Category: Technology

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”

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”

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 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”

Has anyone else been getting a ridiculous number of spam texts this election cycle? I didn’t get this many in 2020. I don’t recall getting any in the midterms. I’m getting at least one daily now. Even reporting it as junk in iMessage. The funny part is I’d say 75% of them are Ohio related. … Continue reading “Text Spam this Election Cycle is Ridiculous”

Following up on The Verge’s miniseries on productivity and how people work…well the latest episode is about and productivity systems. As usual, definitely worth checking out! However for this week, and this follow-up I thought I’d write about my personal productivity system. Is it perfect? No. Is it ever evolving? Absolutely. In fact, in the … Continue reading “Productivity Systems”

David Pierce and the fine folks over at The Verge have a miniseries going on the Vergecast about productivity and work. This is a subject I think about a lot because I find it very interesting. Especially now in our current environment where there are so many ways to work. I’m not sure if I’ll … Continue reading “Productivity and Work”

It would be a bit of an understatement to say the past few months have been very stressful. I’ve let plenty of things slide that I wish I hadn’t and one of them has been a bit of a site clean up. I’ve done a couple of updates but there was some stuff hanging around … Continue reading “A Little Site Update”

The follow up to Green Day’s American Idiot is 21st Century Breakdown, and as a record, I enjoy it more than American Idiot. While I enjoy individual tune’s from American Idiot more than 21st Century Breakdown, there is one tune that stands out to me and it’s The Static Age. As implied by the title, … Continue reading “The Static Age”