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Weekly Thing 267 / Generative, Ghibli, Mermaid
October 29, 2023
Welcome to this week's edition of the Weekly Thing by Jamie Thingelstad! Did you know that 267 is the international dialing code for Botswana, a country...
Weekly Thing 266 / Obsessed, DiceRight, Omnivore
October 21, 2023
Welcome to Issue 266 of the Weekly Thing by Jamie Thingelstad! Interesting fact: October 21 is notable in pop culture as the day Marty McFly arrives in the...
Weekly Thing 265 / Magic, Copilot, Shortery
October 14, 2023
Welcome to the 265th edition of the Weekly Thing by Jamie Thingelstad! Just as the number 265 forms a unique Ruth-Aaron pair with 264 due to their prime...
Weekly Thing 264 / Dazed, Zany, Llama
October 7, 2023
This edition covers topics like the psychological effects of self-view on screens, the high costs of compute power for AI, the release of Amazon's Bedrock generative AI service, the launch of Raspberry Pi 5, the comparison of regular US dollars and PyUSD stablecoins from PayPal, the importance of settlement speed in transactions, Meta's release of the Llama 2 Long AI model, the rise of synthetic social networks, a tool called nomnoml for creating UML diagrams, challenges to building a customer-obsessed organization, and the launch of Google Pixel 8.
Weekly Thing 263 / Copilot, Del.icio.us, Pancake
September 30, 2023
Welcome to the Weekly Thing by Jamie Thingelstad! Did you know that 263 is the smallest prime number with a digit sum of 11? Get ready for an exciting read!...
Weekly Thing 262 / Simulator, System, Snoopy
September 23, 2023
I’m Jamie Thingelstad, and this is the Weekly Thing. Check out previous issues at the archive. Hello there! 👋 I’m still working out the final kinks in the...
Weekly Thing 261 / Bloomfield Bridge, Critical Ignoring, Subscription Era
September 16, 2023
I’m Jamie Thingelstad, and you (in theory) signed up for this weekly letter from me sharing things that I have found notable and engaging for the week. Hello...
Weekly Thing #260 / Rash, Hashing, Arguably
July 1, 2023
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Weekly Thing #259 / Vision Pro, Tiny Awards, Mental Liquidity
June 18, 2023
Weekly Thing: Father's Day, deliberate practice, Vision Pro review, Damus app issue with Apple, MrBeast profiled, and more.
Weekly Thing #258 / Vision, Strike, Reputation
June 11, 2023
Vision Pro AR experience, Strike infrastructure transition, personal brand vs reputation, and more.
Weekly Thing #257 / Nostr, Time, Bcrypt
June 4, 2023
Weekly Thing #257: Layne Kennedy's new book, Nostr's unique capabilities & micropayments, reflections on Snowden revelations, and more.
Weekly Thing #2^8 / Bitcoin, Kagi, Brink
May 27, 2023
Hi, I’m Jamie Thingelstad, and this is the Weekly Thing! At some point, you decided to join me on this journey of learning around technology, culture,...
Weekly Thing #255 / Lassie, Vore, Alby
May 20, 2023
Get rid of unwanted email to reduce spam and mental clutter, Micro.blog Summer of Blogging, and installing OpenAI's ChatGPT app in this edition.
Weekly Thing #254 / Redis, Dooce, Batteries
May 13, 2023
Unsubscribe from unwanted emails to win the battle, plus noteworthy tech articles and the Weekly Thing 6-year anniversary!
Weekly Thing #253 / Domains, Anybox, Currl
May 7, 2023
Manhattan trips, blockchain, retail productivity, and the importance of RSS.
Weekly Thing #252 / Elevator, Evidence, Everything
April 29, 2023
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Weekly Thing #251 / Moloch, Chess, Protocol
April 23, 2023
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Weekly Thing #250 / LLM, Shanghai, Wing
April 16, 2023
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Weekly Thing #249 / GPT, Privacy, Crypto
April 8, 2023
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Weekly Thing #248 / Bicycle, Attention, Shapella
April 1, 2023
I’m Jamie Thingelstad, and this is my Weekly Thing. Did you know that you can also get this via your favorite feed reader using the RSS feed? Hooray for web...
Weekly Thing #247 / New York, Fingerprints, Snitch
March 25, 2023
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Weekly Thing #246 / Banks, Stablecoin, Trust
March 18, 2023
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Weekly Thing #245 / Curation, Outcomes, Disturbed
March 11, 2023
Hi, I’m Jamie Thingelstad, and this is the Weekly Thing. Isn't that witty? I send this weekly, and it is full of various things. What would I call it if my...
Weekly Thing #244 / Fans, Sameness, Fediverse + Ukraine Fundraiser!
March 4, 2023
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Weekly Thing #243 / Montaigne, Ordinals, Salsa + Ukraine Fundraiser!
February 26, 2023
Hi, I’m Jamie Thingelstad, and this is the Weekly Thing! At some point, you decided to join me on this exploratory journey of technology, culture,...
Weekly Thing #242 / Stories, Volcano, Decemberists
February 19, 2023
I’m Jamie Thingelstad, and you (in theory) signed up for this weekly letter from me sharing things that I have found notable and engaging for the week. Hello...
Weekly Thing #241 / Wildebeest, Reputation, Zero
February 11, 2023
I’m Jamie Thingelstad, and this is the Weekly Thing. Check out previous issues at the archive. Hello there! 👋 Have you noticed the sun is coming up earlier...
Weekly Thing #240 / Shapes, Tags, Ubiquity
February 5, 2023
I’m Jamie Thingelstad, and this is my Weekly Thing. Did you know that you can also get this via your favorite feed reader using the RSS feed? Hooray for web...
Weekly Thing #239 / Helmets, Bear, Smile
January 29, 2023
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Weekly Thing #238 / Addiction, Disruption, Intentional
January 21, 2023
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Weekly Thing #237 / Ethereum, Zelensky, Fadell + Erratic Narratives
December 11, 2022
Hi, I’m Jamie Thingelstad, and this is the Weekly Thing. Isn’t that witty? I send this weekly, and it is full of various things. What would I call it if my...
Weekly Thing #236 / ChatGPT, Reading, Legitimacy
December 3, 2022
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Weekly Thing #235 / TikTok, Busy, Stories
November 27, 2022
Hi, I’m Jamie Thingelstad, and this is the Weekly Thing! At some point, you decided to join me on this exploratory journey of technology, culture,...
Weekly Thing #234 / Distributed, Principles, Drivers
November 19, 2022
I’m Jamie Thingelstad, and you (in theory) signed up for this weekly letter from me sharing things that I have found notable and engaging for the week. Hello...
Weekly Thing #233 / Versepad, "Just", Mastadon
November 13, 2022
I’m Jamie Thingelstad, and this is the Weekly Thing. Check out previous issues at the archive. Hello everyone! 👋 I hope you are having a great weekend. I’m...
Weekly Thing #232 / Fiber, Decker, Privacy
November 5, 2022
I’m Jamie Thingelstad, and this is my Weekly Thing. Did you know that you can also get this via your favorite feed reader using the RSS feed? Hooray for web...
Weekly Thing #231 / UNIX Pipe, Slow Roads, Personal Brand
October 29, 2022
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Weekly Thing #230 / Calendar, Fractal, Reminiscing
October 15, 2022
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Weekly Thing #229 / Time, Zolatron, Maigret
October 8, 2022
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Weekly Thing #228 / Technical, Adversarial, Overcomplicating
October 2, 2022
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Weekly Thing #227 / Attention, Minnedemo, Learning
September 24, 2022
I’m Jamie Thingelstad, and you (in theory) signed up for this weekly letter from me sharing things that I have found notable and engaging for the week. Mazie...
Weekly Thing #226 / Patagonia, Merge, Walrus
September 17, 2022
I’m Jamie Thingelstad, and this is the Weekly Thing. Check out previous issues at the archive. 👋 Hello! I hope you have had a great summer! ☀️ It is great to...
Weekly Thing #225 / Prestige, WebAssembly, PhizFans
June 25, 2022
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Weekly Thing #224 / Self, Learning, Identity
June 18, 2022
I’m Jamie Thingelstad, and this is my Weekly Thing. Did you know that you can also get this via your favorite feed reader using the RSS feed? Hooray for web...
Weekly Thing #223 / Digital Identity, Finding a Mode, WWDC
June 11, 2022
I’m Jamie Thingelstad, and this is the Weekly Thing. You can read this, click on articles, all while knowing that your privacy is preserved and nobody is...
Weekly Thing #222 / Smalltalk, Friendships, Automata
June 5, 2022
Hi, I’m Jamie Thingelstad, and this is the Weekly Thing. Isn't that witty? I send this weekly, and it is full of various things. What would I call it if my...
Weekly Thing #221 / Rebooting, Incidents, Risk
May 29, 2022
I’m Jamie Thingelstad, and this is the Weekly Thing. One of the delights of sending this email is hearing from you! Hit reply and say Hi… I use Pinboard to...
Weekly Thing #220 / Ukraine DAO, Nouns, Icebergs
May 21, 2022
Hi, I’m Jamie Thingelstad, and this is the Weekly Thing! At some point, you decided to join me on this exploratory journey of technology, culture,...
Weekly Thing #219 / Friendships, FloriNouns, Rich Strike
May 14, 2022
I’m Jamie Thingelstad, and you (in theory) signed up for this weekly letter from me sharing things that I have found notable and engaging for the week....
Weekly Thing #218 / An unscheduled break
April 2, 2022
I’m Jamie Thingelstad, and this is the Weekly Thing. Check out previous issues at the archive. Hello there! 👋 We are getting ready to head out on our Spring...
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