On Thursday, I was at the Serpentine Gallery in London for the opening of The Call, an exhibition by Holly Herndon and Mat Dryhurst. The work, as they write in the program, is a commentary on how “the process of collecting data raises questions about the governance and permission of its use.” and so is this episode.. See the scans in the youtube ve…

I'm sorry I've made some slop. But in my defence I just really wanted to appear on my favourite new podcast - NotebookLM. Everything after the jump is synthetic, made by AI tools. Full Show Notes: https://thejaymo.net/2024/09/28/2425-notebookfm/ Experience.Computer: https://experience.computer/ Worldrunning.guide: https://worldrunning.guide/ Subscr…

If you create something that’s to your taste, you have to dig back in. Figure out exactly what it was that worked for you and not the algorithm. Iterate on it, and do it again. Full Show Notes: https://thejaymo.net/2024/09/21/2424-dig-back-in/ Experience.Computer: https://experience.computer/ Worldrunning.guide: https://worldrunning.guide/ Subscrib…

You can, you know, just make any creative work you want, and post it on the Internet. Full Show Notes: https://thejaymo.net/2024/09/15/2423-make-something-to-your-taste/ Experience.Computer: https://experience.computer/ Worldrunning.guide: https://worldrunning.guide/ Subscriber Zine! https://startselectreset.com/ Permanently moved is a personal pod…

An episode about eponymity—when someone’s name echoes through history, immortalised by their actions or legacy, becoming part of everyday language Full Show Notes: https://thejaymo.net/2024/09/07/2422-boycott-hooliganism/ Experience.Computer: https://experience.computer/ Worldrunning.guide: https://worldrunning.guide/ Subscriber Zine! https://start…

Apple wasn’t just selling products; they were selling a vision, a glimpse into what the world could be. But now we’re in that future—the world they sold us. Full Show Notes: https://thejaymo.net/2024/08/31/2421-cathedral-of-screens/ Experience.Computer: https://experience.computer/ Worldrunning.guide: https://worldrunning.guide/ Subscriber Zine! ht…

I’ve come to think of the collection of tools I use as a kind of menagerie of models. I thought I’d share how I use them. Full Show Notes: https://thejaymo.net/2024/08/24/2420-a-menagerie-of-models/ Experience.Computer: https://experience.computer/ Worldrunning.guide: https://worldrunning.guide/ Subscriber Zine! https://startselectreset.com/ Perman…

The games designer seeks to influence the structure of thought. Manipulating the kinds of thoughts the player thinks while playing the game. Full Show Notes: https://thejaymo.net/2024/08/17/2419-shaping-thought/ Experience.Computer: https://experience.computer/ Worldrunning.guide: https://worldrunning.guide/ Subscriber Zine! https://startselectrese…

I don’t think there is a single place in England that I know better than those 6 feet of sand in font of a shed in Broadstairs. Full Show Notes: https://www.thejaymo.net/2024/08/10/2418-six-feet-of-england/ Experience.Computer: https://experience.computer/ Worldrunning.guide: https://worldrunning.guide/ Subscriber Zine! https://thejaymo.net/zine Pe…

What I've been up to and where I am elsewhere on the web this summer Full Show Notes: https://www.thejaymo.net/2024/08/04/2417-summer-doings/ Solarpunk Is Dreaming Green: https://youtu.be/Xq16vAsB18Q Experience.Computer: https://experience.computer/ Worldrunning.guide: https://worldrunning.guide/ My Zine! https://thejaymo.net/zine Permanently moved…

Ivan, lost in the chaos of modern life, takes a walk by the river seeking solace. A modern fairy story. Full Show Notes: https://www.thejaymo.net/2024/07/21/2416-hole-of-tears/ Support the show! Subscribe to my zine Watch on Youtube Permanently moved is a personal podcast 301 seconds in length, written and recorded by @thejaymo…

Due to my Aphantasia, I also have SDAM (Severely Deficient Autobiographical Memory), I never remember anything in the first person. This is why I keep a diary. Full Show Notes: https://www.thejaymo.net/2024/07/13/2415-first-person-memory/ Support the show! Subscribe to my zine Watch on Youtube Permanently moved is a personal podcast 301 seconds in …

Where did modern bureaucracy come from? Colonel Sylvanus Thayer, the Father of the Military Academy, or the ‘man who made West Point’. Full Show Notes: https://www.thejaymo.net/2024/07/07/2414-the-origins-of-modern-bureaucracy/ Support the show! Subscribe to my zine Watch on Youtube Permanently moved is a personal podcast 301 seconds in length, wri…

We should abandon the external 'Battle for Attention' and instead engage in an internal 'Conflict of Disinterest' Full Show Notes: https://www.thejaymo.net/2024/06/29/2413-conflict-of-disinterest/ Support the show! Subscribe to my zine Watch on Youtube Permanently moved is a personal podcast 301 seconds in length, written and recorded by @thejaymo…

Don’t you think that the surface of the Internet feels super flat right now? I don’t just mean it's UX but the whole internet. Full Show Notes: https://www.thejaymo.net/2024/06/22/2412-surface-flatness/ Support the show! Subscribe to my zine Watch on Youtube Permanently moved is a personal podcast 301 seconds in length, written and recorded by @the…

Right now AI is the worst it’s ever going to be. It costs about 60 bucks a day to house a state of the art little computer person powered by an LLM in a virtual world. But what will the world be like when it costs 60p? Full Show Notes: https://www.thejaymo.net/2024/06/01/2411-little-computer-people/ Support the show! Subscribe to my zine Watch on Y…

People I hang out with online all at once seem to have begun questioning the necessity of weekly creative production. Full Show Notes: https://www.thejaymo.net/2024/05/25/2410-algorithmic-pressure/ Support the show! Subscribe to my zine Watch on Youtube Permanently moved is a personal podcast 301 seconds in length, written and recorded by @thejaymo…