It's been a while, but I relisted some of the "Witness The Draft" pieces, a project I created in Feb 2023. Onchain, dynamic artworks! If you're into onchain dynamic art + literature, this one is for you.

In writing, I'm pro using AI to idea/think/formulate, but it definitely feels like walls/masks going up when people use it for their prose. It's like there is this shield now I have to look through. Gimme your unadulterated thoughts. I think the worst really, is using AI to make writing more palatable.

Really enjoyed visiting Venice and the Venice Biennale in May. Wrote about it and protocol art. Enjoy!

April newsletter is out. Enjoy! A Roadway Design Detour Into Protocol Resolution and When To Do Nothing:

I refactored Neolastics. One cool new feature. Meta tags are now dynamic too! Hopefully in the later half of the year, I plan add some new things.

March newsletter. How to be illegible in the age of slop.

This Essay Shouldn't Go Viral: sceneswithsimon.com/p/this-essay... Had a lot of fun reading books on antimemes and doing research for the February newsletter. Enjoy.

Probably the more fun part of Claude Code atm is unlearning when you used to say "no". Previously out-of-scope code is now just... possible. eg, would've taken me weeks to months to code a natural language search engine for a bunch of local documents, and now it's done in 20min of time.

With the snowcrete apocalypse on the US east coast, I've had to do some treadmill running and I feel humans just weren't made to run in place. I can't even dopamine dose myself with short-form video to keep the boredom at bay.

Anyone doing some cool onchain art recently?

Refactored and added some QOL improvements to TAIAOS: thisartworkisalwaysonsale.com Next up. Refactoring Neolastics!

Vibecoding has so seriously reinvigorated my joy for building stuff again. Out here letting Claude code new things on a Sunday afternoon while I'm cleaning my apartment. PEAK

Back with a new monthly newsletter! This month, among other things are full of: algorithms, boredom, AI coding, seriousness, and aesthetics in the 21st century. Multiple essays, multiple links, many things. Enjoy!