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Stuff a product, burrito-style

Bas Leenders

Bas Leenders

01 Oct 2010
Versus merely trying to stuff a product, burrito-style, with as many different features as possible, they target specific user experiences, and build the product around that accordingly.

Mark Sigal explains Apple’s segmentation strategy, and the folly of conventional wisdom (Wayback Machine)

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The singular of data is anecdote

The plural of anecdote may not be data, but the singular of data is anecdote. xkcd, on statistics in Sports Commentary

23 Jun 2026

It is fundamentally dishonest to have a machine […] using first-person pronouns

I would argue that it is fundamentally dishonest to have a machine emit many categories of sentences, including any sentences using first-person pronouns. Ted Chiang arguing that No, Artificial Intelligence Is Not Conscious, but more importantly… Generative AI is harmful enough when we understand it as a conventional technology,

04 Jun 2026

However bad a writer you think you are, you are not worse than AI

However bad a writer you think you are, you are not worse than AI. But you still keep letting it do your writing for you, as if I won’t be able to tell. Listen: I can tell. I can always tell. You think I won’t notice, but I

31 May 2026

A man in an armchair, charmed by his own reflection

What we got instead was a man in an armchair, charmed by his own reflection. Mike Hall on The Skeptic, disputing Richard Dawkins’ AI consciousness arguments

10 May 2026
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