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222. Automating Processes with Software is HARD
We have decades of experience trying to automate processes. My biggest lesson is that automation is not about the easy and known flow, but about…
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Steven Sinofsky

August 2024

221. Using AI for School is NOT Cheating
The use of AI is causing some in universities to freak out. I would worry more about NOT using AI, if history is any indication.
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June 2024

220. Are AI Expectations Too High or Misplaced?
Have expectations for AI been getting too high? Not high enough? Thinking about how AI has evolved in past boom/bust cycles.
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219. On AI Requiring a New OS
Not every platform shift yields a new OS or does it?
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May 2024

218. Announcing: Hardcore Software, the Print Edition
Many have been asking for a "shelf-worthy" compilation along with an eBook and audiobook. I'm super excited to share the availability of all formats.
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217. Doing a UX/API Redesign? Here are 12 Rules of Thumb
Redesigning the UX or API of a product seems to always be in the plans. No product is perfect and customer feedback abounds. Some things you might think…
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March 2024

January 2024

215. Building Under Regulation
An essay on the EU Digital Markets Act and Apple’s Update on apps distributed in the European Union (and some personal history)
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[214.] Hello. Happy Anniversary Macintosh!
Happy 40th Anniversary, Macintosh! I was lucky enough to be at one of the right places at the right time and thought I'd share my story of why 1984 was…
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213. CES 2024: Builders, Makers, Risk-Takers
With a maturing supply chain for connected, low-power, inexpensive devices #CES2024 was the best in a long time. From screens to homes to health…
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December 2023

212. Books to Read and Gift (2023)
Some topical books from this year that might be worth a read or gift.
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November 2023

211. Regulating AI by Executive Order is the Real AI Risk
The President’s Executive Order on Artificial Intelligence is a premature and pessimistic political solution to unknown technical problems and a clear…
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