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Mar 8, 2025: Apply AI: Using generative AI for creating test data samples One powerful yet often overlooked application of generative AI is creating test data samples. Instead of manually crafting data sets, you can leverage …
Mar 8, 2025: Great example of using ChatGPT Deep Research for understanding zoning laws by state. Deep Research: Supermajority laws around the states
Feb 24, 2025: Apply AI: Creating a Quiz Generator in ChatGPT ChatGPT can be utilized to create an adaptive multiple-choice quiz for students, progressively adjusting difficulty based on their answers while …
Feb 12, 2025: Apply AI: Screening Social Media for Negative Behaviors in Application Processes A friend’s son is applying to a private high school, and as part of the application process, the school requests links to any social media …
Jan 15, 2025: Uncertainty & Control A few years ago, I was part of an M&A team tasked with expanding our industrial services firm into new service areas. About ten days earlier, our …
Jan 8, 2025: How Morning Coffee Boosted My Sleep and Longevity: A Personal Journey Backed by Science In 2018, I embarked on a journey to reshape my sleep habits and enhance my overall healthspan. Dr. Matthew Walker’s book Why We Sleep was …
Jan 6, 2025: Six Years This week marks six years since I started working from home full-time. It’s been a mix of blessings and challenges. When I began this journey, …
Dec 26, 2024: The baking aisle at the grocery store on Christmas Eve is full of bewildered non-bakers who have been sent by their family bakers to pick up one more …
Dec 19, 2024: Someone was called a “Seagull” at work today. They fly in, make a bunch of noise, shit everywhere, and take off. Awesome.
Dec 18, 2024: Texas A&M alumnus accidentally joins band, says he pretended to play for 4 years - lonestarlive.com A month before his first semester began, …
Dec 17, 2024: Amazing how a box of Kleenex can sit on the shelf for six months untouched, only to be completely consumed in 24 hours.
Dec 1, 2024: Feeling the Post Thanksgiving Blues? Try a Dose of Gratitude! As we transition from the Thanksgiving holiday back to our routines, it’s easy to feel the drag of returning to work. Instead of seeing the …
Nov 16, 2024: BASIC was my first programming language and the kickstart to my career in software development. I still remember my first programs and the joy of …
Nov 15, 2024: The Voice That Welcomed Us Online: Remembering Elwood Edwards and the Power of Small Contributions In 1989, Elwood Edwards Jr. sat down in his living room, pressed the red button on a recorder, and spoke three words that would become an iconic …
Oct 25, 2024: LinkedIn Experts Question Your team is resistant to frequent changes. How can you turn skepticism into enthusiasm? Understand that everyone is not …
Oct 21, 2024: Purpose Stacking: From Classic Rock to Space Rocks - The Freedom of Saying ‘Right Now’ If you had asked Brian in the early 1980s what he did for a living, he would have said he played guitar and sang backup vocals for a band that toured …
Oct 16, 2024: Purpose Stacking: Getting a Good Firm Grasp of the Obvious In the fall of 1995, I walked into the auditorium of my Intro to Management of Information Systems (MIS) class at the University of Houston’s C.T. …
Sep 21, 2024: Do You Think in Pen or Pencil? I began my software development career during the dot-com boom in the late ‘90s. One of my first projects was building an online banking website for …
Sep 17, 2024: Sunset in Chicago.
Sep 13, 2024: Finished reading: Raise the Titanic! (Dirk Pitt, #4) by Clive Cussler 📚 ⭐️⭐️⭐️ 3/5 Stars This book was written nine years before the Titanic was …
Sep 9, 2024: Finding Purpose - Purpose Stacking A common theme in my coaching sessions with clients—and one I’ve personally struggled with over the years—is the elusive goal of “finding my purpose.” …
Sep 7, 2024: National Geographic: Your body ages rapidly in two ‘bursts,’ at 44 and 60. Here’s how to prepare. (Apple News) The scientists used …
Sep 2, 2024: From NASA to the Pulpit: Different Takes on Handling Uncertainty When receiving advice, understanding its context is crucial. Advice that fits perfectly in one scenario may not apply in another, and the difference …
Aug 29, 2024: Never Too Small - Melbourne Architect’s Smart Space-Saving Hacks in Small Apartment I loved a lot about this tour including: IKEA hooks to act as a …
Aug 27, 2024: Empire State Building August 2024
Jun 23, 2024: Circling the wagons at BWI Airport
Jun 21, 2024: Today I noticed that I said “I’m about to dial in for the meeting”. It felt weird. Do I say “I’m about to click …
Jun 12, 2024: My Journey with the Whoop Strap: Lessons Learned and Tips for Getting Started For over five years, I have worn a Whoop strap, and it has made a significant difference in my overall health and happiness. Its impact was so …
Jan 6, 2024: “Can you bring me my coffee cup off of the charger?” ☕️ Something my grandparents would have never said in their life. Ember Coffee Mug
Sep 11, 2023: Excellent advice for creating a happiness memory book. Every few months, take at least one panorama photo of your kid’s room. At least …
Jul 25, 2023: Corporate Gym Membership Salesforce.com is like a gym membership for organizations. Everyone feels like they need it, it’s aspirational when you sign up, people don’t …
Jul 4, 2023: Mastering Your Schedule: Conquering Time Confetti and Unlocking Productivity Many people I coach often express concerns about not having enough time and the consistent feeling of overwhelm. They face a barrage of emails, …
Jun 13, 2023: Performing a mind sweep to unlock faster sleep Do you often experience a racing mind when trying to fall asleep at night? Are you constantly struggling to calm your thoughts before bedtime? More …
Jun 3, 2023: www.oneusefulthing.org/p/setting… So many important processes assume that the amount and quality of our written output is a useful measure of …
May 1, 2023: Will AI’s accurate code generation slow adoption of new programming languages? A lack of a broad code base for new languages may lead to bias …
Mar 5, 2023: Finished reading: The Bomber Mafia by Malcolm Gladwell 📚(5/5) I thoroughly enjoy reading and listening to works authored and narrated by Gladwell, and …
Mar 3, 2023: Self-Repo Fords Ford has submitted a patent to automate the vehicle repo processs. www.theverge.com Those include sending messages to the owner’s smartphone or the …
Mar 2, 2023: Finished reading: Authentic by Paul Van Doren 📚(4/5) The making of the Vans shoe. If you enjoy books about how businesses are built, skate culture, …
Feb 22, 2023: Finished reading: Taste by Stanley Tucci 📚(4/5) Enjoyable audiobook read with the gentle and smooth voice of Stanley Tucci himself. Parts of the book …
Feb 21, 2023: Finished reading: The Man Who Knew the Way to the Moon by Todd Zwillich 📚(4/5) an Audible Original. “The story of John C. Houbolt, an unsung …
Feb 16, 2023: For the first time in my life, I heard a radio station play the same song twice in a row, and not for any type of marathon. Santeria (song) - …
Feb 11, 2023: 7 marathons - 7 Continents - 7 Days David Kilgore just ran—and won—seven marathons in seven days on seven continents. The 31-year-old American runner …
Feb 10, 2023: Kottke.org - New Massive Image of the Milky Way with 3.32 Billion Individual Objects It’s impossible to wrap my mind around this.
Feb 6, 2023: Tonight the NBC Nightly News had a story about a woman who found her father’s bucket list after he was killed in a distracted driver accident. …
Jan 26, 2023: Wired - Robot Cars Are Causing 911 False Alarms in San Francisco In a letter filed with a California regulator yesterday, city agencies complained …
Jan 22, 2023: Finished reading: PSYCHOLOGY OF MONEY. by MORGAN. HOUSEL 📚 (4/5) Great money lessons best summed up by: Build wealth by saving more Save by more …
Jan 21, 2023: Savage Waters on Outside+ Watched Savage Waters on Outside+ (4/5) Savage Waters is an adventure to find an awe inspiring wave recorded in E. F. Knight’s personal journal …
Jan 18, 2023: It’s amazing how many side conversations held during meeting breaks become part of the core “canon“ of the meeting following the break. It’s easy to …
Jan 12, 2023: Finished reading: We Are What We Eat by Alice Waters 📚(3/5) A manifesto about how we eat affects who we are. A bit preachy, but isn’t that what …
Jan 11, 2023: I have noticed that my breathing stops or slows while I work. I will stop breathing while scanning for “threats” during calls, checking my inbox, …
Jan 10, 2023: f(health,wealth,time) = maximum fulfillment Dr. Peter Attia, a doctor focused on longevity and maximizing our lives, recently interviewed Bill Perkins about his book Die with Zero (Affiliate). …
Jan 10, 2023: Pediatricians now recommend drugs and surgery for kids with obesity - Ars Technica This article makes me sad. Feels like we are addressing symptoms / …
Jan 8, 2023: Bingo! 📷
Jan 7, 2023: Late meals can have an impact on the quality of your sleep. Not only how late you eat, but what you eat makes an impact. Last night our family had …
Jan 6, 2023: Do spiders dream? She soon found they experience periods of rapid retinal movement, which increased in duration and frequency throughout the night, …
Nov 28, 2022: This weekend I finished the 10th season of The Great British Baking Show on Netflix. What makes this show great is they do not architect the …
Nov 26, 2022: Two Easily Remembered Questions That Silence Negative Thoughts | Anthony Metivier | TEDxDocklands Are my thoughts useful? How do they behave? From …
Nov 25, 2022: Opened the board game Sagrada from last Christmas. Strategy game where you try not to paint yourself into a corner. Fun and quick play. Recommended. …