Is AI the devil?

🤖 Recently I've read some posts on Mastodon against AI-generated images on websites. Personally, I'm not totally against using AI for individual purposes and with the right intentions. For example, I would NEVER use AI to generate posts on my blog or to generate images for a photolog. But I see nothing wrong with using AI to sporadically insert some AI-generated images into a personal blog. However, from a user perspective, I will tend to stay away from well-known corporate/press websites that are filled with AI content. They have all the resources for content curation.

April 12th, 2024

Unlimited growth

“ Cory Doctorow famously coined the enshittification term to describe the sad trend of online services going to shit over time. I don't think that's just an online services issue. It's a societal issue related to the pursuit of endless growth. And if you think about it, it's a deeply human issue. It's what happens when you can't say stop. No matter what you're doing, it can be something positive or negative, if you can't say stop, bad things will happen. - Manuel Moreale”

April 11th, 2024

Science fiction is not to be taken lightly

I've always thought that science fiction has been regarded as a minor genre. But if you look at the facts, there are several ideas that were invented by sci-fi creators. For example, the talking computers in Star Trek are a kind of Alexa/Siri/Google assistant, while the communicators worked much like our smartphones. Today androids are more of a reality than a possible invention of the future.

April 10th, 2024

Perspectives

📷 Sometimes it's a matter of perspectives

April 9th, 2024

No contact page (for now)

👻 In this little corner of the web I share my ideas and thoughts in a semi-anonymous way. I really like it and so (for the moment) I will not add a contact page / form. The actual best way to support me is to click on kudos. 🤪

April 8th, 2024

Long walk

🚶‍♂️ Yesterday I went for a long and lovely walk. It started just 15 minutes by car from my home. It was the first time I'd done it and I'm really glad I finished.

April 7th, 2024

Supporters

⚽ Sticker Discovery: Supporters of Lugano Football Club

April 5th, 2024

Random thoughts

🧠 This blog was literally born to share random ideas and thoughts. Hence the blog title "Snippets" and the subtitle "Digital echoes". From analog to digital, thanks to my brain. 🙃

April 4th, 2024

User experience

👉 A clean user interface makes all the difference.

April 3rd, 2024

My first Haruki Murakami

📕 I've just started reading "What I Talk About When I Talk About Running" by Haruki Murakami. It's the first book I've read by this famous author and I really like his style of writing and his personal thoughts. Even though I'm not a runner, I'm really enjoying it.

April 2nd, 2024

April Fool's Day

🤪 Remember, it's April Fool's Day! It is traditional to play pranks or practical jokes on others. Keep your eyes open when reading the news or socialising with friends and family...

April 1st, 2024

Holiday update

🌬 Welcome to another windy and rainy day!  I had a great Easter with my family Yesterday!  Luckily I'm still on holiday Today, so I'm enjoying the time to slow down and keep things cool.

April 1st, 2024

Easter holidays

🐣 It's Easter today, so I'm spending my holiday with my family. It's the perfect time to relax after a stressful period. Anyway, the weather is pretty bad these days, the temperature is dropping and there was a storm last night. It feels more like Christmas than Easter...

March 31st, 2024

It's summer time in Europe

⌚ If you live in Europe it is time to synchronise your clocks to the European Summer Time. It begins (clocks go forward) at 01:00 UTC Today (the last Sunday in March), and ends (clocks go back) at 01:00 UTC on the last Sunday in October (27 October 2024). The aim is to make the most efficient use of seasonal daylight. In the last few years there has been a lot of debate about the continuation of the summer time and winter time, but no concrete decision has been taken yet.

March 31st, 2024

Journaling isn't for me

✍ Probably the best way to journal is with a physical notebook (yes, the old-fashioned analogue way!). But (being the technical guy that I am) I've tried journaling digitally, using various apps. Unfortunately, I've always run into some sort of friction and suddenly stopped journaling. I realised that blogging is probably my preferred way of sharing thoughts and ideas. A kind of "open diary" for my unknown readers.

March 30th, 2024