Hi. I’m Dan, and I am an introvert. Always have been. Always will. Often, when I tell people that, they don’t believe me. Happened just a few weeks ago, in fact, on a video call where I met several people l’ll spend time learning alongside in a few weeks at Read more
Whenever I help my 80-something father with his iPad, I check YouTube to see what he’s watched lately. His feed is filled with AI Slop; fake videos dramatizing seemingly real events trumped up to look like news coverage. The videos have disclaimers, but he never reads them. According to Mom, Read more
When the shit literally hit the fan, when I found myself in the middle of a home maintenance dustup the likes of which I’d never dealt with before, I turned to Claude, the thinking partner I knew would be at my side throughout the situation. I just didn’t count on Read more
Maybe you don’t use AI today. Maybe you don’t use it because of what you heard about how the growing need for building and powering data centers may impact the environment, ground water, or what you pay for electricity. Perhaps it’s because of privacy concerns – which are well founded, Read more
Last week, 4,000 people at one company lost their jobs. At one time. Between the State of the Union speech and the U.S. and Israel attacking Iraq, maybe you missed Block CEO Jack Dorsey’s announcement that the company is laying off 40% of its workers. No. That’s not a typo. Read more
Think of something you love to do. What is your least favorite part of it? What’s the thing which deters you from doing the thing you love or that, if you could just fix one part of it, would mean you could do the thing you love even more? Have Read more
Recently, I’ve been quick to snap. I’ve felt stressed more often than not. Sharper, as a person dear to me described it. Why? Partially, it’s a self-imposed byproduct of working full time plus building my personal brand. I love all the work I get to do, but it all requires Read more
Nuts. Another AI free trial is ending. This time it’s a tool I use frequently to capture meeting notes; Granola. I signed up for a free trial of its Business Plan months ago. I love the tool, as do many others. Understandably, owners have decided to monetize the audience they Read more
Google’s enabled you to turn on its Gemini AI in every service to search across your ibox, calendar, files, etc. Seems like a good idea to some, but the privacy concerns should not be ignored. Claude is on everyone’s minds and in all the headlines for its incredible Code and Read more
Halfway through a first draft of a post about the importance of verifying every response you receive from generative AI, I checked my inbox. In a flash, my world flipped upside down. Down the rabbit hole I tumbled. When I came out the other side, I had made and deployed Read more