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.
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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.
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.
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
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.
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.
In the Beginning Was the Question
The question that started Rover was me emailing Josh and asking if we could build something that would use AI and social networking to help me get answers to my questions.
Instant Context
That’s the dream behind Rover: a platform where our conversations can be augmented by AI to be more factual, more insightful, and ultimately, more productive.
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Oct 24
Introducing Rover's Daily Rundown
One pattern we're seeing: many of you love requesting briefs when you're curious about something specific. But you've also told us you want a way to lean back and let Rover introduce you to interesting topics you might not have thought to ask about.
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Oct 24
Today in Briefs: Canadian Beef Edition
President Trump says he's breaking off all trade negotiations with Canada because someone in Canada ran an ad
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Oct 23
Today in Briefs: Ghost Cities Edition
Ghosts, both urban and of the dog variety, are on our minds today:
The Feudal Future? Ghost Cities, Nomads &
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Oct 22
Today in Briefs: At Least Our Internet is Working Again Edition
The difficult thing about the current moment is that there are so many ongoing outrages that it all can start
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Oct 21
Today in Briefs: Home Improvement Edition
Some of the things we're enjoying on Rover today:
A History of White House Revamps
Why are we
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Oct 15
Some interesting briefs we listened to today
As we start our small yet mighty community, we're starting to see some cool briefs. Here are a
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Oct 14
To Fix the Internet, Design for Empathy
“Empathy” isn’t typically a value you see associated with digital product design. Typically, there’s really only one value, and that’s “engagement.” Every product decision at a tech company comes down to “how will this get more people to spend more time using our thing?”
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Oct 10
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.
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Oct 10
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.
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Oct 10
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.
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Oct 08
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?
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