Steven Sinofsky @stevesi.xyz · 16/03/2026The x-ray glasses are fake. The dog poop is plastic. But the fake bullet hole stickers definitely look real. 132
Steven Sinofsky @stevesi.xyz · 14/01/2026Truth is I didn’t know most of them. It was a developer tradition. 010
Steven Sinofsky @stevesi.xyz · 13/01/2026I don’t know many. Mike Koss (xl) had a site for a long time that had them compiled. I had to stop them as best I could after 2000. The Navy got upset with us. 100
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Steven Sinofsky @stevesi.xyz · 12/01/2026At least they didn't get stuck in a hue like the ones I had did. 000
Steven Sinofsky @stevesi.xyz · 11/01/2026237. CES 2026 – “The Future Is Here” and “Innovators Show Up” #CES2026 Excited to offer up my observations and learning from the show. I walked around A LOT and tried to see everything so you don't have to. hardcoresoftware.learningbyshipping.com/p/237-ces-20...hardcoresoftware.learningbyshipping.com237. CES 2026 – “The Future Is Here” and “Innovators Show Up” #CES2026This was a great show and if you spent enough time on the floor (I did so you don't have to), you could see it really did live up to both marketing taglines 📈💡🔮❤️ 120
Reposted by Steven SinofskyTechmeme @techmeme.com · 30/03/2025A look at the new, open-source Model Context Protocol for connecting LLMs to data sources and why its success depends on overcoming middleware challenges (Steven Sinofsky/Hardcore Software) Main Link | Techmeme Permalink 1184
Steven Sinofsky @stevesi.xyz · 09/03/2025Love this one from 1981 before IBM's launch. And that box on Dan/Bob ❤️ @harrymccracken.com 1132
Steven Sinofsky @stevesi.xyz · 26/02/2025Apple’s Dictation System Transcribes the Word ‘Racist’ as ‘Trump’ Summarize The company said it was working to fix the problem after iPhone users began reporting the issue. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/t... 140
Steven Sinofsky @stevesi.xyz · 27/01/2025DeepSeek Has Been Inevitable and Here's Why (History Tells Us) hardcoresoftware.learningbyshipping.com/p/228-deepse...hardcoresoftware.learningbyshipping.com228. DeepSeek Has Been Inevitable and Here's Why (History Tells Us)DeepSeek was certain to happen. The only unknown was who was going to do it. The choices were a startup or someone outside the current center of US AI leadership and innovation. 0167
Steven Sinofsky @stevesi.xyz · 13/01/2025227. CES 2025: An Abundance of (AI) Experimentation hardcoresoftware.learningbyshipping.com/p/227-ces-20...hardcoresoftware.learningbyshipping.com227. CES 2025: An Abundance of (AI) ExperimentationCES proved a transition year with many established product lines showing incremental improvements or focusing on B2B areas and new product lines showing a rush to demonstrate their relevancy to AI. 070
Steven Sinofsky @stevesi.xyz · 07/01/2025A lot of people at the Nvidia CES keynote. Largest public keynote I’ve experienced (2x my recollection of Xbox/NT/tablet at old Aladdin) Blackwell has 4000 TOPS 090
Steven Sinofsky @stevesi.xyz · 22/12/2024The Renton theme was "giant building with an even more giant parking lot next to Boeing and Lowes" as far as I recall. 040
Steven Sinofsky @stevesi.xyz · 22/12/2024Ring has done a really great job expanding. My favorite example is the "Retro Alarm" kit that integrates door ADT sensors so you don't need stick on magnets. Tons of room for great work. Simply doing faceid when we're still waiting on HomeKey isn't the killer feature I think. 110
Steven Sinofsky @stevesi.xyz · 22/12/2024Challenge is integrating with existing world and not building a partial solution: entry, cameras, locks, glass break, water, motion, keypads, panic, contact, window, and more. PLUS monitoring. PLUS all of this should be integrated with WiFi/Threads so you don't need repeaters. 120
Steven Sinofsky @stevesi.xyz · 22/12/2024Apple Explores a Face ID Doorbell and Lock Device in Smart Home Push by @markgurman // Apple entering home security is very exciting (to me). It is an area that requires strong integration across components, not just a doorbell cam. 1/3 www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...bloomberg.comApple Explores a Face ID Doorbell and Lock Device in Smart Home PushAlso: Company ramps up work on turning AirPods into a health device. 260
Steven Sinofsky @stevesi.xyz · 16/12/2024I think Patrick madden was the first charged under the earliest computer hacking statute. www.thecrimson.com/article/1983...thecrimson.comFBI Confiscates Students' Computer In Cornell Crackdown on Illegal Use | News | The Harvard CrimsonFederal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents raided the dormitory room of two Cornell University freshmen last week, according to the 010
Steven Sinofsky @stevesi.xyz · 26/11/2024On the Toll of Being a Disruptor. It is very easy to be disruptive, but being a disruptor is enormously difficult technically and emotionally hardcoresoftware.learningbyshipping.com/p/223-on-the...hardcoresoftware.learningbyshipping.com223. On the Toll of Being a DisruptorIt is very easy to be disruptive, but being a disruptor is enormously difficult technically and emotionally 1131
Steven Sinofsky @stevesi.xyz · 22/11/2024Benedict Evans puts together a yearly slide deck looking broadly at the industry while diving in with specific numbers and a lot of charts (90 slides). It is always a gem. via @benedictevans This year is about AI (of course). It is super. ben-evans.com/presentations 1346
Steven Sinofsky @stevesi.xyz · 18/11/2024DOJ Will Push Google to Sell Off Chrome to Break Search Monopoly bloomberg.com/news/article... // True insanityt. There's so little distribution advantage to web browsing. If there were then Edge would have succeeded. This is not about consumers or benefits but about penalties and politics. 162
Reposted by Steven SinofskyIlija Studen @istdn.bsky.social · 12/11/2024I'm halfway through Hardcore Software by @stevesi.bsky.social. It's a lengthy one, but I'm really enjoying it and would not mind if it was twice as long. #books 031
Steven Sinofsky @stevesi.xyz · 24/05/2023A recent thread on how productivity evolves with GPT, especially given Adobe new this week. Features are additive&make more creators. Domain experts remain&go on to do more advanced work. Ppl up-leveled, not fired. medium.learningbyshipping.com/ai-ch…medium.learningbyshipping.comAI, ChatGPT, and Bing…Oh MyAnd Sydney too. Consolidating some thoughts on an exciting two weeks of surprises, advances, and retreats in AI. 000
Steven Sinofsky @stevesi.xyz · 17/05/2023206. On Congressional Hearings On Artificial Intelligence (May 2023) open.substack.com/pub/hardcoresoftw…open.substack.com206. On Congressional Hearings On Artificial Intelligence (May 2023)Follow the science…fiction? 000
Steven Sinofsky @stevesi.xyz · 13/05/2023Going to a yoga class with an all Taylor Swift playlist. AMA. 🙏 000
Steven Sinofsky @stevesi.xyz · 11/05/2023Bard adding dark mode is one thing. Announcing it as a top line feature is something different entirely. 050
Steven Sinofsky @stevesi.xyz · 09/05/2023I just put a new screen protector on my phone with a result of no bubbles and no dust. AMA. Gonna rest now. 130
Steven Sinofsky @stevesi.xyz · 07/05/2023A 3d graph of “internet” traffic in the US in sept 1991. Each white line is 100GB or about 20 of todays streaming households represented. There were a total of 500,000 computers on the entire internet. via book “InfoCulture”. 041
Steven Sinofsky @stevesi.xyz · 05/05/2023Some excerpts from a June 1997 Wired magazine article with punditry/predictions for “saving” Apple that was in dire shape. substack.com/profile/6628468-steven… 030
Steven Sinofsky @stevesi.xyz · 05/05/2023New social platform so need to get this out there to set the tone correctly. ST:TOS >> ST:TNG 130
Steven Sinofsky @stevesi.xyz · 02/05/2023Just cropping, automatic adjustment, more saturation (all things could have been done in camera) and then vignette. 010
Steven Sinofsky @stevesi.xyz · 01/05/2023Photographer Tried to Get His Photos Removed from AI traoning vice.com/en/article/pkapb7/a-photog… // I thought for sure this loophole of not saving the photos would be employed to skirt copyrights. Here it is.vice.comA Photographer Tried to Get His Photos Removed from an AI Dataset. He Got an Invoice Instead.A German stock photographer tried to get his photos removed from the AI-training LAION dataset. Lawyers replied that he owes $979 for making an unjustified copyright claim. 001