John Borthwick
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Our first-ever dev/ai/nyc event was one for the books! Here are some of our favorite snaps featuring @ma.tt, @borthwick.com, and NYC’s boldest tinkerers and brightest minds in applied AI. Here’s to the next one! 🎉
November 7, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Our first-ever dev/ai/nyc event was one for the books! Here are some of our favorite snaps featuring @ma.tt, @borthwick.com, and NYC’s boldest tinkerers and brightest minds in applied AI. Here’s to the next one! 🎉
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On Tuesday night, you may have noticed something a little different on Bluesky. Here's a peek behind the scenes of how the election feed came together. Endlessly grateful for this collaboration with @wnyc.org/@gothamist.com & @bsky.app!
About The Other Night...
How Graze is defining the next era of a decentralized, open social attention economy.
graze.leaflet.pub
November 6, 2025 at 9:39 PM
On Tuesday night, you may have noticed something a little different on Bluesky. Here's a peek behind the scenes of how the election feed came together. Endlessly grateful for this collaboration with @wnyc.org/@gothamist.com & @bsky.app!
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Mark your calendars for dev/ai/nyc, a new monthly AI-focused gathering in the big 🍎.
On Wednesday, Nov. 5, we’re kicking things off with a fireside chat from @ma.tt and @borthwick.com. Plus drinks, light bites, and great conversation.
On Wednesday, Nov. 5, we’re kicking things off with a fireside chat from @ma.tt and @borthwick.com. Plus drinks, light bites, and great conversation.
October 30, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Mark your calendars for dev/ai/nyc, a new monthly AI-focused gathering in the big 🍎.
On Wednesday, Nov. 5, we’re kicking things off with a fireside chat from @ma.tt and @borthwick.com. Plus drinks, light bites, and great conversation.
On Wednesday, Nov. 5, we’re kicking things off with a fireside chat from @ma.tt and @borthwick.com. Plus drinks, light bites, and great conversation.
Congratulations to Ari, Conrad + team. @betaworks.com was fortunate work with them again ~ they are GOAT's at crafting cross OS experiences
As @viticci.macstories.net says this is an experience that "floats" on your desktop helps you think, create and get things done. Have been using and liking!
As @viticci.macstories.net says this is an experience that "floats" on your desktop helps you think, create and get things done. Have been using and liking!
Sky, the most exciting app I tried in a long time from the original creators of Shortcuts has been acquired…
…by OpenAI.
What a miss for Apple here. This will be so interesting to watch.
www.macstories.net/news/sky-acq...
…by OpenAI.
What a miss for Apple here. This will be so interesting to watch.
www.macstories.net/news/sky-acq...
Sky Acquired by OpenAI
Sky, the AI automation app that Federico previewed for MacStories readers in May, has been acquired by OpenAI. Nick Turley, OpenAI’s Vice President & Head of ChatGPT said of the deal in an OpenAI pres...
www.macstories.net
October 24, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Congratulations to Ari, Conrad + team. @betaworks.com was fortunate work with them again ~ they are GOAT's at crafting cross OS experiences
As @viticci.macstories.net says this is an experience that "floats" on your desktop helps you think, create and get things done. Have been using and liking!
As @viticci.macstories.net says this is an experience that "floats" on your desktop helps you think, create and get things done. Have been using and liking!
Monday, a conversation with Mark Borthwick & Lola Dement Myers looking back and forward, discussing Mark's new book. Excited for Mark join us at @betaworks.com
Join: luma.com/k7x2nnsq
Book, 'Out of Date' Pola Pan from 1984-1996: www.rizzoliusa.com/book/9780847...
Join: luma.com/k7x2nnsq
Book, 'Out of Date' Pola Pan from 1984-1996: www.rizzoliusa.com/book/9780847...
On Finding: A Conversation with Mark Borthwick & Lola Dement Myers, Revealing 'Out of Date' · Luma
Come celebrate 'Out of Date': Pola Pan 1984-1996, Mark Borthwick's first major book release in fifteen years
Join us for an evening with Mark Borthwick and…
luma.com
October 18, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Monday, a conversation with Mark Borthwick & Lola Dement Myers looking back and forward, discussing Mark's new book. Excited for Mark join us at @betaworks.com
Join: luma.com/k7x2nnsq
Book, 'Out of Date' Pola Pan from 1984-1996: www.rizzoliusa.com/book/9780847...
Join: luma.com/k7x2nnsq
Book, 'Out of Date' Pola Pan from 1984-1996: www.rizzoliusa.com/book/9780847...
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Red by Mark Rothko, 1968
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137899
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137899
October 4, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Red by Mark Rothko, 1968
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137899
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137899
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@skylight.social needs feeds? @graze.social has 'em - already. Need an integration on @leaflet.pub to add an RSVP widget? Use @smokesignal.events. Every integration confers squared benefits to the ecosystem, not linear improvements in isolation. The ecosystem moves faster *every day*, together.
October 1, 2025 at 1:36 AM
@skylight.social needs feeds? @graze.social has 'em - already. Need an integration on @leaflet.pub to add an RSVP widget? Use @smokesignal.events. Every integration confers squared benefits to the ecosystem, not linear improvements in isolation. The ecosystem moves faster *every day*, together.
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If you want to understand why the ATmosphere is going to be the movement to watch, read this thread. Standout line: "Every integration confers squared benefits to the ecosystem"
@danabra.mov has been on a bit of a tear with a really good mantra: "we can just do things". It feels like there's something in the air as of late, too - tooling, community, and network effects feel like they're finally hitting an inflection point in ATProto. Can we get at it with data? 🧵
October 1, 2025 at 6:59 AM
If you want to understand why the ATmosphere is going to be the movement to watch, read this thread. Standout line: "Every integration confers squared benefits to the ecosystem"
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This is why we fund scientists to study things like oyster slobber even if you don’t think it sounds important
⚠️ Chinese researchers have invented bone glue that mimics how oysters stick to surfaces underwater.
The adhesive can reportedly repair orthopedic fractures in 2-3 minutes, even in blood-rich environments, and is bioabsorbable.
interestingengineering.com/science/chin...
The adhesive can reportedly repair orthopedic fractures in 2-3 minutes, even in blood-rich environments, and is bioabsorbable.
interestingengineering.com/science/chin...
China's oyster-inspired 'bone glue' bonds fractures in minutes
A new oyster-inspired Bone-02 adhesive can revolutionize bone repair without metal fasteners.
interestingengineering.com
September 30, 2025 at 10:35 PM
This is why we fund scientists to study things like oyster slobber even if you don’t think it sounds important
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You can just do things
September 4, 2025 at 12:27 AM
You can just do things
Looking forward to this conversation with Karen, ps: that picture of me ain't real, but what is today?
Assume we will touch on that and other topics
Assume we will touch on that and other topics
Really wish I was back in NYC next month at @betaworks.com so I could go over to @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social and listen to @borthwick.com interview @karenhao.bsky.social about her very excellent book EMPIRE OF AI. Glad it is hybrid so I will see you all online!
www.gc.cuny.edu/events/empir...
www.gc.cuny.edu/events/empir...
Empire of AI: Dreams and Nightmares in Sam Altman’s OpenAI - Karen Hao in Conversation with John Borthwick
Elebash Recital Hall
www.gc.cuny.edu
September 27, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Looking forward to this conversation with Karen, ps: that picture of me ain't real, but what is today?
Assume we will touch on that and other topics
Assume we will touch on that and other topics
Enjoyed @maggieappleton.com "Metaphors We Web By". Along side "pages" and "spaces", streams have become a key metaphor for the web. Would add streams to the short list. And since LLMs reflect a deep understanding of those metaphors…
Metaphors We Web By
A history of our metaphorical understanding of the web
maggieappleton.com
July 3, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Enjoyed @maggieappleton.com "Metaphors We Web By". Along side "pages" and "spaces", streams have become a key metaphor for the web. Would add streams to the short list. And since LLMs reflect a deep understanding of those metaphors…
betaworks fall Camp: AI + Interfaces. Wanted, founders reimagining how humans experience AI.
First deadline this friday, two companies already accepted. Details on why, what and how👇
render.betaworks.com/apply-to-bet...
First deadline this friday, two companies already accepted. Details on why, what and how👇
render.betaworks.com/apply-to-bet...
Apply to Betaworks’ Fall AI Camp: Interfaces
A call for founders reimagining how humans experience AI
render.betaworks.com
June 25, 2025 at 11:00 AM
betaworks fall Camp: AI + Interfaces. Wanted, founders reimagining how humans experience AI.
First deadline this friday, two companies already accepted. Details on why, what and how👇
render.betaworks.com/apply-to-bet...
First deadline this friday, two companies already accepted. Details on why, what and how👇
render.betaworks.com/apply-to-bet...
Heard @karenhao.bsky.social on hiddenforces.io -- looking forward to reading the book
May 30, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Heard @karenhao.bsky.social on hiddenforces.io -- looking forward to reading the book
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Today’s demo day for the AI app layer camp @betaworks.com ! We’ve had such a fun and inspiring few weeks here. Grateful for the experience and excited for what’s ahead!
May 13, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Today’s demo day for the AI app layer camp @betaworks.com ! We’ve had such a fun and inspiring few weeks here. Grateful for the experience and excited for what’s ahead!
Nice brilliant founders on right now betaworks demo day / focus on ai App layer. Including @graze.social !
Details www.upstartsmedia.com/p/where-9-st...
Details www.upstartsmedia.com/p/where-9-st...
May 13, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Nice brilliant founders on right now betaworks demo day / focus on ai App layer. Including @graze.social !
Details www.upstartsmedia.com/p/where-9-st...
Details www.upstartsmedia.com/p/where-9-st...
At @betaworks this weekend we’ve got robot arms, 3D printers, nicole ripka and Kriser shah wrangling hackers and robots.
Thanks to @huggingface.bsky.social @alleycorp.bsky.social @upfrontvc.bsky.social
Details see > robothackathon.com
Thanks to @huggingface.bsky.social @alleycorp.bsky.social @upfrontvc.bsky.social
Details see > robothackathon.com
April 20, 2025 at 1:09 PM
At @betaworks this weekend we’ve got robot arms, 3D printers, nicole ripka and Kriser shah wrangling hackers and robots.
Thanks to @huggingface.bsky.social @alleycorp.bsky.social @upfrontvc.bsky.social
Details see > robothackathon.com
Thanks to @huggingface.bsky.social @alleycorp.bsky.social @upfrontvc.bsky.social
Details see > robothackathon.com
After hundreds of discussions with founders about how Ai changes the way they build this discussion with Gabriella and Nim and @ridd-design.bsky.social
stands out -- tis packed with insights about how to be building for tomorrow & the changing role of designers:
share.snipd.com/episode/2f69...
stands out -- tis packed with insights about how to be building for tomorrow & the changing role of designers:
share.snipd.com/episode/2f69...
Dessn - The missing tool for product designers
Dessn - The missing tool for product designers
share.snipd.com
April 3, 2025 at 5:06 PM
After hundreds of discussions with founders about how Ai changes the way they build this discussion with Gabriella and Nim and @ridd-design.bsky.social
stands out -- tis packed with insights about how to be building for tomorrow & the changing role of designers:
share.snipd.com/episode/2f69...
stands out -- tis packed with insights about how to be building for tomorrow & the changing role of designers:
share.snipd.com/episode/2f69...
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Meta's trying to suppress Sarah Wynn-Williams book because it exposes what an amoral man child Mark Zuckerberg is and how Facebook "doesn't give a fuck" about people. Sarah, who is a friend, knows what she's talking about. She worked at Meta for years. Buy her book! www.amazon.com/Careless-Peo...
Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism
Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism [Wynn-Williams, Sarah] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism
www.amazon.com
March 13, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Meta's trying to suppress Sarah Wynn-Williams book because it exposes what an amoral man child Mark Zuckerberg is and how Facebook "doesn't give a fuck" about people. Sarah, who is a friend, knows what she's talking about. She worked at Meta for years. Buy her book! www.amazon.com/Careless-Peo...
This interview w / Sarah Wynn-Williams covers a lot about Facebook ~ it's the China/CCP collaboration that surprised me. Didnt realize 11% of META's revenues last year's came from China -- "operating but not operating in China" remarkable.
share.snipd.com/episode/28db...
share.snipd.com/episode/28db...
Meet Sarah Wynn-Williams, Facebook’s Highest-Ranking Whistleblower
Meet Sarah Wynn-Williams, Facebook’s Highest-Ranking Whistleblower
share.snipd.com
March 16, 2025 at 6:18 PM
This interview w / Sarah Wynn-Williams covers a lot about Facebook ~ it's the China/CCP collaboration that surprised me. Didnt realize 11% of META's revenues last year's came from China -- "operating but not operating in China" remarkable.
share.snipd.com/episode/28db...
share.snipd.com/episode/28db...
Good article by Jared Dunnmon on the importance of OS and an open tech stack to drive innovation and continued US leadership in AI. Deepseek V3 was overplayed but the importance of OS and investment in the ecosystem in the west was underplayed
www.foreignaffairs.com/china/real-t...
www.foreignaffairs.com/china/real-t...
The Real Threat of Chinese AI
The United States needs to lead the open-source race.
www.foreignaffairs.com
March 12, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Good article by Jared Dunnmon on the importance of OS and an open tech stack to drive innovation and continued US leadership in AI. Deepseek V3 was overplayed but the importance of OS and investment in the ecosystem in the west was underplayed
www.foreignaffairs.com/china/real-t...
www.foreignaffairs.com/china/real-t...
Building Granola: great discussion w/ Chris Pedregal packed with ideas about how to build a natively AI app experiences.
Reminded me of t4t day @betaworks in 2022 Alice, @thesephist.com and Chris talked about this.
My notes on Episode n clips: share.note.sx/m3q3hsmk#RIr...
Reminded me of t4t day @betaworks in 2022 Alice, @thesephist.com and Chris talked about this.
My notes on Episode n clips: share.note.sx/m3q3hsmk#RIr...
March 8, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Building Granola: great discussion w/ Chris Pedregal packed with ideas about how to build a natively AI app experiences.
Reminded me of t4t day @betaworks in 2022 Alice, @thesephist.com and Chris talked about this.
My notes on Episode n clips: share.note.sx/m3q3hsmk#RIr...
Reminded me of t4t day @betaworks in 2022 Alice, @thesephist.com and Chris talked about this.
My notes on Episode n clips: share.note.sx/m3q3hsmk#RIr...
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PEOPLE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT THEY DO UNLESS THEY ARE INSANE
February 20, 2025 at 6:06 PM
PEOPLE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT THEY DO UNLESS THEY ARE INSANE
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THE IDEA OF REVOLUTION IS AN ADOLESCENT FANTASY
February 23, 2025 at 9:04 PM
THE IDEA OF REVOLUTION IS AN ADOLESCENT FANTASY