callum booth
@CallumBooth
weeping & gnashing & writing // freelance journalist // co-host @smugbookclub // former managing editor @thenextweb, a @FinancialTimes company
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first, the tech industry reinvented buses. now, we’re reinventing journalism. the world is wide and full of wonders.
I do really wish someone smart and good at critical thinking would sit down and invest a lot of research into which claims by both sides are accurate and which are propaganda. This would be so good for the world
ah yes, and I wonder how many authors were paid for their work to be scraped for this piece of shit-smothered driftwood “writing”
we trained a new model that is good at creative writing (not sure yet how/when it will get released). this is the first time i have been really struck by something written by AI; it got the vibe of metafiction so right. PROMPT: Please write a metafictional literary short story…
Hello world, meet @unzip_media! I'm starting a new independent media outlet to unpack some of the most important stories in technology and beyond. Check out the welcome post with more details and the first video podcast episode with @CallumBooth 👇 unzip.media/welcome-to-unz…
some of us still do
We really used to have to download an album, upload it the files to iTunes, plug in our phone to the computer, and sync everything up
🚨 GIVE VIDEO GAMES A BUSY MODE 🚨 every story-based game should have us a "I'm too old and tired for 100+ hours, just show me the important parts" button. 👉 therectangle.substack.com/p/busy-mode-in…
QR code menus are a crime
"Is this the end for Amsterdam’s herring stalls?" timeout.com/amsterdam/trav… Interview met @CallumBooth van het van origine Britse @timeout (Time Out Magazine): " 'Herring stands with fermented products go back to the year 1700,’ says Hans van Tellingen, a Dutch retail expert and…
In today's podcast: Vice Media, Buzzfeed News and 'universal basic income' for journalists. Listen to our Head of Media @adegeler and @callumbooth discussing the future of publishing and journalism in the world of 'new new media', AI, and Big Tech. thenextweb.com/news/andrii-de…
simply one of the greatest sporting moments of all time, watching it live was magnificent, like being in a waking dream
🇯🇵 OTD: Nine years ago today, Japan produced one of the greatest upsets in sporting history. Never gets old.
Sometimes the core solution companies offer becomes out with the times. What they do next separates good companies from great. Some evolve, some just grasp at straws.
Uber, you've gotta stop sending me notifications, bud, this is how apps get deleted
truly hope that school libraries worldwide continue to be filled with these and weird little kids like myself still have a refuge
GODDAMN I LOVE THE EUROS (and tech) open.substack.com/pub/therectang…
of all the pockets, the little pocket inside the bigger pocket is the MVP (most valuable pocket)
if you're interested in 3rd party app stores on iOS, I spent some time investigated the latest one for the @verge: Setapp Mobile by @MacPaw theverge.com/24155259/setap…
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