This is where I'd usually comment about how the past two weeks seemed to fly by in a blink, but I'm tired of saying that so... oh crap, too late. To be fair, part of the reason the time flew by this week was me being out of town for my first offsite with Webflow. I got to meet my boss, coworkers, and learn more about our company and what our plans are for the year. I'm really happy I joined Webflow and I'm looking forward to the future. It feels like it's been a while since I could say that and damn do I appreciate having a good job.

An AI Drama in Four Parts

This is, to put it bluntly, a pretty crazy story about AI and automation gone wrong. Start off with "An AI Agent Published a Hit Piece on Me" and the continue on to the followups. I'm "mostly" pro-AI, which you already know if you're a regular reader, but I definitely try to be cautious about what I allow AI to do for me. I think we're going to see a lot of instances like this going forward. Yay for the future!

Like Astro? Try the Newsletter

Again, if you're a regular reader you know I've been digging Astro lately. As part of my research, I discovered, and immediately signed up for, the Astro Weekly newsletter. I'm a huge fan of newsletters like this as I tend to miss cool things posted on social media (and that was the motivation for my links for you series) and I've enjoyed the issues I've gotten so far. (And I've been featured twice so far, which is pretty cool too!)

Interactive Gaming Experiences with Amazon GameLift and IVS

Last up is a post by my best friend Todd on the AWS blog, Creating interactive gaming experiences with Amazon GameLift Streams and Amazon Interactive Video Service. That's quite a mouth full, and it's a quite deep post, but it's well worth the read. Todd's post explores how to enable social aspects in gaming that go far beyond just simple chat, but real participation by the audience.

Just For Fun

Last is a collection of very cool ... not screen savers, but full screen web app experiences kinda like screen savers, including multiple Star Trek ones. Actually I lie, there are some screen savers too, and if you like (and recognize) LCARS, you will be a happy camper.

You can watch a preview below: