Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet.

We lost Ted Turner, a patron saint of Tedium, just as an entrepreneur made an audacious Turner-style bet. What can we learn from that?

This week, word came out that the CEO of a name-brand, heavily memed company was trying to do something completely audacious.

Also, Ted Turner, the guy who arguably invented that trick and arguably did it better than poss...

You’ve probably heard it’s futile, but that hasn’t stopped plenty from trying—some successfully, shockingly.
Hey all, Ernie here with a piece from a periodic contributor, John Ohno, who last showed up in these parts

Be wary of the cool new AI tools Anthropic and OpenAI are throwing—because you’ll eventually get stuck with the bill. (By the way, did you know there are cheaper options?)

I think the point where it became clear to me that the AI bubble was hitting a wall came about two weeks ago, when Anthropic launched its

Pondering the way that tweezers isolate things at a small scale, and the fact that you can take an aptitude test to show that you can tweeze with the pros.Hey all, Ernie here with a refreshed piece from 2020 on everyone’s favorite topic, tweezers. I for one love reliving my splinters.Today in Tedium: In a world full of big problems, I’m going to focus on the sma...

Yes, AI is changing things in the corporate world, but let’s be clear: The humans are driving the actual change. McClatchy proves it.

McClatchy is a company that screams legacy. Nearly 170 years old, it has acquired a number of significant newspapers over the years, most notably in 2006, when it acquired the iconic Knight Ridder chain.

It is a company th...