we will need to encode complex & repeatable actions into short utterances, in much the same way we designed buttons and macros to bundle up behavior in traditional GUIs.
February 13, 2026 at 1:21 AM
However, brevity is useful. I expect we will need to encode complex & repeatable actions into short utterances, in much the same way we designed buttons and macros to bundle up behavior in traditional GUIs.
Thanks Ian – appreciate your thoughts.
On 1) it's interesting you mention this, because user behavior with voice at the moment is in many ways the opposite of "catch me up" as you mention – people tend to talk in an unstructured way with a lot of context, as opposed to brief commands.
On 1) it's interesting you mention this, because user behavior with voice at the moment is in many ways the opposite of "catch me up" as you mention – people tend to talk in an unstructured way with a lot of context, as opposed to brief commands.
February 13, 2026 at 1:20 AM
Thanks Ian – appreciate your thoughts.
On 1) it's interesting you mention this, because user behavior with voice at the moment is in many ways the opposite of "catch me up" as you mention – people tend to talk in an unstructured way with a lot of context, as opposed to brief commands.
On 1) it's interesting you mention this, because user behavior with voice at the moment is in many ways the opposite of "catch me up" as you mention – people tend to talk in an unstructured way with a lot of context, as opposed to brief commands.
I have also wanted this FOREVER
posted this app request 5 months ago for a collab .md editor
the world runs on markdown files now -- but how can I quickly share AND comment/suggest changes?? couldn't find a solution
so I built it over the weekend
🧵
the world runs on markdown files now -- but how can I quickly share AND comment/suggest changes?? couldn't find a solution
so I built it over the weekend
🧵
app request
- pure markdown editor on the web (like Obsidian, Ulysses, iA Writer)
- with Google Docs collab features (live cursor, comments, track changes)
- collab metadata stored in file
- single doc sharing via URL like a GitHub gist
am I... am I going to have to make this?
- pure markdown editor on the web (like Obsidian, Ulysses, iA Writer)
- with Google Docs collab features (live cursor, comments, track changes)
- collab metadata stored in file
- single doc sharing via URL like a GitHub gist
am I... am I going to have to make this?
February 13, 2026 at 12:33 AM
I have also wanted this FOREVER
Recently, I put all of my team's first-principles thinking about the future of computing into one demo. It's our vision of the capabilities a truly AI-native personal computer will have.
ruperts.world/blog/ai-comp...
ruperts.world/blog/ai-comp...
Demoing the AI computer that doesn't yet exist
What happens if you take the idea that AI is going to revolutionize computing seriously? We built a demo to find out — with generative interfaces, deep personalization, and voice as a first-class inpu...
ruperts.world
February 12, 2026 at 10:28 PM
Recently, I put all of my team's first-principles thinking about the future of computing into one demo. It's our vision of the capabilities a truly AI-native personal computer will have.
ruperts.world/blog/ai-comp...
ruperts.world/blog/ai-comp...
Re-reading “The Design of Everyday Things” today, when the pen I was holding spontaneously disassembled into 7 pieces and fell into the bath.
I guess that was one of the bad designs then? (There should have at least been a signifier for that affordance)
I guess that was one of the bad designs then? (There should have at least been a signifier for that affordance)
January 13, 2026 at 11:50 AM
Re-reading “The Design of Everyday Things” today, when the pen I was holding spontaneously disassembled into 7 pieces and fell into the bath.
I guess that was one of the bad designs then? (There should have at least been a signifier for that affordance)
I guess that was one of the bad designs then? (There should have at least been a signifier for that affordance)
Anyone here using Claude Code on their notes? I'd love to chat to you
January 7, 2026 at 2:32 AM
Anyone here using Claude Code on their notes? I'd love to chat to you
Happy to be an early signatory on this!
What if technology didn’t feel so… hollow?
Some friends and I just released a manifesto about a world where tech leaves us feeling nourished (along with an evolving list of theses about how we can build it)
resonantcomputing.org
Some friends and I just released a manifesto about a world where tech leaves us feeling nourished (along with an evolving list of theses about how we can build it)
resonantcomputing.org
The Resonant Computing Manifesto
Technology should bring out the best in humanity, not the worst—a manifesto for resonant computing built on five principles that reject hyper-scale extraction for human flourishing.
resonantcomputing.org
December 5, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Happy to be an early signatory on this!
In addition, I *highly* recommend checking out Betaworks' full playlist for the Interfaces camp for a taste of the near-future. Including but not limited to: synthesizing scent & taste, and reading minds.
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
December 5, 2025 at 8:06 PM
In addition, I *highly* recommend checking out Betaworks' full playlist for the Interfaces camp for a taste of the near-future. Including but not limited to: synthesizing scent & taste, and reading minds.
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Telepath's full Betaworks demo day video just dropped! and with it our vision for the future of computing. I'll have a deep dive blog post soon, but in the meantime this is a good 10 minute watch.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEm5...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEm5...
Telepath's Sensemaking Computer Upends Personal Computing
YouTube video by Betaworks
www.youtube.com
December 5, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Telepath's full Betaworks demo day video just dropped! and with it our vision for the future of computing. I'll have a deep dive blog post soon, but in the meantime this is a good 10 minute watch.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEm5...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEm5...
What a venue for Sync Conf SF
November 13, 2025 at 4:55 AM
What a venue for Sync Conf SF
regrettably I had to cancel due to a clash!
November 5, 2025 at 5:04 PM
regrettably I had to cancel due to a clash!
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The internet's in a bad place. We're not winning. How can we turn things around? We need money.
What parts of the internet 1) are still under democratic control and 2) are in a position to produce significant revenue? It's mostly down to Wikipedia.
But there's more… 🧵
What parts of the internet 1) are still under democratic control and 2) are in a position to produce significant revenue? It's mostly down to Wikipedia.
But there's more… 🧵
How Wikipedia Can Save the Internet With Advertising | TechPolicy.Press
Robin Berjon explores how principled advertising on Wikipedia could fund a democratic digital future.
www.techpolicy.press
September 22, 2025 at 4:08 PM
The internet's in a bad place. We're not winning. How can we turn things around? We need money.
What parts of the internet 1) are still under democratic control and 2) are in a position to produce significant revenue? It's mostly down to Wikipedia.
But there's more… 🧵
What parts of the internet 1) are still under democratic control and 2) are in a position to produce significant revenue? It's mostly down to Wikipedia.
But there's more… 🧵
It probably doesn’t help calling it a “geological embarrassment”, poor fault.
September 22, 2025 at 10:35 AM
It probably doesn’t help calling it a “geological embarrassment”, poor fault.
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since that clearly woke a lot of you up too, please tell the USGS about it here earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...
September 22, 2025 at 10:01 AM
since that clearly woke a lot of you up too, please tell the USGS about it here earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...
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my entire feed is just Bay Area people who got woken up and I think that’s beautiful
September 22, 2025 at 10:01 AM
my entire feed is just Bay Area people who got woken up and I think that’s beautiful
Good early morning fellow Bay Area (and esp. Berkeley) residents! Turns out a 4.7 is a pretty effective and yet unpredictable alarm clock… Brief reminder who’s in charge.
earthquaketrack.com/quakes/2025-...
earthquaketrack.com/quakes/2025-...
4.6 magnitude earthquake near Berkeley, California, United States and San Francisco, California, United States : 2025-09-22 09:56:12 UTC
2 km ESE of Berkeley, CA - 4.6 EARTHQUAKE - Berkeley, Oakland, Richmond, San Francisco, Concord, Daly City, Vallejo, Hayward, Antioch, Fremont, Fairfield, Sunnyvale, Santa Clara, San Jose, Santa Rosa,...
earthquaketrack.com
September 22, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Good early morning fellow Bay Area (and esp. Berkeley) residents! Turns out a 4.7 is a pretty effective and yet unpredictable alarm clock… Brief reminder who’s in charge.
earthquaketrack.com/quakes/2025-...
earthquaketrack.com/quakes/2025-...
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I'm seeing a lot of different people, coming from different angles, recognize that the Same-Origin Policy is insufficient for the kind of apps that we want to make now, and that we need something more fine-grained and more secure.
Very interesting times!
Very interesting times!
September 1, 2025 at 5:11 PM
I'm seeing a lot of different people, coming from different angles, recognize that the Same-Origin Policy is insufficient for the kind of apps that we want to make now, and that we need something more fine-grained and more secure.
Very interesting times!
Very interesting times!
I think for that one we need to give credit to @ivansigal.bsky.social!
August 21, 2025 at 7:05 PM
I think for that one we need to give credit to @ivansigal.bsky.social!
Landing in NYC for #ProtocolsForPublishers. We have a pretty awesome group of folks coming together to work on keeping the future of the internet open! #PfP
August 19, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Landing in NYC for #ProtocolsForPublishers. We have a pretty awesome group of folks coming together to work on keeping the future of the internet open! #PfP
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One week out from #ProtocolsForPublishers and we have an ✨amazing✨ group of people coming together. There is a LOT to cover with open social and open AI protocols, but it’s all about ensuring both the distribution & the application layer of the web remain open. See you there! 🥂
🎟️ pfp.unternet.co
🎟️ pfp.unternet.co
Protocols for Publishers
A series bringing together publishers, developers, and researchers to explore open protocols for a sustainable agentic web.
pfp.unternet.co
August 13, 2025 at 9:01 PM
One week out from #ProtocolsForPublishers and we have an ✨amazing✨ group of people coming together. There is a LOT to cover with open social and open AI protocols, but it’s all about ensuring both the distribution & the application layer of the web remain open. See you there! 🥂
🎟️ pfp.unternet.co
🎟️ pfp.unternet.co
Websites are back!
Confession time: I've been working on a secret side project at Vox Media for the past 18 months and it launched yesterday
August 7, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Websites are back!
AI discourse = "things I have personally seen" or "wild extrapolation"
One reason AI discourse is so bad is that the public has no intuition for short-term extrapolation in this space. There are only two buckets: "things I have personally seen" and "wild extrapolation."
One effect of that now is: open local models are not real yet, even to fairly savvy observers. +
One effect of that now is: open local models are not real yet, even to fairly savvy observers. +
August 5, 2025 at 12:48 AM
AI discourse = "things I have personally seen" or "wild extrapolation"