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Monday, May 26, 2025

The Browser Wars Are A Departure To Something New

Rethinking Trade: A Blueprint for a Just and Thriving Global Economy
The $500 Billion Pivot: How the India-US Alliance Can Reshape Global Trade
Trump’s Trade War
Peace For Taiwan Is Possible
Formula For Peace In Ukraine
The Last Age of War, The First Age of Peace: Lord Kalki, Prophecies, and the Path to Global Redemption
AOC 2028: : The Future of American Progressivism

Velocity Money: Crypto, Karma, and the End of Traditional Economics
The Next Decade of Biotech: Convergence, Innovation, and Transformation
Beyond Motion: How Robots Will Redefine The Art Of Movement
ChatGPT For Business: A Workbook
Becoming an AI-First Organization
Quantum Computing: Applications And Implications
Challenges In AI Safety
AI-Era Social Network: Reimagined for Truth, Trust & Transformation

Velocity Money: Crypto, Karma, and the End of Traditional Economics
The Next Decade of Biotech: Convergence, Innovation, and Transformation
Beyond Motion: How Robots Will Redefine The Art Of Movement
ChatGPT For Business: A Workbook
Becoming an AI-First Organization
Quantum Computing: Applications And Implications
Challenges In AI Safety
AI-Era Social Network: Reimagined for Truth, Trust & Transformation

Velocity Money: Crypto, Karma, and the End of Traditional Economics
The Next Decade of Biotech: Convergence, Innovation, and Transformation
Beyond Motion: How Robots Will Redefine The Art Of Movement
ChatGPT For Business: A Workbook
Becoming an AI-First Organization
Quantum Computing: Applications And Implications
Challenges In AI Safety
AI-Era Social Network: Reimagined for Truth, Trust & Transformation

Velocity Money: Crypto, Karma, and the End of Traditional Economics
The Next Decade of Biotech: Convergence, Innovation, and Transformation
Beyond Motion: How Robots Will Redefine The Art Of Movement
ChatGPT For Business: A Workbook
Becoming an AI-First Organization
Quantum Computing: Applications And Implications
Challenges In AI Safety
AI-Era Social Network: Reimagined for Truth, Trust & Transformation

Velocity Money: Crypto, Karma, and the End of Traditional Economics
The Next Decade of Biotech: Convergence, Innovation, and Transformation
Beyond Motion: How Robots Will Redefine The Art Of Movement
ChatGPT For Business: A Workbook
Becoming an AI-First Organization
Quantum Computing: Applications And Implications
Challenges In AI Safety
AI-Era Social Network: Reimagined for Truth, Trust & Transformation

Velocity Money: Crypto, Karma, and the End of Traditional Economics
The Next Decade of Biotech: Convergence, Innovation, and Transformation
Beyond Motion: How Robots Will Redefine The Art Of Movement
ChatGPT For Business: A Workbook
Becoming an AI-First Organization
Quantum Computing: Applications And Implications
Challenges In AI Safety
AI-Era Social Network: Reimagined for Truth, Trust & Transformation

Velocity Money: Crypto, Karma, and the End of Traditional Economics
The Next Decade of Biotech: Convergence, Innovation, and Transformation
Beyond Motion: How Robots Will Redefine The Art Of Movement
ChatGPT For Business: A Workbook
Becoming an AI-First Organization
Quantum Computing: Applications And Implications
Challenges In AI Safety
AI-Era Social Network: Reimagined for Truth, Trust & Transformation

Velocity Money: Crypto, Karma, and the End of Traditional Economics
The Next Decade of Biotech: Convergence, Innovation, and Transformation
Beyond Motion: How Robots Will Redefine The Art Of Movement
ChatGPT For Business: A Workbook
Becoming an AI-First Organization
Quantum Computing: Applications And Implications
Challenges In AI Safety
AI-Era Social Network: Reimagined for Truth, Trust & Transformation

Rethinking Trade: A Blueprint for a Just and Thriving Global Economy
The $500 Billion Pivot: How the India-US Alliance Can Reshape Global Trade
Trump’s Trade War
Peace For Taiwan Is Possible
Formula For Peace In Ukraine
The Last Age of War, The First Age of Peace: Lord Kalki, Prophecies, and the Path to Global Redemption
AOC 2028: : The Future of American Progressivism

Rethinking Trade: A Blueprint for a Just and Thriving Global Economy
The $500 Billion Pivot: How the India-US Alliance Can Reshape Global Trade
Trump’s Trade War
Peace For Taiwan Is Possible
Formula For Peace In Ukraine
The Last Age of War, The First Age of Peace: Lord Kalki, Prophecies, and the Path to Global Redemption
AOC 2028: : The Future of American Progressivism

Rethinking Trade: A Blueprint for a Just and Thriving Global Economy
The $500 Billion Pivot: How the India-US Alliance Can Reshape Global Trade
Trump’s Trade War
Peace For Taiwan Is Possible
Formula For Peace In Ukraine
The Last Age of War, The First Age of Peace: Lord Kalki, Prophecies, and the Path to Global Redemption
AOC 2028: : The Future of American Progressivism

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The AI-Era Browser Is Not a Browser—It’s the Beginning of a New Operating System

AI-Era Web Browser, Brought To You By Perplexity


The AI-Era Browser Is Not a Browser—It’s the Beginning of a New Operating System

The AI-era browser is a misnomer. What’s emerging isn’t just a better web browser—it’s the gateway to a radical redefinition of computing itself. If the browser was once a portal to the internet, the AI-era "browser" collapses the distinction between application, operating system, and assistant. This isn’t Chrome 2.0. It’s Windows, Google Docs, and Outlook all dissolving into one ambient, intelligent workspace.

The Collapse of Layers

For decades, computing has been organized around layers: the OS (Windows/macOS/Linux), the browser (Chrome, Safari), applications (Office, Gmail, Slack), and finally the content layer (documents, email threads, web pages). But AI flattens these distinctions.

Why open an email app when your AI assistant already synthesized the message and extracted the tasks into your workspace? Why switch between browser tabs when your AI knows the context of your work and surfaces relevant research in a single view? The AI-era browser isn’t a tabbed chaos engine—it’s a cognitive environment.

From Search to Presence

The old web browser was built for searching, clicking, and consuming. The AI-era browser is built for presence, action, and decision-making. It's not something you “use”—it's something that lives with you, learns you, and acts with you.

At the core of this transformation is ambient computing: the seamless blending of device, interface, and intention. You’re not just typing into a box anymore. You’re engaging with an intelligence that understands your project, your goals, your calendar, your files, your team, and your knowledge graph.

Email, Meet Your End

AI doesn't just triage your inbox—it eliminates the need for one. Conversations become actions. Notifications become workflows. Email as a separate silo becomes obsolete when your assistant already summarized the key points and turned them into decisions. You don’t open Gmail. You just approve, edit, or delegate within your fluid workstream.

OS + Browser + Workspace = One

This is why calling it a “browser” misses the point. What’s being birthed is a unified interface layer—a meta-OS—that sits atop everything and integrates all. In time, it might replace the OS itself. Imagine a workspace that flows across devices, geographies, and mediums, tied together by persistent AI memory and personal context. This is not Chrome vs. Edge. This is post-OS computing.

Intersections Ahead

Interesting intersections are fast approaching:

  • LLMs meet filesystems – No more folders. Just ideas and relationships.

  • Personal knowledge graphs – Everything you’ve ever read, written, or watched, organized by context.

  • Agentic workflows – AI agents don’t just fetch; they act, iterate, and improve.

  • Persistent memory + spatial UI – A workspace that remembers, visualizes, and adapts.

The End of the App Era

Apps were the natural interface for the touchscreen generation. But now, instead of apps, we’ll have roles and functions powered by agents. Instead of “opening Zoom,” your AI connects you to the right person and manages the meeting. Instead of “opening Word,” your assistant begins drafting based on voice notes, research context, and prior documents. The app metaphor is dying. Workflows are what matter now.

Final Thought: The AI-Era Browser Is a Transitional Name

“Browser” is just the label we’re using because it’s familiar. But it’s like calling the Model T a “horse-drawn carriage.” What we’re seeing is the emergence of a new computing layer—part assistant, part memory, part workspace, all integrated. It’s the start of a new human-machine interface, one that transcends the keyboard, the mouse, and even the screen.

We are witnessing not the next browser war—but the dawn of the post-browser age. The future isn’t in tabs. It’s in tasks, context, and intelligent presence.

Welcome to the era of AI-native computing.

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Monday, January 06, 2025

Revolutionizing Email: From Chronological Chaos to Smart AI Agents



Revolutionizing Email: From Chronological Chaos to Smart AI Agents

Email has come a long way since its inception. Hotmail wasn’t revolutionary because it invented email—email, after all, predates the web. It was revolutionary because it brought email online, freeing us from the confines of specific devices. Then came Gmail, which redefined the game by seamlessly integrating search functionality and offering significantly more storage space. But now, it’s time for the next evolution: marrying artificial intelligence (AI) with email.

Rethinking Chronological Organization

Email has traditionally been organized chronologically, and for a long time, this made sense. But in today’s fast-paced world, this system often feels outdated and overwhelming. AI has the potential to change that by tailoring email organization to our specific needs.

Imagine an inbox that adjusts itself based on your activities. In the morning, your emails might still appear chronologically, helping you quickly scan what came in overnight. But during deep work sessions, AI could surface only the emails most relevant to your current tasks, prioritizing context over time.

AI for Reading and Writing Emails

The integration of AI for email composition and reading is already underway, but there’s room to take it further. Think of AI not just as a helper for grammar checks or quick replies but as a full-fledged collaborator. For example:

  • Drafting detailed responses based on brief prompts.
  • Summarizing lengthy email threads into concise action points.
  • Highlighting key details from long emails so you don’t miss critical information.

Enter the AI Agent

The future of email might not just involve a smarter inbox but also a team of AI agents working tirelessly behind the scenes. These agents could:

  • Declutter Your Inbox: Automatically identify and delete emails of a certain description—think spam, outdated promotions, or irrelevant updates.
  • Create Dynamic Inboxes: Organize emails into smart, purpose-driven folders without you lifting a finger.
  • Prioritize Intelligently: Surface emails from key contacts or urgent matters at just the right time.

These AI agents wouldn’t just manage your email; they’d transform your experience of it, making it less overwhelming and more intuitive.

The Smart Inbox of the Future

In this new paradigm, your inbox wouldn’t just be a passive repository for messages. It would become an active assistant, understanding your needs and adapting to your workflow. No more sifting through hundreds of messages to find the one that matters. No more endless toggling between folders.

The smart inbox, powered by AI and AI agents, promises to make email a tool that works for you—not the other way around.

The Bottom Line

Just as Hotmail and Gmail ushered in new eras of email innovation, AI has the potential to redefine how we interact with email altogether. The next time you feel overwhelmed by your inbox, imagine a future where your email experience is tailored to you, effortless, and stress-free. That future is closer than you think.






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Thursday, March 07, 2019

A Superhuman Invite



Rapportive founder’s new startup Superhuman is what Gmail would be if built today
Beyond Gmail: The new race to reinvent your inbox
Email Productivity with Superhuman
The Superhuman Change To My Current Email Tools
Superhuman
Rahul Vohra
Gaurav Vohra












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Sunday, January 03, 2016

Paul Graham Asks For Disqus 2.0 Or A Disqus Disruptor







Or how to listen when everyone is talking? This is like the email inbox problem. What is the solution? There is only solution for those who get manageable amounts of email. If you get a HUGE (Trump word) amount of email, I am not sure there is a solution. Similarly online, forget teaching people etiquette. You can restrict membership, or you can restrict comments to people who are willing to reveal their real ID, but if you are opening up the floodgates, I am sorry but we are not talking technology, we are talking human nature and human behavior. After DARPA (or Tim Berners-Lee or whoever, or maybe Paul Graham, Al Gore) invented the Internet, Julia Roberts discovered people hated her! We can improve upon it. Like Gmail has become so much better with five inboxes. But I don't see a "cure" to online flaming. Except, maybe, ignore what you don't like. See no evil, hear no evil.





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Wednesday, October 22, 2014

Inbox

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Friday, July 19, 2013

A Welcome New Feature In Gmail

I began this day by seeing a welcome new feature in my Gmail account. Having multiple Gmail inboxes is going to make life easier. Otherwise my first instinct when I log into Gmail at the beginning of a work day is to pick messages to delete. It should not be that way. My first thing to do should be to read and reply to important emails.

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Saturday, July 13, 2013

Ingress: Many Many Teams But Only Two Global Teams



There are some basic premises.

(1) This is a game. It is supposed to be fun. This is not a corporate project. There is no boss. Much of the fun in the game comes from the human interactions and the human frailties.

(2) The number one rule in Ingress leadership is you can't tell anyone what to do. But with their consent you can suggest things and share tips and wisdom.

(3) There are only two global teams possible. That is just the way the game has been designed.

Both sides already have started with city teams. The city teams on both sides all over the world cropped up pretty much independent of each other. So the challenge is not what you do when more than one team shows up. The challenge is how do you bring about communication and coordination among teams across a country, a continent, perhaps to span the globe.

There is room for multiple Resistance teams in New York City. I think team building should be encouraged. First of all it is a scalability issue. A G+ group past 500 members does not make a lot of sense. Maybe 200 is a healthy number. Beyond that a group, any group, should do an amoeba split. When you move from 500 to 2,000 agents in the city, some neighborhoods will qualify to have their own groups. Borough groups will no longer be enough. I know I want a Greater Jackson Heights group.

I have met many agents whom I have told, "My team is not the right team for you, you should join the other team." The Squad is not for everyone.

There is a cross faction hangout that popped up in my Gmail yesterday, and most of the usual suspects showed up, chief among them the Keyser. Maybe there is room for a cross-faction squad, and there is room for The Squad to coordinate with the existing organized Resistance team(s) in the city.

At some point the city might graduate to having rival L8 farms sitting side by side, permanently, because we want to seek new challenges other than building and killing L8 farms. Similarly the teams in the city will perhaps graduate to thinking team building is a welcome phenomenon. It is just like farm building, or home territory building. The goal should be communication and coordination, not name calling on the COMM.

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Monday, June 24, 2013

Hotmail Has Come A Long Way


I have been aware of Microsoft's overhaul of its email service, but I only today tried to log in and use it. (I am a comfortable, happy user of Gmail) And, gosh, it is so impressive. It is a cleaner experience than Gmail. Although I don't see me switching. I still have my hotmail address from the late 1990s before Microsoft bought it. And it still works fine.

Yahoo Mail, on the other hand, continues to be confounding. It still is so very loaded. It is like having at least three different televisions on in your living room, at least two of which were turned on by others. I logged in there as well this morning. After trying to delete 25 messages at a time for over 30 minutes I gave up. Can I please have the option to delete all 12,000 messages in my inbox at once? Please? Maybe the feature exists, but with three televisions on, it is hard to figure out. With Hotmail on the other hand I was able to delete all 180 messages in the inbox at once. Okay, that is a hint. Yahoo's spam filter is sub par.

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Thursday, June 06, 2013

Ingress: Portal Building, Field Building, Farm Building, Team Building


You start out by building portals. You deploy resonators, you fill up the slots, and you build portals. Then you go on to build fields. And I still get major kick out of it. The geometry of building fields gets me still. Then you go on to build farms. You can build up to a Level 5 farm on your own. You need two L8 agents to build a L6 farm, three for a L7. And the grand daddy of all are L8 farms: you need 8 Level 8 agents for that. Agents loaded with L8 bursters are just waiting to explode.

And farm building is great fun. L8 farms are probably the best part of hitting L8 as an agent in the game. Many agents go on to build home territories. They lay claim to maybe 20 portals. If you flip them, they will flip it right back.

What's after farm building? I think the answer is team building. There are only two global teams possible. Those who ask for a local count of mind units have not read the Ingress storyline. But there are countless local teams. There's room for as many teams as you might wish to create. One city can hope to have many teams. Just like there is no limit to how many portals you can submit, it is for you to decide if you want to build a team.

I am glad to have reached that stage in the game where I am taking active steps towards building what I hope will be the top Resistance team in New York City. My team really starts taking off when there are at least three times more people playing the game. Ideally my team will thrive best when the game is fully public. Anyone can get Gmail today. Anyone should be able to start playing Ingress. There are about five members of timtomhuze who have taken to expressing hostility to me personally on the local faction chat. They don't like the idea of me building a team. Guess what! It is not like I need your permission. This is not your game I am playing.

Ingress is not a complex game. It should not be turned into a complex game. A L8 agent should not be too much more powerful than a L1 agent. I love Niantic's goal of having a billion people play the game. Email is not just pigeons carrying letters. Ingress is not just Capture The Flag.

This is not a complex game. The only complexity comes from how big a team you can build. Complex farming and attack events are possible when you have a large team. But large is not how many people you manage to get on your G+ group. Large is how many people you can get to show up for your events. Last I checked the two teams in NYC hovered at about a dozen people showing up at any one time. This game is early stages. I look forward to building my team: The Squad.

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