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The Age of Ridiculous Invention: 2.0
(Still the same day. And yes, I’m still waiting for Amazon to catch up.) Hey, remember that ridiculous IR floodlight project from this...

Rich Washburn
Oct 103 min read


The Age of Ridiculous Invention
I build a lot of things—some professional, some ridiculous, some that start out as one and become the other. But lately, there's been a...

Rich Washburn
Oct 108 min read


The Mirror of Us: Welcome to the Era of Intent
There’s a strange kind of silence that comes right before a revolution—not the loud kind filled with slogans and sirens, but the quiet...

Rich Washburn
Oct 64 min read


Apple Just Blinked: Why Cupertino’s Pivot to AI Glasses Proves Meta Won the First Round
You can tell Apple isn’t being run by Steve Jobs anymore. This week, Bloomberg confirmed something that would’ve been unthinkable a...

Rich Washburn
Oct 54 min read


The End of Software as We Know It: How Code Is Evolving Into Shape-Shifting Intelligence
There was a time when learning to code felt like unlocking a secret language. The screen glowed, the cursor blinked, and every keystroke...

Rich Washburn
Oct 53 min read


The Coming Interface Revolution: From Gadgets to Cognitive Layers
Every time humanity gets a new piece of tech, the first thing we do is check the gear. We measure it, compare it, critique it.What’s the...

Rich Washburn
Oct 44 min read


When Sam Altman Screams GPUs, I Hear Opportunity
The internet has a new toy. OpenAI’s latest video model, Sora 2 , is barely out in the wild, and already meme-lords are doing what they...

Rich Washburn
Oct 22 min read


Stop Building Their Platforms. Start Building Yours.
Jack Dorsey recently said the quiet part out loud: every time you post, like, share, or retweet on social media, you’re not just...

Rich Washburn
Sep 303 min read


LLMs.txt: The Tiny SEO Tweak That Moves a Much Bigger Machine
Everyone’s trying to get an edge in search right now—more visibility, higher rankings, better traffic. So here’s something to think...

Rich Washburn
Sep 303 min read


I Accidentally Tony Starked My Productivity
I didn’t mean to end up here. I wasn’t trying to be the guy floating in midair clicking invisible buttons like a Marvel character. But...

Rich Washburn
Sep 283 min read


Starting at the Top of the Hill: Hacking Inertia with AI
We’ve all heard it a thousand times: if you want tomorrow to go well, prep the night before. Lay out your plan. Line up your tasks. Clear...

Rich Washburn
Sep 253 min read


The AI Haters Have a Point—Now What?
Every time I scroll, there’s another meme about how AI is ruining civilization. The temptation is to roll my eyes, laugh, and move on....

Rich Washburn
Sep 244 min read


It’s On: The AI Arms Race Just Went Nuclear (Literally)
Take a breath. Now take another, deeper one. Because what just dropped in the last 72 hours isn’t just “big tech news” — it’s a...

Rich Washburn
Sep 234 min read


Justice for Charlie: Utah Prosecutors File Death Penalty Case Against Tyler Robinson
Utah County prosecutors have formally charged 22-year-old Tyler James Robinson with the capital murder of Charlie Kirk, marking a...

Rich Washburn
Sep 163 min read


Gates vs. Kildall: The Lesson We Don’t Like but Can’t Ignore
Not every founder story survives the passage of time. But some stick around because the pattern keeps repeating. Over and over. The story...

Rich Washburn
Sep 163 min read


Hacking the Runner’s High: Harvard Proves What I’ve Been Doing All Along
For most of my adult life, I’ve been experimenting on myself. Call it biohacking, call it stubborn curiosity, call it refusing to let...

Rich Washburn
Sep 153 min read


A Candle Against the Dark
I’ve been thinking a lot about light lately. How fragile it feels. How easily it gets swallowed by the dark. Charlie Kirk’s assassination...

Rich Washburn
Sep 142 min read


Dining in High-Def: The Full Elysium Immersive Dining Experience
If Netflix, Cirque du Soleil, and a Michelin-starred chef had a love child, it would be this: Elysium Immersive Dining . Six courses....

Rich Washburn
Sep 133 min read


The XAI Espionage Case: Why This Isn’t Just About One Engineer
The lawsuit Elon Musk’s XAI just filed against a former engineer reads like a spy thriller: a trusted insider cashes out millions in...

Rich Washburn
Sep 92 min read


Civilization’s All-In Moment
Every once in a while, a moment comes that’s so big, so layered, so everywhere at once, that we don’t even realize how historic it is...

Rich Washburn
Sep 53 min read
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