Reading Time: 2 minI’ve long heard people (including myself) long for the days of the “old” media, where you had broadcasters like Walter Cronkite that were less biased than the media today. It seems to be true, and the problem today is one of incentives. Years ago, it was in the interest of media outlets to stay in […]
The Sunday Summary: Misusing AI, presenting with Word, and knowing your own boundaries
Reading Time: 2 minIn an effort to help me keep up with everything I post each week, here is my latest “Sunday Summary” of my posts from the week. Mon, December 16: There’s no copying, there’s just execution“There’s no copying. There’s execution. I promise whatever anyone who’s watching right now thinks somebody copied them on something, you copied […]
Evidence versus intuition
Reading Time: < 1 minOver the past two weeks I’ve heard two opposing takes on trusting your intuition, and it’s been interesting trying to match them up. First, I was listening to an episode of the Founders podcast about Oprah Winfrey, which covered her rise to fame. When she was first looking to start her talk show, people told […]
Businesses don’t need to be moral to succeed
Reading Time: < 1 minThere are a lot of ways to run a business and make good money in a way that is fair to everyone. There are also ways to run a business that are manipulative and exploitative, and those can make good money as well. A great example would be those companies that are using AI to […]
What is the boundary of your understanding?
Reading Time: < 1 minKnowing your limits is one of the best ways to grow. If you know where your understanding ends, you can choose to develop further in that area (if you want to), or accept help when things get beyond your grasp. I first shared this a few years ago when talking about “Alex” and “Joan”, and […]
Present with Word, not PowerPoint
Reading Time: 1 minPowerPoint (and Keynote and Google Slides) can be a powerful tool, but it’s very often misused. Beyond just presentations, I’ve seen it used to design layouts and even create logos. However, it can be even worse when people use it to avoid having to really think through an issue. In the book “Working Backwards” about […]
The two greatest misuses of AI
Reading Time: < 1 minI’m using AI more and more in the work I do. I talk with ChatGPT quite often, I generate many of my “featured images” for this post using AI, and I’m always looking to do more with it. However, I’m noticing two recurring patterns of AI use that are making things worse. The first is […]
There’s no copying, there’s just execution
Reading Time: 2 minIt’s easy to think that your ideas are to be tightly controlled so that no one “steals” them, but that’s almost never the case. I shared a few years ago that almost every NDA (Non-Disclosure Agreement) that I’ve signed has been unnecessary. I’m happy to sign them to appease the other party, but they’re not […]
The Sunday Summary: Game shows, good notes, loving links, and branded searches
Reading Time: < 1 minIn an effort to help me keep up with everything I post each week, here is my latest “Sunday Summary” of my posts from the week. Mon, December 9: It’s not a game show“Why exactly do we need to produce the answer in real time? It’s not a game show. That in fact, when we […]
AI is creating a land rush in the worst way possible
Reading Time: < 1 minThere is a lot of good stuff that AI is bringing to us, but a recent luncheon that I attended showcased some of the bad stuff. During the lunch, they had each table briefly share some things that they were using AI for. Some were fine, some were helpful, and two were flat-out awful: The […]