Silas Hooper @silashooper.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Thoroughly enjoying @hoosfoos.bsky.social's autoethnography on notetaking and augmentation (not automation) with AI at #ht2026. The friction is the point. doi.org/10.1145/3800... 011
Silas Hooper @silashooper.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Jay Bolter weaves a web about hypertext, literature, and GenAI in this morning’s #ht2026 keynote. A visualization of elit: 020
Silas Hooper @silashooper.bsky.social · 16/09/2026I’m not the only one at #ht2026 to speak about hypertext and the workings of government. Lucas Costa on legislative knowledge as hypertext. 030
Silas Hooper @silashooper.bsky.social · 16/09/2026On trust in AI -- @gordonr.ca recently wrote about the Canadian AI Strategy and its unrealistic ask (or perhaps, assumption) that Canadians "trust AI" upfront, without that trust having been earned www.linkedin.com/pulse/canada... #ht2026linkedin.comCanada’s AI strategy asks for trust it hasn’t earnedCanada’s new AI strategy treats trust as a prerequisite. Where is that trust supposed to come from, when the strategy says little about where AI will operate: inside public services Canadians didn’t c... 010
Silas Hooper @silashooper.bsky.social · 16/09/2026I'm seeing a theme around all things temporal at #ht2026. @clausatz.bsky.social quoting @eastgate.bsky.social and Andreas Grimm in his keynote re: LLMs and premature closure. 031
Silas Hooper @silashooper.bsky.social · 15/09/2026#ht2026 has formally opened. Peter Nürnberg is speaking to apprehending hypertext and how this differs from reading. What a great start! 120
Silas Hooper @silashooper.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Okay kids, where's the #HT2026 discourse? Today at the Narrative and Hypertext workshop, @hoosfoos.bsky.social and @drchargood.bsky.social appear to... agree about something? Crikey. Hypertext, genAI and the middle way. 021
Silas Hooper @silashooper.bsky.social · 07/09/2026I spent Sunday at Moseley Folk Festival: I befriended a silly, fun band who sing of trains, Minotaurs and ducks (the Longest Johns). I saw a harvest ceremony with wiggly worms and hay, in which a snowman boated away. And (inevitably?) the headline band was from Regina, Saskatchewan. 040
Silas Hooper @silashooper.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Paging Southamptonites, I'll be hanging out at the Hobbit on Tuesday night (8pm-ish onwards). Maybe see you there? 100
Silas Hooper @silashooper.bsky.social · 27/06/2026Oh, very nice. I'd love to hear about your analysis sometime. 000
Silas Hooper @silashooper.bsky.social · 27/06/2026And what a party it was! Thank you again for the invitation. It was such a blast to celebrate with y'all. 110
Silas Hooper @silashooper.bsky.social · 21/06/2026Hey UK folks! Anyone near Birmingham come September? I'll join the Moseley Folk & Arts Festival on Sun 6 September. Maybe see you there. moseleyfolk.co.ukmoseleyfolk.co.ukMoseley Folk & Arts Festival | 4-6th Sept 2026Family-friendly Festival with a healthy mix of traditional, contemporary and experimental folk music. Nestled in the heart of the beautiful Moseley, Birmingham. 010
Silas Hooper @silashooper.bsky.social · 21/06/2026@darianlinx.bsky.social Great to meet you this week! Monday already feelings like forever ago. In any case, it was a pleasure. Thank you again. 100
Silas Hooper @silashooper.bsky.social · 05/06/2026Hello lovely humans! I am visiting Southampton soon. I'll do Hobbit-y hangs on Wed 10 June, around 8.30pm; I'd love to see you there. I'll be doing a longer trip in September and hope to socialise more thoroughly then. 000
Silas Hooper @silashooper.bsky.social · 01/03/2026Fascinating piece by @hoosfoos.bsky.social about the implications of AI personalising software flows. A wholly new take to me davidmillard.org/2026/02/18/t...davidmillard.orgThe Software That Rewrites ItselfLast week I asked Claude Code to help me connect two apps I use every day: Things 3 (my task manager) and Apple Mail. I wanted it to use the content of linked mail messages to automatically name an… 010
Reposted by Silas HooperGordon Ross 🇨🇦 @gordonr.ca · 24/01/2026Farrell continues to be one of the most eloquent and astute writers of this moment, blending the political, the sociological, the historical... Another great read via his newsletter. 083
Silas Hooper @silashooper.bsky.social · 30/11/2025Cory Doctorow features in the latest Communications of the @acm.org. He writes about enshittification, corporate treatment of workers in technology, and unionization 💪🏻 cacm.acm.org/opinion/tech... 010
Silas Hooper @silashooper.bsky.social · 22/11/2025! That's awesome. I'm sad I missed it, but I can and will console myself with the replay. 010
Silas Hooper @silashooper.bsky.social · 24/10/2025I'm not a big podcast person but I just came across The Magnus Archives, and it seems solid. I gather there's a big meta-story across the individual episodes. 010
Reposted by Silas HooperGordon Ross 🇨🇦 @gordonr.ca · 17/09/2025Vancouver! Don't miss author and service design expert Kate Tarling (@kateldn.bsky.social) speak on what it takes to create great service organizations on Friday Sept 26 at Emily Carr University. Join us for a presentation and Q&A. Register now: www.eventbrite.ca/e/kate-tarli... #servicedesigneventbrite.caKate Tarling: How to create great service organizationsJoin us for a presentation and Q&A with author and service design expert Kate Tarling on how to build great service organizations. 262
Silas Hooper @silashooper.bsky.social · 06/07/2025media.tenor.coma man in a brown robe with a hood on his head is standing in the desert .ALT: a man in a brown robe with a hood on his head is standing in the desert . 000
Silas Hooper @silashooper.bsky.social · 18/05/2025That was a good read. @gordonr.ca ,you may enjoy this one. 100