Swaine’s World
Michael SwaineMichael Swaine’s thoughts on artificial intelligence, computer history, and the craft of writing.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Weekly |
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| Issues | 171 | Founded | 3 years ago | Last Issue | 10 days ago |
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Maximum Security
Swaine’s World, June 2026
UP FRONT
In praise of appreciation.
WRITING
My Summer in Max: a Memoir
The Call of Water: Three Invitations
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Gen AI Is Gen Z’s Vietnam
COMPUTER HISTORY
In the Pub: PragPu...
Winter Is Coming
Up Front
This is now a First Monday blog. I’d been posting more or less weekly for years, and sometimes the posts were less useful or interesting than I’d like. I am now posting monthly, and I hope the posts will be more substantial. Th...
The Problem Is Time
Swaine’s World
My problem, you see, is time.
There was a time when time was larger. I was writing for publications in Italy and Germany and the US and creating entire magazines and attending conferences and tending bar and keep...
Optimistic Cynical Humanism
Swaine’s World
April 10, 2026
UP FRONT
Geoff Perlman on weighty subjects; Electoral College, the origin story; optimistic cynical humanism.
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Token Consumption Is the New Cred
This week in artificial i...
March for Democracy
Swaine’s World
March 31, 2026
UP FRONT
The big March march; books & blogs; on the cover: Bread of Angels.
COMPUTER HISTORY
How Apple Became Apple.
A link to a story by Harry McCracken.
CREATIVE NONFICTION
Bread of Angel...
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Tech writer: Fire in the Valley, the seminal history of the personal computer, plus other books on technology and biographies. Editor/columnist/publisher: InfoWorld, Dr. Dobb’s Journal, MacUser, PragPub, Southern Exposure, other magazines.
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