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April 18, 2023

Internet Intake is a weekly roundup of 5 essential links for nerdy professionals.

Each email contains a hand-picked selection of internet gems going straight into that group chat:

  • Quick byte: An unforgettable Twitter thread, a LinkedIn showstopper, or a timeless musing in one of those self-hosted microblogs from 2003.

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  • Media spotlight: With a feed full of business content, it’s impossible to separate signal from noise. This is your reliable plug for vetted podcasts, videos, and books.

  • Product corner: A tool, app, plugin, resource, feature, accessory, extension, or peripheral that you never knew you always needed.

  • Eye-candy: Could be an infographic, could be a website with oddly satisfying interactive elements. Either way, it’s going viral in your #off-topic Slack channel.

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“𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰 𝘥𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘺 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶’𝘳𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶’𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳. 𝘚𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵.”

[3 minute read] ➔

Working in the software industry, circa 1989

“𝘓𝘰𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯’𝘵 𝘦𝘹𝘪𝘴𝘵. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘵 𝘦𝘹𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘦𝘣. 𝘚𝘰𝘧𝘵𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘢𝘱𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘳 𝘧𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘺 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘬𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘋 𝘣𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘢 𝘧𝘦𝘸 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦.”

[7 minute read] ➔

Sam Altman: OpenAI CEO on GPT-4, ChatGPT, and the Future of AI

The juciest recent interview of the new world’s most influential tech CEO. A few topics covered:
• Why did he turn OpenAI from a non-profit into a for-profit company?
• What questions would he ask an Artificial General Intelligence (AGI)?
• What are the dangers of AI that actually worry him?

[2.5 hour watch] ➔

mymind

This tool is simply bookmarking done right. Super clean, smart and principled way to save, store and recall internet finds.

Oh, and whoever runs their Twitter account (@mymind) is best-in-class 👏 5 stars to you.

Visualising the social media universe

Messaging, social networking, and content platforms. Love to hate them. Hate to love them. Regardless, they are the most impactful internet companies around.

Dive into this visual breakdown to unpick the most powerful ecosystems, regional powerhouses, and some standalone niche sites with 10M+ MAU you’ve probably never heard of.

[4 minute read] ➔

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