Mark Coatney

Mark Coatney

New York
I build new things. Started as the second employee of Time magazine’s new Website and grew it from a single, text-only webpage to a multimedia platform with millions of users. Helped grow Tumblr from its earliest days. Now building Rover
Oct 10
You Make Friends by Asking Questions

You Make Friends by Asking Questions

So one of the things that I’ve really loved in working on Rover these past few months is how it inverts that dynamic, and what it means for social interactions.
2 min read
Oct 10
What Does It Mean When Most of the Web's Content Is Mass Produced?

What Does It Mean When Most of the Web's Content Is Mass Produced?

What does any tangible handmade good mean when it can be cheaply replicated by machines? Duchamp’s response was in part to say that an object’s value comes from the human connection between giver and receiver.
1 min read
Oct 10
The AI Art That Speaks for Itself

The AI Art That Speaks for Itself

I think we miss the deeper issue, which is this: Almost everyone is using AI to do the same thing they did before, just faster/cheaper/easier.
2 min read
Oct 08
Hello, World!

Hello, World!

First off, and to avoid any confusion, we are not the pet sitter marketplace. (Yes, I know. I'm disappointed too.) Instead, Rover is an audio-first, AI-driven social content platform. What does that mean?
3 min read