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There is no AI in Failure
File this under: you can’t make this stuff up (but your generative AI can). I am prepping for a panel I am moderating next week in NYC (Pints, Prompts, and Page Builders), on the challenges (and successes) of using AI in support of content workflows. I remembered vaguely there was a Tumblr about mistakes made…
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Mo’ Code, Mo’ Problems
One of the truisms I learned early in my career is that every line of code you write is a liability as much as it is an asset. Every line of code you (or your team) writes is a line of code that must be maintained, a line of code that potentially exposes a security…
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Songs for the AI Age
Whether you are dystopian, utopian, or some kind of apocaloptimist, you need good tunes to accompany your efforts. Feel free to suggest additions in the comments
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Design That Does More
(Credit to Sara Wachter-Boettcher, whose “We don’t need more content, we need content that does more” is imprinted in my brain). I’ve got a ton of ideas from Ethan Marcotte‘s talk at the Boston WordPress meetup earlier this week – will share the video when it is ready. He explored what’s gone well with Design…
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Collaborating with Humans
What if I *like* collaborating with other humans? I’ve been struck recently by the increasing prevalence of “collaborating with” AI, or managing AI agents, as the future of what it means to do knowledge work. No doubt it is amazing what AI models/LLMs are now capable of, and will be capable in the future –…
I previously blogged at Open Parenthesis, between 2005 and 2015. Slides from talks can also be seen at SlideShare and/or Speaker Deck.