Finished reading: Play Nice by Jason Schreier 📚Blizzard Entertainment was my favorite game publisher from Warcraft 2 until the implosion. I played World of Warcraft for more than a decade, along with every major Blizzar... https://josephhinkle.micro.blog/2025/02/23/finished-reading-play-nice-by.html

Finished reading: Supremacy by Parmy Olson 📚 I was really surprised at the parallels between this and the FTX book Number Go Up. The Effective Altruism movement played a much bigger part in the Open AI story than I knew. They are good companion pieces about the movement.

Currently reading: Supremacy by Parmy Olson 📚As a contrast, I’m about a third of the way through this and find it really interesting. I was aware of some of the history of DeepMind and Open AI, but the detail level here is really nice.

Finished reading: Wind and Truth by Brandon Sanderson 📚 I’m struggling with the Stormlight Archives at this point. The books have gotten to be a slog, with some fairly dramatic pacing issues. I enjoyed some elements o... https://josephhinkle.micro.blog/2025/02/15/finished-reading-wind-and-truth.html

Currently reading: Wind and Truth by Brandon Sanderson 📚- I have about 12 hours left in the audiobook and a sense of dread that is distressing.

For years now, we’ve made up “happy thoughts” for our kids when they’re getting ready for bed. After I started using ChatGPT, we started using it to generate a picture that matched the happy thoughts. Tonight’s version was “snowman art festival”. The first one was scary, but this one was good!

Why I picked Micro.blog

I value the principles of the IndieWeb.
POSSE (Publish on your Own Site, Syndicate Everywhere) made more sense to me than the alternatives.
It has a simple, uncluttered writing experience.
It has a bookshelf feature. I read a lot…

On the need to share thoughts in public: https://josephhinkle.micro.blog/2025/01/26/on-the-need-to-share.html