I have a feeling that next week's Weeknotes (299) will be the soft launch of my new blog layout and theme. Maybe I'll throw a party at 300. The post Party at 300? | Weeknotes appeared first on thejaymo. | Continue reading
It is a choice to carry stale yesterdays into tomorrow. Shed the flotsam and idle chatter from the surface of the mind. The post Stale Yesterdays | 2320 appeared first on thejaymo. | Continue reading
In May I went to Lisbon to give the opening talk at the Autonomous Worlds Summit. The first outing for some of the material from The Web Was a Side Quest. The post Worlds A Walk-Though: Their History Done Quick appeared first on thejaymo. | Continue reading
Photo-a-day for the month of May 2023 The post May 2023 | Photo 365 appeared first on thejaymo. | Continue reading
There'll be more people watching others immersed in VR worlds than actually in them. A 5% ratio, seems like a reasonable estimate. The post Tasty Vision, Pricey Byte | Thoughts on Apple Vision Pro appeared first on thejaymo. | Continue reading
There are blogposts on this website that I have absolutely no memory of writing - *at all* The post Remember Writing It? | Weeknotes appeared first on thejaymo. | Continue reading
Looking through my scripts for 2023, I realise I haven’t made a general update show since February. So let's do that. The post Update Interlude | 2319 appeared first on thejaymo. | Continue reading
I attended the Autonomous Worlds Summit last week. In the last year; unstoppable, infinitely moddable worlds built on the blockchain have become a reality The post Autonomous Worlds Summit – Lisbon | Weeknotes appeared first on thejaymo. | Continue reading
I am quite busy at the moment. The post Quite Busy | Weeknotes appeared first on thejaymo. | Continue reading
I fully expect to see Succession get more words published about it in online media outlets in the coming weeks than the new Zelda will. The post Tears of the Kingdom | 2318 appeared first on thejaymo. | Continue reading
It has been a deep ongoing frustration of mine that Youtube's video player caps out at 2x playback speed. Here's how to go faster The post How to Watch Youtube Faster Than 2x Playback Speed | Weeknotes appeared first on thejaymo. | Continue reading
Both Choose Your Own Adventure gamebooks & phone tree menu systems are progeny of the explosion of creativity that happened after D&D arrived The post Dial M for Metaverse | 2317 appeared first on thejaymo. | Continue reading
It's been a good week for sensible AI content, here's some things that I think are worth checking out on the subject. The post AI Good Content Week | Weeknotes appeared first on thejaymo. | Continue reading
We must try to cultivate a better sense of somatic awareness of the tools in our lives and give names to the things we discover. The post Machine Touch | 2316 appeared first on thejaymo. | Continue reading
Photo-a-day for the month of April 2023 The post Apr 2023 | Photo 365 appeared first on thejaymo. | Continue reading
Over on Blusesky this week, 1000's of people were stuck in a Hellthread with an AI powered rubber duck reply guy. The post Stuck with Berduck | Weeknotes appeared first on thejaymo. | Continue reading
The artist has made sanctuary upon their little Isle, found stable ground. Now they plant a garden. For it is there the work can flourish The post Embrace Cadence, Find Rhythm | 2315 appeared first on thejaymo. | Continue reading
Wonderful folks over at the 'transdisciplinary network' that is Fo.AM just published Solarpunk. A remix as part of their Anarchive project The post Solarpunk. A remix. | Fo.AM appeared first on thejaymo. | Continue reading
I am fixated on the vocal static. I hear at the edges the AI-anna Grande model unspooling into pure material waveform. This is future music. The post Future Music | Weeknotes appeared first on thejaymo. | Continue reading
For me now, at this point in my life, writing and thinking are co-continuous. I type between 55-60 words per minute - the speed of thought. The post Speed of Thought | 2314 appeared first on thejaymo. | Continue reading
I recently travelled to the near future. Unfortunately all I could bring back was this PDF of the job description for a world runner. The post Hiring Soon: World Runner | Design Fiction appeared first on thejaymo. | Continue reading
Why bother pleasing the algorithm when you can just try to make the best work possible. What matters is making the work and sharing it. The post Make the Best Work Possible | Weeknotes appeared first on thejaymo. | Continue reading
The growing importance of lore reflects the rise of a new kind cultural sense-making and social technology. The post Lore as Lens | 2313 appeared first on thejaymo. | Continue reading
I went back on Agitator Pod! they had me on to talk about Terminal Boredom by Japanese proto-cyberpunk writer Izumi Suzuki The post Terminal Boredom: Proto-Cyberpunk, Mindless Violence, and Predicting the Future | Agitator Podcast appeared first on thejaymo. | Continue reading
A friend asked me the other day “What tools do you use for thinking?" I replied... “My Brain????”. Apparently this was the wrong answer. The post Tools for Thinking | 2312 appeared first on thejaymo. | Continue reading
I have 'acquired' the old family camera - a Pentax Optimo L60 from 2008. It shoots nostalgic late Myspace early Facebook looking photos The post Embedded Date | Weeknotes appeared first on thejaymo. | Continue reading
Photo-a-day for the month of March 2023 The post Mar 2023 | Photo 365 appeared first on thejaymo. | Continue reading
In the last few months I've become acutely aware of, and sensitive too, the types and qualities of attention that I can experience. The post Types of Attention | Weeknotes appeared first on thejaymo. | Continue reading
Unravel the concept of attention density, and learn why it is essential for a valuable podcast experience. Seek out shows that offer more. The post How to Listen to a Podcast | 2311 appeared first on thejaymo. | Continue reading
I've been ticking off some of the remaining items on my 'life list' that I wrote at the beginning of the year The post ‘Medium Effort’ Items | Weeknotes appeared first on thejaymo. | Continue reading
Issue #005 of Zine Start Select Reset went out yesterday via sail mail to supporters subscribed at £5 a Month or above! The post Start Select Reset Zine – How Are Things? appeared first on thejaymo. | Continue reading
thejaymo.net turned 14 yesterday! The post Happy 14th blogday | Weeknotes appeared first on thejaymo. | Continue reading
From nowhere north winds may howl. Waves may rise with such fury that they may come to threaten the artist's craft. There will be crisis The post There Will Be Crisis | 2310 appeared first on thejaymo. | Continue reading
Those who say 'Yes' are rewarded by the adventures they have, and those who say 'No' are rewarded by the safety they attain - Keith Johnstone The post Those who say ‘Yes’ | Weeknotes appeared first on thejaymo. | Continue reading
Many members of Britan's elite have spent every single day of their lives - from public school to parliament - amid the decaying ruins of a former Empire. As a result of haunting this empty idea, they are delusional. The post Sunset on an Empire: Left, Right, Capital, and the Fas … | Continue reading
Photo-a-day for the month of February 2023 The post Feb 2023 | Photo 365 appeared first on thejaymo. | Continue reading
In 2020 I wrote a series of posts on the future Crypto / Web3, and the technical development of the coming ‘Metaverse’. Lets see how I did... The post Season 1 – Recap Pt2 | Dimensino appeared first on thejaymo. | Continue reading
A webzine would compliment my podcast, my *actual zine*, my other podcast and other things I want to do around here. The post Complimentary Webzine? | Weeknotes appeared first on thejaymo. | Continue reading
Costly virtual land in the metaverse today is a result of memory constraints on mainframes. A solution to a problem that no longer exists. The post MUDs to Metaverse: The Unreal Estate Deal | 2308 appeared first on thejaymo. | Continue reading
In 2020 I wrote a series of posts on the future Crypto / Web3, and the technical development of the coming ‘Metaverse’. Lets see how I did... The post Season 1 Recap – Pt1 | Dimensino appeared first on thejaymo. | Continue reading
What have pundits been doing with their time for a decade? Looking in a hole in the ground? The post Looking in a Hole? | Weeknotes appeared first on thejaymo. | Continue reading
In less than 6 weeks we’ve gone from ‘OpenAI’s chatbot is weird but interesting’ to ‘Google is doomed because they’re not shipping AI search before Microsoft’ to’These things are totally awful’. Full Show Notes: https://www.thejaymo.net/2023/02/19/301-2307-what-a-difference-ai-we … | Continue reading
For the 22nd anniversary Mistakonic Virtual University Press have brought Anna Greenspan's hugely influential CCRU infused PHD thesis: Capitalism's Transcendental Time Machine, to print for the first time. The post Twenty-Two Years of Transcendental Time Machines | 0xSalon appear … | Continue reading
The more time passes, the more weird and wacky what is going on, on social media begins to seem. The post From Another Planet | Weeknotes appeared first on thejaymo. | Continue reading
The year ahead is no longer one long road with 50 or so weekly stops along the way to the Christmas horizon. The post Four Blocks of Ten | 2306 appeared first on thejaymo. | Continue reading
Photo-a-day for the month of January 2023 The post Jan 2023 | Photo 365 appeared first on thejaymo. | Continue reading
I don't know what your process is for planning lists of ideas and projects, but I'm currently in the middle of the following. The post Midlist | Weeknotes appeared first on thejaymo. | Continue reading
The artist should not concern themselves with the effervescent present of social media. The artist lives for deeper time & even deeper links. The post Not Only in the Now | 2305 appeared first on thejaymo. | Continue reading