Josh Silverman

wow wow congrats! did you have a realtor & if so how did they respond to that

We shoulda known that AI was capable of slop when it got our Autocorrect incorrect.

#autoincorrect

anti-AI “credo” I have a religious exemption from using all generative “A.I.” I am not a member of the Silicon Valley sect. Their beliefs and practices are an affront to my sensibilities. The tech is trained on stolen intellectual property. The output is riddled with mistakes, and it is incapable of comprehending the weight of its errors. It is not even an “it.” But sometimes, it is filtered and massaged by unaccountable human sweatshop workers and bad actors. I am not required to use “A.I.” any more than I am required to join Amway, buy black market rhino horn, or attend the Fyre Festival. As a human, I have a duty and right to limit my carbon and water footprint and protect my fellow human. As a union worker, I have a duty and right to oppose tech that is used to threaten workers or cheapen our product. As a tech consumer, I have a duty and right to oppose scams that lower the quality of our tools. As a scholar, I have a duty and right to oppose anti-intellectualism. As a taxpayer, I have a duty and right to oppose the misallocation of public funds and data. As a grown up, I have a duty and right to protect young people from predators. As a person with a conscience, I am appalled at the decadent disregard for user safety, the callous dismissal of responsibility for lives ruined and slaughtered. My religion is related to my identity, geography, and family, making it an irrelevant accident of birth. What matters is that I was born. I have an exemption from their digital rapture, their cultural austerity, their intellectual poverty. I practice wholesome hedonism and First Do No Harm. CS 12/9/2025

i included this in my syllabi this year

Cute as friends in their beanies trying to stay cozy on this rainy evening over some bomb ass tacos and dranks

Love this bitch @jhsilverman.bsky.social 4~evuh~evuhhh❤️

period drama?

naw.

hold the period.
save the drama.

(with @conniechiiiwa.bsky.social)

Professionally dissatisfied 😬

DSGN 0226: Work That's Worth It—A Job Search Built on Clarity & Standards This class will help you gain more balance in your job search. Instructor Josh Silverman will share a practical approach to treating the job search as a two-way match, not an audition.

TOMORROW I’m thrilled to offer a webinar called WORK THAT’S WORTH IT! We’re gonna hold space to unpack which work is worth it for YOU, for now, and under current conditions! 😮‍💨

It’s free for AIGA members. If you’re not a member, I‘ll be broadening access soon :)

tbd.events/aigadsgn0226 #jobs #value

wowwww the callback

AI Doesn’t Reduce Work—It Intensifies It One of the promises of AI is that it can reduce workloads so employees can focus more on higher-value and more engaging tasks. But according to new research, AI tools don’t reduce work, they consisten...

This article makes #AI sound like Hustle Culture 2.0. The authors recommend companies adopt a set of standards that include “more human grounding.”

(Rethinking “weakened decision making” into “weekend decision making,” lulz.)

hbr.org/2026/02/ai-d...

I helped mobilize a group of neighbors to provide direct aid to nearly 50 families who are in hiding from ICE.

These folks deserve fresh, familiar foods. So we're purchasing groceries direct from neighborhood Latino markets whenever we can.

Venmo @kristina-halvorson to help, and please repost.

is 815 too early a bedtime asking for a zzzzzzz

periodt!

non-consented group texts and email reply-alls are JAIL WORTHY 😩😵‍💫

The stranger thing is, I got nobody to help me navigate this when / if I get there myself. Gonna be a fun* ride out! 🤘🏻

*to be determined what fun actually means by this time

Reaching the point in my Mom’s nearly-octogenarian life where she is forwarding me spam emails to confirm for her that they are spam, reminding her of things we’ve already discussed & decided, reminding her she can’t call a SaaS company for service, and hearing telephoned replies to emails. Harumph.

Absolut_ly

Wish haters knew that you can’t shut down love. Trying to oppress love and freedom ONLY MAKES ITS POWER STRONGER #stonewall #LGBTQIA+

Age verification?

When I first practiced graphic design I ordered a special display typeface in Letraset from Koenig’s Art Emporium in the Danbury Fair Mall. When setting type on my physical comps, if I ran out of Es I had to order another set and wait up to two weeks for it to deliver.

bluhhhhhhh that sounds yucky but hopefully it will pass soon 🙏🏻

It’s gonna take us so long to claw ourselves out of this still-unfolding disaster. To pushhhh the needle back several places. To dismantle, decolonize, reset, and rebuild.

This is a hopeful statement. An acknowledgment of resistance, awareness, love.

I’m impacting in ways I can with this life.

nbd just starting an epic playlist for my milestone birthday

coming up in SIX YEARS

Sunday evening cocktail: what do I call it?

One part mezcal
One part ginger beer
dash of cardamom bitters
tsp of agave

Select all; hard agree 🙏🏻❤️‍🔥🙏🏻❤️‍🔥🙏🏻🔥🔥

Say more about why you said that……? 🙏🏻😉

What makes someone a great teacher?

This weekend in the Bay:
• dumb-ass preposterous how are we even on this timeline March *FOR* Billionaires on Saturday (wish i were joking, marchforbillionaires.org)
• Ariana Grande concert in Oakland Saturday
• Stupid Bowl Sunday

Traffic is already heinous today in SF. Whoo-whee.

not intentionally, i’ve had a completely vegetarian day:

1: overnight oats (dried blueberries, clove) with fresh blackberries & honey

2: salad of arugula, avocado, farro, walnut, goat cheese

3: leftover veggie japchae zhuzhed with kung pao brussles + green cabbage plus shichimi togarashi squash!

We gotta come up with a better system than “everything rests on whether these twelve billionnaires are nice”

I just rrealized it's only Tuesday and I want to cry.

plenty$ of covfefe