Today started with thunder and a notification from the National Weather Service about flash flooding in my area. So, we’re off to a great start this Friday morning.
It’s currently thundering and raining as I write this, and to say that I am disappointed would be a lie. I’ve always been a fan of grey, rainy days, so this hits the spot for me. Currently sitting with a hot cup of coffee and some very nostalgic synthwave, and I just couldn’t be happier.
Last month was an absolute whirlwind in terms of how many changes to the technological landscape occurred. It’s getting harder and harder to keep up with every new thing that happens. Something I’ll very likely write a long-form piece about in the future, but that is currently keeping me exhausted and, frankly, distracted.
Disruption is a constant in my field. It keeps things interesting. But it also requires an immense amount of brain power. You’ve got to carve out the time to consume as much information as possible, process that information, and decide what to do with it. The problem is that by the time you’ve consumed the information and are moving into the processing stage, there’s already some other ground-shaking announcement or discovery that you’ve got to go understand.
Don’t get me wrong: this is actually what I love about what I do here and over on Substack. Taking in large amounts of information, determining what it all means, and then formulating thoughts about those things to share with others. I would guess most writers feel like this is what they enjoy most about writing.
But I am getting so tired of writing about technology in general. Aside from the fact that the moat between what I can process and what I have to consume gets larger and larger, there’s just not a whole lot I can say that hasn’t already been said in the practitioner space. Everybody’s an AI expert now. Everybody understands what’s possible with it, and how to use it efficiently. And if I am being honest, the more I read about it, the more I see it in action, the less I want anything to do with it.
So while I am certainly never going to stop formulating opinions and waxing poetic about what new leaps in technological advancement mean for humanity, I’m going to publish those pieces less frequently than I have been. Instead, I’m going to split the time between my non-fiction writing and my fiction-writing.
I’m more interested in telling stories anyway, not guessing what comes next.
That’s me for now. It’s Friday, which means I’ll step away for a few days to decompress. Enjoy your selves while you can before the heat arrives.
Currently listening:
Currently reading: Underworld by Don Delillo
Signal Intent 