… that was Ted Gioia in July last year. Less than 6 months to go before the deadline (at least according to the headline)
Gartner: More than 40% of agentic AI projects will fail by 2027
Although the copy reads:
More than 40% of agentic AI projects will be cancelled by the end of 2027
Is it just me that thinks before 2027 means Jan 1 - not Dec 31.
Either way - wonder where we are up to so far?
👁️🏗️ Finally into single digits. Only 9 categories left to either kill or emoji-fi.
Everything starts 🖇️ here … but it still all ends up elsewhere and maybe you follow me there. For The BlueSky aficionados amongst you - here’s a handy dandy thingy that apparently allows you to easily follow me there. Let me know how you get on.
Crucial Track 🎵 June 13, 2026
"Cross Road Blues" by Robert Johnson
Of course we all know the original - take a listen before listening to Mysty Mayhem's cover ...
📼🎵 May I introduce you to 🔗 Mysty Mayhem … you are going to love it. (Embed courtesy of TikTok - no account/login needed)
🖇️ Me back in 2024 - in turn referencing a post back in 2021 .. and guess what it (the use of AI in hiring) is only getting worse.
🔗📼 A short video observation on Substack explaining recent research at Stanford and why you might never be getting any response to your submissions.
Of course, we don’t have the Gemini app as our app. In fact, none of that client code is part of how we run on iOS. For these models, we use none of the models that Google deploy to their customers, nor do we use the infrastructure and means by which they deploy models to their customers. And then, when it comes to the knowledge base, we of course don’t use Google Search or anything like that as the foundation of our system. So I hope that’s clear. The amount of the Google Assistant we use is none.”
💬 Craig Federighi
Tried to watch 📺 Widow’s Bay multiple episodes. Gave it my best shot. Yeah - nah. ★
.. but clearly I live in a minority … 📽️ Series Two has just been greenlit.
🪦 And so farewell dear David. Your art will always be with me.
🔗 Meet the System Orchestrator: Toward Intent-centric Computing
Transitioning the OS from a layer between hardware and applications to a layer between foundation models and experiences fundamentally shifts the architecture, but, in the case of Apple, it preserves its value as the agent of trust and discovery.
💬 Horace Dediu
🔗 Intent Computing vs. Spatial Computing
Clearly Apple is not deprecating Spatial Computing. It’s a remarkable creation and those of us who use it find it irresistible and irreplaceable.
Great piece from Horace Dediu - and iterates on why I am in - and firmly remain in - the camp of ‘Vision Pro’ was a success.
(It comes down to that old chestnut that many people still try to understand 🍎 through the lens of other companies and then double down with criticisms like ‘not innovative’, ‘where’s the next iPhone’, ‘they’ve lost the plot’ …)
🚧 Links to some earlier posts to come.
🔗 Haiku Heroes: Donald Barthelme over on Sourcefeed
But the task is not
so much to solve problems as
to propose questions
I need to turn this Haiku into a poster.
My first ever post referencing Micro.Blog was on 🖇️ Jan 4th/3rd 2017 (4th according to the post, 3rd according to the URL)
My first ever post on Micro.Blog was on 🖇️ Jan 27th 2018
Fully 8 years since I arrived here - and yet this is the first time I had ever heard this.
This is why on Micro.blog when you stop paying, we keep hosting your blog indefinitely.
🤯 AWESOME @manton
Crucial Track 🎵 June 12, 2026
"Come Together" by Spiritualized
The entire album takes me back to the exact point in time when Mark introduced me to Spiritualized. Thank you Mark.
Crucial Track 🎵 June 11, 2026
"Black Sabbath" by Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath on Black Sabbath by Black Sabbath.
‘Expect The Unexpected’ they say. We say the words. We have no idea what to do when it happens.
Big moves forward on my blog design yesterday. Still some glitches to resolve - but a whole lot closer to the vision of what I want a post to look like than 24 hours ago.
💬
📺 Finished 🔗 Criminal Record Season 2 last night as the final episode dropped. It is another repeat formula. Started strong - meandered with a good ending. Overall better than Season 1 … I think we are in ★★★ land.