Steven Sinofsky
@stevesi.xyz
Check out “Hardcore Software” my memoir of the PC era and my time at Microsoft. eBook, print, audio on Amazon or hardcoresoftware.substack.com
NPR and PBS Aren’t Entitled to Your Tax Dollars
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NPR and PBS Aren’t Entitled to Your Tax Dollars
National Public Radio is suing the Trump administration on free speech grounds. Here’s why that argument doesn’t fly.
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May 29, 2025 at 2:15 AM
NPR and PBS Aren’t Entitled to Your Tax Dollars
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A look at the new, open-source Model Context Protocol for connecting LLMs to data sources and why its success depends on overcoming middleware challenges (Steven Sinofsky/Hardcore Software)
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March 30, 2025 at 2:11 AM
A look at the new, open-source Model Context Protocol for connecting LLMs to data sources and why its success depends on overcoming middleware challenges (Steven Sinofsky/Hardcore Software)
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Love this one from 1981 before IBM's launch. And that box on Dan/Bob ❤️ @harrymccracken.com
March 9, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Love this one from 1981 before IBM's launch. And that box on Dan/Bob ❤️ @harrymccracken.com
Apple’s Dictation System Transcribes the Word ‘Racist’ as ‘Trump’ Summarize The company said it was working to fix the problem after iPhone users began reporting the issue. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/t...
February 26, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Apple’s Dictation System Transcribes the Word ‘Racist’ as ‘Trump’ Summarize The company said it was working to fix the problem after iPhone users began reporting the issue. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/t...
DeepSeek Has Been Inevitable and Here's Why (History Tells Us) hardcoresoftware.learningbyshipping.com/p/228-deepse...
228. DeepSeek Has Been Inevitable and Here's Why (History Tells Us)
DeepSeek was certain to happen. The only unknown was who was going to do it. The choices were a startup or someone outside the current center of US AI leadership and innovation.
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January 27, 2025 at 6:18 AM
DeepSeek Has Been Inevitable and Here's Why (History Tells Us) hardcoresoftware.learningbyshipping.com/p/228-deepse...
227. CES 2025: An Abundance of (AI) Experimentation
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227. CES 2025: An Abundance of (AI) Experimentation
CES proved a transition year with many established product lines showing incremental improvements or focusing on B2B areas and new product lines showing a rush to demonstrate their relevancy to AI.
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January 13, 2025 at 5:14 AM
227. CES 2025: An Abundance of (AI) Experimentation
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January 11, 2025 at 4:31 AM
A lot of people at the Nvidia CES keynote. Largest public keynote I’ve experienced (2x my recollection of Xbox/NT/tablet at old Aladdin) Blackwell has 4000 TOPS
January 7, 2025 at 3:49 AM
A lot of people at the Nvidia CES keynote. Largest public keynote I’ve experienced (2x my recollection of Xbox/NT/tablet at old Aladdin) Blackwell has 4000 TOPS
Apple Explores a Face ID Doorbell and Lock Device in Smart Home Push by @markgurman // Apple entering home security is very exciting (to me). It is an area that requires strong integration across components, not just a doorbell cam. 1/3 www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
Apple Explores a Face ID Doorbell and Lock Device in Smart Home Push
Also: Company ramps up work on turning AirPods into a health device.
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December 22, 2024 at 6:09 PM
Apple Explores a Face ID Doorbell and Lock Device in Smart Home Push by @markgurman // Apple entering home security is very exciting (to me). It is an area that requires strong integration across components, not just a doorbell cam. 1/3 www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
On the Toll of Being a Disruptor. It is very easy to be disruptive, but being a disruptor is enormously difficult technically and emotionally hardcoresoftware.learningbyshipping.com/p/223-on-the...
223. On the Toll of Being a Disruptor
It is very easy to be disruptive, but being a disruptor is enormously difficult technically and emotionally
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November 26, 2024 at 5:06 AM
On the Toll of Being a Disruptor. It is very easy to be disruptive, but being a disruptor is enormously difficult technically and emotionally hardcoresoftware.learningbyshipping.com/p/223-on-the...
Benedict Evans puts together a yearly slide deck looking broadly at the industry while diving in with specific numbers and a lot of charts (90 slides). It is always a gem. via
@benedictevans
This year is about AI (of course). It is super. ben-evans.com/presentations
@benedictevans
This year is about AI (of course). It is super. ben-evans.com/presentations
November 22, 2024 at 3:38 AM
Benedict Evans puts together a yearly slide deck looking broadly at the industry while diving in with specific numbers and a lot of charts (90 slides). It is always a gem. via
@benedictevans
This year is about AI (of course). It is super. ben-evans.com/presentations
@benedictevans
This year is about AI (of course). It is super. ben-evans.com/presentations
DOJ Will Push Google to Sell Off Chrome to Break Search Monopoly bloomberg.com/news/article... // True insanityt. There's so little distribution advantage to web browsing. If there were then Edge would have succeeded. This is not about consumers or benefits but about penalties and politics.
November 18, 2024 at 10:40 PM
DOJ Will Push Google to Sell Off Chrome to Break Search Monopoly bloomberg.com/news/article... // True insanityt. There's so little distribution advantage to web browsing. If there were then Edge would have succeeded. This is not about consumers or benefits but about penalties and politics.
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I'm halfway through Hardcore Software by @stevesi.bsky.social. It's a lengthy one, but I'm really enjoying it and would not mind if it was twice as long. #books
November 12, 2024 at 9:49 PM
I'm halfway through Hardcore Software by @stevesi.bsky.social. It's a lengthy one, but I'm really enjoying it and would not mind if it was twice as long. #books
View out my side window going through a parking lot.
May 25, 2023 at 5:06 AM
View out my side window going through a parking lot.
A recent thread on how productivity evolves with GPT, especially given Adobe new this week.
Features are additive&make more creators. Domain experts remain&go on to do more advanced work.
Ppl up-leveled, not fired. https://medium.learningbyshipping.com/ai-chatgpt-and-bing-oh-my-79c47e62c666
Features are additive&make more creators. Domain experts remain&go on to do more advanced work.
Ppl up-leveled, not fired. https://medium.learningbyshipping.com/ai-chatgpt-and-bing-oh-my-79c47e62c666
AI, ChatGPT, and Bing…Oh My
And Sydney too. Consolidating some thoughts on an exciting two weeks of surprises, advances, and retreats in AI.
medium.learningbyshipping.com
May 24, 2023 at 2:03 PM
A recent thread on how productivity evolves with GPT, especially given Adobe new this week.
Features are additive&make more creators. Domain experts remain&go on to do more advanced work.
Ppl up-leveled, not fired. https://medium.learningbyshipping.com/ai-chatgpt-and-bing-oh-my-79c47e62c666
Features are additive&make more creators. Domain experts remain&go on to do more advanced work.
Ppl up-leveled, not fired. https://medium.learningbyshipping.com/ai-chatgpt-and-bing-oh-my-79c47e62c666
206. On Congressional Hearings On Artificial Intelligence (May 2023) https://open.substack.com/pub/hardcoresoftware/p/206-congressional-hearings-on-ai?r=3y2k4&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
206. On Congressional Hearings On Artificial Intelligence (May 2023)
Follow the science…fiction?
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May 17, 2023 at 4:06 AM
206. On Congressional Hearings On Artificial Intelligence (May 2023) https://open.substack.com/pub/hardcoresoftware/p/206-congressional-hearings-on-ai?r=3y2k4&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
Going to a yoga class with an all Taylor Swift playlist. AMA. 🙏
May 13, 2023 at 6:02 PM
Going to a yoga class with an all Taylor Swift playlist. AMA. 🙏
Bard adding dark mode is one thing. Announcing it as a top line feature is something different entirely.
May 11, 2023 at 4:13 AM
Bard adding dark mode is one thing. Announcing it as a top line feature is something different entirely.
I just put a new screen protector on my phone with a result of no bubbles and no dust. AMA.
Gonna rest now.
Gonna rest now.
May 9, 2023 at 2:40 AM
I just put a new screen protector on my phone with a result of no bubbles and no dust. AMA.
Gonna rest now.
Gonna rest now.
A 3d graph of “internet” traffic in the US in sept 1991. Each white line is 100GB or about 20 of todays streaming households represented. There were a total of 500,000 computers on the entire internet. via book “InfoCulture”.
May 7, 2023 at 3:52 AM
A 3d graph of “internet” traffic in the US in sept 1991. Each white line is 100GB or about 20 of todays streaming households represented. There were a total of 500,000 computers on the entire internet. via book “InfoCulture”.