Ranting
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Tech for Good?
Friday Morning Hope: See more products that put us back in touch with ourselves, each other, and the world around us. Thanks Humane team, for being persistent and rethinking Human-Computer Interaction. Friday Evening Pessimism: I don’t think their first product (ai pin*) will take off. 🙁 *In Brazil, Aipim means Cassava Root. I used to… Read more
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Digital Toxic Shock
Reflecting on the thought-provoking work1 of https://www.linkedin.com/in/ACoAAAXnVrgB1TK8UM1LW-5gQZKDw-Q_R-IwX-0Sharra Vostral, it’s intriguing to explore how her concept of “BIOLOGICALLY INCOMPATIBLE TECHNOLOGY” can be applied in the current digital age. In the ’80s, an innovative product was launched amid much fanfare – a smaller, lighter, and super absorbent tampon. Unfortunately, this new product led to an outbreak of… Read more
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Justify my mistake, please!
If you’re a non-engineer experimenting with prompt engineering, here’s the deal: understanding how LLMs actually work isn’t just a nice-to-have, it’s non-negotiable. Take the Chain of Thought technique as an example. Using it after the model has already decided is like trying to screw in a bolt with a hammer, it’s just not going to… Read more
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Diversity in Tech: Who’s Missing From the Table?
Here’s a question: if tech is all about building the future, why does it still look like a reunion of the same dudes from your high school coding club? Let’s be real, diversity isn’t just about being nice or ticking a box. It’s about making better stuff. When the same types of people build everything,… Read more
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Riding Horses
Living on an island farm wasn’t in the plan. It sounds like something out of an indie movie, but there I was, sharing space with a bunch of animals and a horse named Camila. A small horse, probably a pony (?). Her main job was keep the grass low and turn it into manure, that’s… Read more
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Who’s on their payroll? What your Council Members don’t want to share.
Here’s what happened with an experiment I ran with the new council members in 2016. In Florianópolis, each council member had a gross monthly budget of R$15,759.66/month to hire between 4 and 10 advisors. To promote transparency and public participation, in early November 2016, I sent an email suggesting they adopt an open and transparent… Read more
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Silicon Island, Medieval Sewers
The sewer system is scheduled to be implemented in Ratones a neighborhood surrounding Florianópolis’ largest watershed by 2032. Currently, most homes rely on traditional septic tanks or discharge directly into the water system, much like other neighborhoods in the city. It feels like we’ve skipped a few steps in our complex journey toward becoming a… Read more
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The Monster Poster
We went to São Paulo to meet the big companies. IBM turned up to sell. Read more
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Life Credits
Carbon Credit, Water Credit Dignity Credit, Blood Credit In your digital hand lies a mineral that passed through an analog hand, sweaty, calloused, childish. Can your virtual finger do anything about it? Read more
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Do Things, Not Countries, Dieguito!
Definitions for “did” include: carry out, undertake, discharge, act, behave, suffice, to serve a purpose, prepare, make, organize, create or produce, decorate, style, present, grant, pay or render, work out, calculate, solve, to be employed at, manage, cope, succeed, move at a particular pace. Lessons from Do things, Not Countries by Jennifer Sutherland-Miller Read more