Atari: tap cartridge a couple times. Blow dust out. Plug in. Playing game in ~60 seconds. Modern console: Turn on. Find controller parts. Assemble. Update console. Delete games to make room. Repeat to update game. Multilayer menu. Cut scene. Find start. Cut scene. 10 minutes in, still not playing.

“Publishers” who are people that charge big fees to help you publish a book contact me constantly. “You can cement your legacy with a book.” Thanks Janice, but I already wrote 8 books and you’d know that if you weren’t a spam machine. I assume “real” publishers don’t reach out to people?

Nice day in Nova Scotia.

From Astounding Stories (1931) by John Williamson. I found the story riveting. Does not follow the "show me, don't tell me" rule. I am a bit of a simp for dialogue and lore dumping. It was written when John was only 23 years old, and during the great depression. starfarerscafe.com/2026/03/05/t...

Now that my nee chicken door has a digital clock on it, my chickens wont have ti guess what time it is anymore. One more problem solved! 🐓

I’ve been told a hundred times. “You could sell more if you did ___” or “You would make more money if you did ____,” and the answer is, “OK, but I dont want to do that.”

Surprise snow this morning!

“I once saw a girl with with twelve nipples. Sounds weird, dozen tit?”

Besides writing Science Fiction, I work in Marketing. I also write about interesting things for Marketing Agencies that have to do with AI and Robots, just like in my SciFi, only these are things that exist now.

"Just Outside of Hope", edited by the amazing, Lauren Taylor Bak @laurentaylorbak.bsky.social has been submitted to @pulpliterature.bsky.social (Pulp Literature). "After a hiking accident in the BC wilderness, Sarah is saved by a long-hidden robot outlawed under Canada’s Artificial Persons Ban."

Even as a self-published and bootstrapped author in Nova Scotia, I am infuriated by the this draconian budget that will destroy diverse local voices, decimate the arts, and for what?

I got a 5TB drive for a couple hundred bucks, which is insane by my brain-standard but inline with the marching on of technology. Luckily I can now store 2 Million eBooks, in case I need something to read. (Technically it is for work...)

Doesnt matter if it is a club, a sport, or a hobby. If you want to be on the “show team”, the first step is to show up.

"It's all been done. There is no new music left to create." www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ssi...

Learn about my #scifi writing and a little more about me, if that charges your phaser banks.

On the first leg of my trip to present at PodCamp 2026 in Toronto. Excited to see my PodCamp friends! I think there are still tickets. Use my code for a deal… 25ROUSE #podcamp #PCT2026

If you are in the Toronto area next weekend, use my code 25ROUSE to get 25% off ticket (which are already very affordable) and come get the lowdown on Podcasting, the Industry, the People, & my MIND-BLOWING talk, State of AI in 2026. @podcamptoronto.bsky.social #PC2026 #PodCamp #podcasting #toronto

Had to dig us and the chickens out of the "heartattack" snow drifts this morning. Grandpa used the ol' tractor to plow the driveway. Now I'm tired and just started work. Hard to come up with brilliant ads while I want to lay on the floor and die. My arms are gelatinous and typing is hard. Poor me.

In both editions of “Will AI Take My Job?” I predicted that labor, outside of high-expertise and healthcare, would be negatively impacted by AI. I also said in both that UBI is needed now before a potential Job Cascade Failure.

Sometimes I feel like, “I should write this piece because people need to know this, though it’ll be a hard pill for some to swallow.” Then I remember how many will argue against their own best interests and against verifiable facts, and just go give my chickens more sunflower seeds instead. 🐓 🐓

NEW STORY at Starfarer's Cafe! A fantastical tale of an information thief and a robot – except this is no ordinary robot, and the information thief soon finds herself on no ordinary journey. #amreadingsciencefiction #sciencefictioncommunity #sciencefictionlovers #sciencefictionnovel

You just dont see car bras anymore.

“Holy shit, dude.” Just use this to describe whatever is happening today in that Circus in ‘Murrica.

If you are in the Toronto area next weekend, use my code 25ROUSE to get 25% off ticket (which are already very affordable) and come get the lowdown on Podcasting, the Industry, the People, and drop in my talk, State of AI in 2026. @podcamptoronto.bsky.social #PC2026 #PodCamp #podcasting #toronto

My latest SciFi story (free!) is now on Starfarers Cafe. "...the fantastical tale of an information thief and a robot – except this is no ordinary robot, and the information thief soon finds herself on no ordinary journey. Can a wayward thief ever find redemption...?" 💙📚 #booksky #scifi #shortstory

Story submitted to @starfarerscafe.bsky.social Fingers crossed. 🫰 I did specifically write it to start in a cafe for this submission, but then the story morphed a bit as I went along, as stories do. Sometimes stories write themselves and my job is just to express it on the page. 💙📚

I love to #buyCanadian when I can. 🍁 My friend opened WhiteBearIT to supply security & managed services made or hosted in Canada. Every post, aholes blast him for being hosted on USA cloud services. There are literally no 100% Canadian Cloud services if you look under the hood. We can do better.

Part of the reason we have chickens.

This is a new shift in how businesses are built and how they make money. This fundamental shift will make or break thousands of businesses. mattrouse.substack.com/p/turning-to...

Snow

Meanwhile down under…

Another snow day. Family fun ✅ Getting work done take more time ☑️ Getting sleep ❌

I will never understand how anyone could do such a horrific thing. I lived in a tiny resource town in BC when I was a kid, and went to similar sized school and I cant imagine the trauma they will endure. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

At my marketing agency, we're using a combo of (paid) stock photos, manual editing, and AI image gen, to then generate short videos. The explainer videos to help doctors understand the medical report panels in new testing that will reduce suffering for hundreds of medical conditions. #MedicalAI

I saw a lot of folks mention the Budweiser commercial was their favorite Superduper Bowl commercial. Is it just me who thought it was a thinly veiled remake of "The Wild Robot" saying that a Belgian company has been "American for 150 years?" Maybe I missed something.

"The only thing greater than their immorality is their incompetence." Also, remember, "Never underestimate the power of stupid people in numbers."

And Hamlet turned and asked, “is it cake?”

Most modern apps "refresh" if you move or close them or fart or glace away from the device. This is annoying as fuuuuu... I got a text or something and I come back to the app and the thing I was reading is probably gone forever. This isn't UX, you fucking morons. #UX #AppDesign #Enshittification

I sell my business books on Kindle. I tried other platforms but only ever sold 4 books on another book platforms. My question for #authors is this. Would it be worth it to just give my books away on other platforms for free, since I'm not going to sell any there anyway? #BookSky 💙📚

Good morning from southern Nova Scotia, friends! Just logging in to see a few photos of cool chickens, chat with a few other authors, and to see what has been uncovered since last night about powerful and wealthy pedophiles who should all be in prison. The ice on my roof is dangerous. Fuck ICE.

There is no future in directly competing head-to-head with automation.

One thing I wish I could help people learn, is to be REALLY SHITTY at doing something and doing it anyway. Not thinking, but KNOWING that you are going to be SHIT at something for a while, maybe a long while, and doing it anyway to get the reps in and learn to be good at it quicker. #DoItShitty

The problem with big tech like Google or Apple using their user statistics to make design changes is that at least half of people are idiots. We need to discard their actions in UI/UX decisions. This is part of why enshittification is everywhere. Half of the decisions are based on idiot usage.

I discovered yesterday that under the section on Runaway AGI in "Will AI Take My Job? 2" it just said "runaway AGI, blah blah..." Funny, and people took it as being facetious. In reality, that's what I use to find parts I would write later. Turns out there was a file mix-up. Updating now... 💙📚

I have only been able to write for three mornings this month. But I managed to knock out about 3800 words. My next story is written and editing is under way to submit to @starfarerscafe.bsky.social And story starts in a cafe in a spaceport… #scifi 💙📚

People think I'm very pro-AI, when in fact, I feel that I am more of a realist, leaning toward tech optimism. But I one of the only people presenting several outcomes in the Age of #AI, and they aren't all great. open.substack.com/pub/mattrous...

Washed yesterday’s eggs for today’s breakfast. Even with the cold, the girls are laying more now as the days get longer. I found that at about -8c or colder, I can open the coop door but they wont go outside. They just peek their heads out and say, “nope” and head back inside the barn.

Want 25% off tickets for PodCamp Toronto? Use my speaker code: 25ROUSE. Also, let me know if you are going to #PC2026 and we can meet up!

Been listening to ScreenRant instead of my usual marketing podcasts. It's fun to listen to screen writers chat and they have a lot of industry insights. I've always found that you can learn a healthy portion of an entire industry's jargon and inner workings through a few dozen hours of podcasts.

What's orange and sounds like a Parrot? A carrot. 🥕