Author: aoconnor

Mark Cuban posted some BlueSky posts about AI and I had some thoughts on them.  If you have zero education, but learn how to ask AI models the right questions , in many jobs you will be able to outperform someone with an advanced degree, but who is unwilling to use Large Language Models. Just … Continue reading “Careful LLM Usage”

I’ve been kicking around a redesign for some time. By kicking around I mean “I’d like to do that” but making no other progress besides that. I’ve done a couple of updates over the years. Made a small adjustment with the blog boxes, and added view-transitions but I haven’t done a full on redesign in … Continue reading “Redesign Thoughts”

Just a quick thought blaster on AI. As a note, I’m not super anti-AI. I do believe there is some utility. However I keep noticing it that in this rush to implement it into every product on the face of the planet…it’s just getting in the way. You want to crop a photo in Photoshop? … Continue reading “Sometimes AI Gets in The Way”

There seems to be a trend about blogging so I thought I’d throw in. Why did you start blogging in the first place? I probably started around high school. I was inspired by Major Nelson’s blog and the late Stephen Toulouse’s blog. I found the idea of just having your own space online to be … Continue reading “Blog Questions”

When Meta decided they were going to remove fact checking, and move moderation to Texas, and demand everyone do 20 push-ups before starting their work day, I decided to take Instagram and Facebook off my phone. Is it as good as deleting the apps? No, but I’m not there yet. The utility is still there … Continue reading “Realigning my Phone”

I recognize this an unpopular opinion, but I’ve always appreciated when things go back to normal post holidays. From a couple of weeks before Thanksgiving until the first full week back post New Year’s, we live in this odd time warp that doesn’t exist the rest of the year. It’s common enough that it has … Continue reading “Back to Normal”

I had some time off over the holidays. Kind of a long stretch, well long for me. I keep the majority of my time off usage to 3 or 4 day weekends so having December 23 through January 1 off, 12 days if we include weekends, is a good chunk of time. At the beginning … Continue reading “What I Did Over Break”

I am pretty happy to see Bluesky take off. I’ve ranted many times on this blog about how I’m annoyed that my favorite social network began to devolve into some ugliness pre-Musk (I’d say 2016 is when it started getting really bad) but since the Musk takeover, it’s just been awful. However I love the … Continue reading “Share to Social Button for Bluesky”

Well it’s that time of year again. You have no doubt seen the Spotify Wrapped and related year in reviews. It’s time for a personal version of that.  I noticed I didn’t do this last year. I think 2023 was a year that I was simply happy it was over. Looks like I wrote it … Continue reading “2024 Year in Review”

I think a lot about habits and just how people go about their day to day. I find it interesting. One thing I find interesting is the sleep requirement. According to the CDC, adults need 7 or more hours of sleep a night. I think 7 to 9 is the usual window and we typically … Continue reading “7 to 9 Hours of Sleep”