Reading Time: 3 minI haven’t talked much about my tech on here lately, because most of it has been fairly unremarkable — I love the tools that I have, but not much has been all that much different from past tools. For example, I purchased a new laptop recently (an ASUS Zenbook 14), and it’s an excellent laptop […]
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Headphones for every device
Reading Time: 2 minWhile Apple (and to a lesser degree, Google) have made huge strides over the last few years in helping you move your headphones from one device to another throughout the day, it’s still often a little wonky. It can work well, but some days are better than others. I’m finding it much easier to just […]
We all have the same tools
Reading Time: < 1 minFor hundreds of years, your ability to create was dictated by the tools that you had access to. If you couldn’t afford the right tool, some types of creation were just out of your reach. Thankfully, that’s not true any more. Certainly you need to spend a bit of money to get some core tools, […]
Yes, it’s a scam
Reading Time: 2 minIt’s getting harder and harder to determine if something is a scam, particularly on the internet or over the phone, and your best bet is to just assume it is. In his book “Excellent Advice for Living“, author Kevin Kelly puts it this way: Assume anyone asking for your account information for any reason is […]
AI on a blog
Reading Time: 3 minOne of the areas of AI that I’ve very interested in is using it to comb through my own information. I’ve used it a bit with my Obsidian notes, and more tools like that are coming out all the time. While I’m using that for personal use, what if I could give you access to […]
The lock icon in your browser is going away because people don’t understand what it means
Reading Time: 2 minWeb browsers have had the padlock icon next to the website addresses for years to show that the site has an SSL certificate and that your data is protected between you and that website. For years it was mostly just ecommerce that had that, but in 2017 Google started pushing all sites to use SSL. […]
Don’t freak out about AI just yet
Reading Time: 3 minI’ve shared a few times on here some concerns I have with AI. There are good things coming, but probably some bad things too. You’d be wise to spend time with AI tools and start learning how they work, but it’s not time to freak out over it yet. Napster Back in 1999, the record […]
Using ninety.io with Traction
Reading Time: 2 minI’ve mentioned a few times in the past how we use the EOS / Traction model at GreenMellen. If you’re not familiar with it, it’s a way to organize and manage your business (with “EOS” standing for “Entrepreneural Operating System”) and the book “Traction” is a great place to start. Funny enough, my main post […]
My 486 wasn’t powerful enough, and neither is AI
Reading Time: 3 minBack in the mid-90’s, I worked for a few years at Electronics Boutique, a software and video game store. It was great! It was a fascinating time in the world of video games, going from systems like the Super Nintendo and Sega Genesis, through failures like the 3DO and Virtual Boy, into the next generation […]
As automation speeds up, relationships will reign
Reading Time: 2 minI recently shared a glimpse into the “bad side of AI“, where I’m starting to get some automated comments on social media and it’s likely to get much worse. The side I fear a bit more is the coming glut of AI-personalized email spam, at huge scale. Microsoft has unveiled Viva Sales and Salesforce announced […]