“It involves posing a provocative question, sharing a vulnerability that you have learnt from (ideally losing your job, pet or parent), using an emoji at the start of each paragraph, and the paragraphs being absurdly short.”
🔗 It pays to speak fluent LinkedIn — if you can crack the bro code
NotebookML overview and uses
This is a good overview. Other than the podcast generator…I still don’t get it enough to want to use it. Maybe I don’t realize how much I need flash cards and infographics? It feels like my kids would find a lot of use for school. A professor in a box? Maybe it would be good for D&D adventure planning? Like load up the entire Rime of the Frostmaiden and just have it prep the shit out of it for you?
In a UI, label things what they are, not your unique, product centric (often brand/marketing) name for it.
Many things can be forgiven if you put on a clean shirt.
“Internet handle” is a good name for your personal domain name.
A whole bunch of security advice for individuals, more plain-spoken than jargon.
Instructive thoughts on web design.
“People who grew up near pecan orchards (Texas, Louisiana, Georgia) overwhelmingly say puh-KAHN, regardless of education level.”
There’s two things all Texans can agree to. The way to say “pecan,” and that there is no proper BBQ outside of Texas, just people who cook meat wrong.
The AI Apprentice's Adventures
I’ve been wondering why the quality and ease of making stuff with AI has not resulting in a creative explosion. In particular with just a hefty dose of prompt-craft, you can get great D&D stuff.
I’m guessing part of the reason is that the incumbent gate-keepers hate AI. They, rightly, see it as a threat to how much they get paid. I could see that they also find it simply offensive, like someone taking a big shit on their desk.
What does Agile Smell Like? I tried to answer that question back in 2006 when I worked at RedMonk in the form of a PDF.
This guide helps you sniff test how Agile an organization is. A “sniff test” is a quick way to establish a gut-feel about something. It helps you determine what to do next.
RedMonk doesn’t really publish “reports” like this, but they were still doing some way back then, especially when a client asked for one. We were so progressive back then and published it under the Creative Commons Attribution- NonCommercial-NoDerivs License.