This is for gen alpha

The new Maple app we're building can help you use technology less and experience the world around you more. How does that sound to you? I traveled with it over the last two weeks, and it quickly became my interface for a multitude of tasks. Looking up things, research around town, capturing thoughts, public transportation, real-time sports scores, language translation, sightseeing, reminding me of scheduled items, small therapy sessions, keeping track of recommendations, to-do list items, figuring out restaurant menu items, journaling, understanding local traditions, and even finding a bathroom from a photo I took ("I'm right here, where's the nearest public toilet?!"). There were at least 10 apps it replaced. For the ones it didn't, I hit it first before going to the other app. Equipping me with personalized research meant I was fast at using the other app. Got in, got out. Another outcome is that I had fewer moments of getting distracted by the algorithms each app uses to keep you engaged with them. And yes, you can interpret this post as, "Use technology less by using our app more." 😅 I think the goal should be decreasing wasted time in apps overall. If one app reduces how much time you spend on your phone, that seems like a benefit. Just me?

Saturday morning vibes in Bedford

It’s event day in Bedford 🤘

Delete a couple of apps from your phone today. I bet it will make you feel a little better.

You can’t put bitcoin on a gate

A little reclaimed wood shiplap and grey paint would do wonders for this fixer upper

Outdated

There will always be companies willing to provide cheap or free services to people willing to give up their dignity.

Microsoft Azure portal is so difficult to use, I don't know how anything ever got configured before AI was able to walk people through the steps.

Apple wins the AI race

It's surprising to me how surprised people are by this. If you wear glasses with cameras and mics, streaming the data to a company that openly admits it can see your data and monetize it, your personal life will be exposed.

You have your OpenClaw doing your taxes, I have mine searching for a high-demand toy for my kid. These tools are neat-o.

I feel socially obligated to share this chart

OpenCode on my Mac talking to the @Maple AI Proxy running on my @Start9 server. sovereignty-intensifies.gif

With Claude having an outage, this internal GLM-5 on @Maple AI is coming in clutch!