I kept thinking about this tweet after reading it. Now I have 12 subagents screening the last 10 years of ACM IDC proceedings and tagging full papers by relevance and highlighting important quotes. There’s an open field of things to try here
I have a different take from some Fields medalists, whom I greatly respect. My advice to PhD students: make sure your bots 🤖 are working 24/7.
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James Spann retweeted
1. CRISPR came from basic research on bacteria.
2. Optogenetics started with a discovery in algae.
3. The GFP protein comes from jellyfish.
The biggest breakthroughs all trace to scientists follow their curiosity. This is one huge reason why we must keep funding basic research!
James Spann retweeted
😺 Hey my Human-AI Interaction friends -- Check out this new conference we are launching. Block your calendar, send your work, and join the organizational effort! I will be at #COLM2026, #CSCW2026, and #UIST2026 -- find us to chat more about it 😍 😍
We’re excited to announce the inaugural Human–AI Interaction Conference (HAIC 2027), taking place June 27–30, 2027, in Washington, DC (CFP coming soon at haic.cc). HAIC focuses on translational impact, turning human–AI research into meaningful real-world impact.
At the start of the year my lab mate likes giving out custom designed punch cards for our hangouts during the year. I unfortunately keep misplacing/damaging them, so I had claude make them as a pass for apple wallet!
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James Spann retweeted
Pica is a fully native app for managing your fonts on MacOS.
Organize into collections, test color themes and logos, watch folders, manage what's installed, and much more.
Available for free at pica.joshpuckett.me/
Last night I learned about MCP servers by making one! There’s a lot of opportunities for fun projects here!
jspann.me/blog/posts/aboutme…
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I had the idea of making a personal MCP server. It messages me via the GroupMe API and has background on me and my current projects. So far I’m pretty excited! Here’s a picture from using it in cursor
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uv is the greatest tool every python developer should learn ASAP
I had to upgrade my project's dependencies after security vulns were found in the old package versions I was using. No big deal. "uv pip compile", "uv pip sync requirements.txt". It resolves the versions for you!
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Every little feature makes setting and sharing code WAY easier. I hope it gets more widely adopted
.@emilydoesastro wrote a great article that got me interested I highly recommend you check it out! emily.space/posts/251023-uv
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Thanks to David Lindlbauer ( .@da_lind ) for coming to speak at URCS on adaptive and contextual XR systems!
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James Spann retweeted
You’re less than 6 months from a huge leap in quality of life, and with free access to some of the best minds around the world, and many would rather complain and find excuses.
I’m not usually the motivational posting type but get out there and do it.
Pareto Principle can apply here! Stay focused! #LockedIn
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