Thoughts from a Silicon Valley nom de plume

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Everything's an Operating System

Oh oh, it's happening again. ChatGippity is creating a developer ecosystem that can install things for all Gippity users. This is core Silicon Valley: build something, figure out how to make...

By Minnie — 27th November, 2025

Hello World

Hello everyone, I just wanted to post a quick hello and apology. I really should have gotten to publicly publishing this blog back when I first started tinkering writing new...

By Minnie — 26th November, 2025

Plus or Minus

My sister Effie called yesterday. I had told her last week that there was a new program on Apple's streaming service she needed to watch. "I can't find it," she said. "It's...

By Minnie — 24th November, 2025

AI mentality

If you’ll get into my time machine and follow me back to 1979, you’ll find me in a computer store selling Apple II after II. All to the same basic...

By Minnie — 31st October, 2025

Pretend Solving

When Silicon Valley quickly ran through all the competent core hires and started to grow staff at rocket launch speeds, the industry ended up with cubicle upon cubicle (and eventually...

By Minnie — 14th October, 2025

Musk Life Savers

The first time I went to Australia, I found myself without Life Savers. You know, those little rings of colored sugar that you either melted in your mouth (but also...

By Minnie — 4th March, 2025

Big Performative Acts

Performative acts are actions or statements that not only communicate a message but also bring about a change in reality through the act of performing them. Ironically for our resident...

By Minnie — 4th March, 2025