Sometimes, no matter how well the thing you built works, regardless of all the accolades during the demos, they don’t buy. As much as that stings, I know what I can do. And I know I can do more today than I knew I could yesterday. All that learning, the Read more
I just spent four days in the Finger Lakes with friends. Good food. And a lot of laughs. After two discovery calls and one proposal decline in a week and a half, I was eager to get away for some rest and relaxation. Maybe even give my digital assistants, Claude Read more
AI is pretty good, but generative artificial intelligence always makes mistakes. Saturday night. We went to bed before the end of the first half of the Argentina-Switzerland World Cup quarterfinal match, and my love says, “Hey, the match is already over?” Thought for a minute and said, “Nope, hon, that’s Read more
This is the Golden Age of the Subscription. They are on my mind. A lot. Everywhere we turn, a service is asking for our credit card so it can charge us $20 a month for the rest of our lives for some amazing thing only it provides. While I wrote Read more
How do I know people are concerned, maybe even fearful, about artificial intelligence today? Because those emotions show up in the most unexpected places. Last week, after I delivered a 30-minute speech at a conference, a person asked me if AI had written my speech. Like what? How can that Read more
Our lives are filled with experiences. The degree to which we can learn and grow from them depends partially on our ability to capture micro moments and turn them into macro meaning. I do this by, among other things, journaling, by annotating articles, by reading a lot, and by using Read more
There’s a new game being played at college graduations this spring. Maybe you’ve seen it. A commencement speaker mentions artificial intelligence, and the audience starts to boo. The speaker continues their prepared remarks and mentions AI again. The boos build. It appears to be great fun for the new graduates Read more
A gorgeous Sunday afternoon in early May. Out for a walk to clear my head. Instead, afterward I felt unsettled and maybe a little anxious. Not optimal. I have multiple projects moving. Deliverables pending. And always too little time to get it all done. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Everyone is busy. Read more
I am excited about artificial intelligence. It is an ever present thinking partner I use to identify opportunites and deliver incredible value in every aspect of my life. And I am also genuinely concerned — like almost to the point of being crippled by intense existential dread — about what Read more
I don’t know about you, but I pay more today for electricity than I ever have before. And you know what? We’re likely all in line for higher electric rates in the near future. Why? Data centers. The necessary building block for the next wave of artificial intelligence advancements is Read more