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The Digital Renaisance

The Digital Renaisance

@samclemente.me

Discovering the New Intersection Between Technology and Liberal Arts

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To Save Us from Big Tech More People Need to Learn About Computers

Really there's only so much we as developers can do to make using technology as easy as possible to understand

The Literal Final Piece of the Puzzle

Combining the different pieces to understand what makes Bluesky so important

Blessed Be The Plumbing That Binds

A look at what makes Bluesky so important and how it has paved the way for a better internet

Big Tech Has Weaponized Ignorance

Ignorance isn't bad, but it's our job to acknowledge it and learn

PEBKACs: Non-Technical Issues Pawned off on Technical People

A look at how the quest to make computers easier to use went too far

I'm Finding "New Siri" Rather Lackluster and—Honestly—I Think Most People Will

Apple is finally getting somewhere with their latest edition of Siri AI in iOS 27, but I feel it's kneecapped by Apple's own philosophy, which isn't in line with reality

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Everything Is Marketing

Including things you'd never consider

How Long Did It Take For People to Meaningfully Notice My AI Profile Picture?

For months I've been using an AI-generated profile picture and, for most of that time, nobody seemed to actually care—until they got mad

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Bluesky Is Not The Center of The Atmosphere

The Bluesky app is not—and should not be—an everything app

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Babesky is a Perfect Encapsulation of Why the Social Web is So Important

Not long before the platform launched, I'd been thinking that a decentralized platform for sex workers with a focus on data ownership is incredibly important due to the sensitive nature of the content they produce and I'm glad that one exists

Lol, Get Fucked, Government

The DoJ’s suit against the Broadview Six was dismissed with prejudice in a major win for the First Amendment

The Microblog Heard ‘Round the World

The Verge finally did it: they integrated their site with the Social Web