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Well, this is "old news" as they say, from June 30, but I still got a kick out of it. Of course, they forgot to invite me, Rattus rattus... Oh, boo hoo.
https://www.jezebel.com/bezos-sanchez-wedding-fairy-tale
Thanks to #JackieJennings @ #Jezebel for the run-down. And to be completely transparent with y'all: this is the ONLY coverage I've read about this #fairytale #fiasco. I mean "society event"...
#Zon #barf #shinyobject

🚨BREAKING: Two tech bros argue over the relevance of a tech acronym! 🤯 Apparently, "MCP" is either the future of humanity or just another shiny object for Twitter's echo chamber. Spoiler alert: it's probably neither. 🙄
https://blog.langchain.dev/mcp-fad-or-fixture/ #technews #techdebate #MCP #Twitter #echochamber #shinyobject #HackerNews #ngated

On technology shiny objects and Truth Social.

I've written about technology and shiny objects from time to time. It's usually an interesting topic full of hubris, hype, wishful thinking, people investing other people's money in a questionable venture, and largely a Cheshire Cat that will ultimately fade, if not disappear. However, the shiny object usually has some technology aspect that has some merit that often survives in some fashion.

Truth Social is a waste of time that I've ignored. But now it's inexplicably a publicly traded company. But is it a shiny object?

In short, no. It has no technology or user value that it brings to the market. It contains nothing new or distinct. It raises no competitive concerns to other social media companies.

It has two things, Trump and his cult.

Statistically and medically, Trump won't be around much longer. Once Trump is gone the cult will fade out. Truth Social will be gone too.

#Trump #TruthSocial #StockTrading #Business #Finance #SocialMedia #ShinyObject

[ Vector databases: Shiny object syndrome and the case of a missing unicorn | VentureBeat ]
https://venturebeat.com/ai/vector-databases-shiny-object-syndrome-and-the-case-of-a-missing-unicorn/ #VectorDatabases #ShinyObject

#Wikidata :wikidata: #DataModellingDays I am trying very hard not to let the Research Expeditions project distract me from my ongoing work on medieval manuscripts but it's so hard. #ShinyObject #RabbitHole

Hohum. #ShinyObject syndrome hits Zuck (again) https://www.thestreet.com/technology/mark-zuckerberg-quietly-buries-the-metaverse

The #MetaVerse is dead. Long live #SecondHandLife. (And welcome to a world of smarter bullshit bots on Facebook)

Unfortunately, the new novel in my head is much more engaging than the novel I am supposed to be revising. #WritingCommunity #WritingLife #AmRevising #AmEditing #Writing #Writer #ShinyObject

I went to bed last night planning to go fix the boat, but couldn't sleep because of a coding issue stuck in my head, woke up to fix it, decided to fix the boat tomorrow so was gonna run errands, which is how I ended up cleaning the pool and weeding the garden before picking up the boys...still haven't run errands.

And this is why I'm scatterbrained lately. 😫 #disorganized #shinyobject