Bill McNamee 10/13/26 Bill McNamee 10/13/26

Chats with G: Are LLMs Getting Worse at Writing?

Are large language models (LLMs) actually getting worse at writing, or are their default voices becoming more conventional? A conversation about AI writing drift, model collapse, human expertise, and why the future may belong to humans and AI working together.

Bill McNamee 10/6/26 Bill McNamee 10/6/26

24 Hours of Booty in 2009: Gearing Up for the Event

In 2009, I signed up for 24 Hours of Booty, a 24-hour cycling event in Columbia, Maryland, to ride in memory of my mother and support the fight against cancer. Part 1 of this three-part series looks back at what led me to register and take on an event I never expected to ride.

Bill McNamee 10/1/26 Bill McNamee 10/1/26

GitHub

I have been building out my GitHub profile as a structured record of my professional and creative work, bringing together technology, photography, writing, publishing, archaeology, and more.

Bill McNamee 9/29/26 Bill McNamee 9/29/26

Doodles

I used to doodle all the time. With an iPad and Zen Brush, a few spare minutes could turn into faces, shapes, lines, or whatever happened along the way. More than a decade later, I still have them. Here are some of my doodles.

Bill McNamee 9/22/26 Bill McNamee 9/22/26

Love on the Rocks: Jetty Rocks

Textures, patterns, and details are easy to overlook. On the beaches of Cape May, New Jersey, even jetty rocks half buried in the sand can become something else when you stop to look.

Bill McNamee 9/8/26 Bill McNamee 9/8/26

Cannery Row

John Steinbeck’s Cannery Row is a warm, funny, and deeply human novel built around a place and the collection of people who call it home. More than eighty years after its publication, it remains one of my favorite Steinbeck novels and a place I enjoy returning to.