Thyagarajan Kumararaja: What We Notice, What We Use
Thyagarajan Kumararaja admires a building with no film in mind. A colleague says AI can find answers on demand. So what is reading widely for?
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Small observations from the workbench.
A Bittersweet Story: Mac Studio, iPlanet, and Apple
A five-month Mac Studio order vanished during a product transition. Emails to iPlanet, Redington and Apple produced an unexpected remedy.
Convenience Is the Product
From wedding seating software to AI-built applications, the software stack keeps moving responsibility upward. The enduring product is convenience.
Life Is Long Enough
Jeff Dean helped build the systems beneath Google. His calendar still made room for yoga, football, and a 30-minute meeting with an intern.
Antarctica Is the Largest Desert
A fifth-standard boy corrected my geography. Another family used one plain AI question to find an opportunity for their son's book.