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Against the genAI Omni-product
Your only product marketing cannot be “We will replace humanity”.
Read full post →A real boring admission
This will be short. I want to explain why I haven’t been writing recently. It’s about AI and it’s a shameful admission.
Read full post →Effort is for Winners, or why I'm removing ai-generated content
I’m removing AI-generated slop-illustrations from the blog. In this brave new world of genAI, intentionality and process matter more than ever. When everybody can cheat, the exam answers are worthless. What you test f...
Read full post →What's the ROI on your genAI deployments?
What’s the payback time for your fancy GenAI project? Will the rate of return outdo the stock market? As GenAI becomes less magical fairydust, and more hands-on work, it’s time you looked at the ROI on your GenAI init...
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Things to do before starting your big GenAI project
You’ve heard the warnings. You’ve read up on the importance of figuring out your ROI before starting on your journey. The calculations show a positive return on investment for your project. Now what? Where lie the mon...
Read full post →The joy I found in donating my physical labor
I found great joy in doing simple physical labor and assembly line tasks last month. Mental labor is more draining than you would otherwise think. In donating my physical labor, I connected more strongly to my local c...
Read full post →Lessons from a rambler in recovery
Wordiness is costly. It’s important to keep it short and to the point. Ask me how I know. I’m a rambler in recovery.
Read full post →All art here will be handmade going forward
Announcement. Most of the illustrations in this website were generated by Google’s Gemini AI. It was done when I didn’t know any better. I will eventually be replacing them with my own hand-drawn art.
Read full post →Posting llm-generated content as your own is hurting you
Seriously, don’t publish that raw ChatGPT’d thinkfluencer piece as your own. Nobody’s falling for it, everybody’s doing it, and you’re cheating yourself.
Read full post →Do good things, don't worry about scale, don't let systemic issues stop you
This is a lesson that took me a decade to fully ‘get’. You don’t have to worry about the systematic issues to bring change. You can make changes as an individual at a small scale.
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