Rob’s Notes

Rob’s Notes 25: An Update on US Age Verification

Spoiler: as much as it's about XXX, it's also about a lot more

Jul 15 • 

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Rob's Notes 24: Closing the Castle Gates

After sharing crawl-to-refer data, Cloudflare presents its new "pay per crawl" scheme

Jul 2 • 

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June 2025

Rob’s Notes 23: AI Agents & Privacy

"60% of the time, it works every time"

Jun 30 • 

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Rob's Notes 22: Data Brokers are (Allegedly) Awful and also Terrible

And other privacy and safety news this week

Jun 20 • 

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Rob's Notes 21: Compute is the New Oil

Is Big Tech realigning itself for the next phase of AI innovation?

Jun 13 • 

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May 2025

Rob's Notes 20: The Biggest Tech Fails (2000-2025)

My social media tech friends have produced a fascinating list

May 6 • 

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March 2025

Rob's Notes 19: Why We Haven't Fixed Online Advertising Yet

Revisiting some principles from 2016, and what's happened since then

Mar 20 • 

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January 2025

Rob’s Notes 18: The Rocky Road to a Passwordless Future

Is 2025 the year of the passkey?

Jan 30 • 

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Rob's Notes 17: A Custom Filtered Future?

Are we ready for an even more fragmented online experience?

Jan 8 • 

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December 2024

Rob’s Notes 16: How LLMs Can Help Normal People Read Legal Documents

And 5 tips for how to do it

Dec 14, 2024 • 

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Rob's Notes 15: Metrics Traps and Cognitive Biases

How we go to surprising lengths to justify our past decisions rather than admit mistakes & what it means for metrics

Dec 6, 2024 • 

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November 2024

Rob's Notes 14: Is it the Driver or is it the Car?

A quick look at vehicle accident data and "perceived driver rudeness"

Nov 17, 2024 • 

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