The men of Rover
The team got together over the break in San Francisco. Over rice bowls and ginger sodas, there was a lot to share and plan and we're all very excited about the upcoming weeks.
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Jan 26
Hey Rover, be more human
Our alpha testers have been blunt—Rover still "sounds like AI." When they say that, they usually mean two things: the content feels superficial, and the style feels artificial. So, we have to make our audio briefs good. And even when they're good, they can't sound like a machine.
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Jan 11
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The team got together over the break in San Francisco. Over rice bowls and ginger sodas, there was a lot to share and plan and we're all very excited about the upcoming weeks.
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Jan 07
Testing the Current LLM Knowledge Gap
So here's a question I needed an answer to:
Please give me a list of all members of
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Dec 17
Rover and Post-Skeuomorphic Apps
Sumeet Singh has a nice piece over at Every (and if you aren't a subscriber, what, actually, are
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Dec 15
Death and Rebirth by a Thousand Cuts
Literacy isn't a fixed skill; it's a moving target shaped by whatever tools a culture uses to think.
3 min read
Dec 12
Curious spaces
I mourn the end of that pre-smartphone world. Getting reliable information was harder, but the journey to find it taught us everything.
6 min read
Dec 10
Why Humans Want AI to Make the Call
I'm old enough to remember a time when professional tennis players spent much of the match complaining about
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Nov 21
Reclaiming conversations
There are several quotes rumbling around in my head recently. The first one is something Mark, my co-founder, says all the time: social media is the water in which we swim.
5 min read
Nov 18
Building the Rover Brand (philosophical take)
One image held strong throughout our exploration: a campfire... There's no shouting over each other. No scramble for attention. No performance. Just shared focus and a gentle exchange. Everyone leaves with something they didn't arrive with.
2 min read
Nov 14
Social Media Is Over. Social Media Is Just Beginning
Everybody knows social media sucks. Social media usage has declined nearly 10% over the past three years
2 min read
Nov 12
Rover is made of exits
My wife works a corporate job, so as the parent with the more flexible schedule, I'm the primary driver for my daughter's activities.
4 min read
Nov 03
Why the "Audio Brief"?
Text is precise but flat. Video monopolizes your eyes. Audio occupies a unique space — ambient yet intimate. It fits into real life: walking, commuting, transitions between meetings.
2 min read