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All the articles I've posted.
How I Use Generative AI to Think Better
A Murdle logic puzzle stumped me — thanks to a cognitive bias I couldn't see. Here's how I use generative AI to think through problems instead of around them.
Installing Claude Code
Why I pay for three AI subscriptions when one would do: at $20 a month each, a trio of assistants that behave like different people and check each other's work is still a bargain.
Setting Up Agentwork
For the sake of simplicity (mostly mine), I’m going to write this as if you’re using a MacBook. If you’re on Windows, you probably already think you’re…
AI Practical Beginnings
What annoys me about most self-help books is how much time they spend trying to convince you of their position. They wade through history, details, and…
Where To Begin (with AI)
When I entered the video game industry in 1999, one of the greatest barriers to creating immersive worlds was the **NPC** (Non-Player Character). How do…
How I Use AI Every Day
I've settled into a feeling that AI, for all its power, keeps looping the same territory — search replacement and ghostwriting. Here's how I actually use AI every day, differently.
An Idea At Play — Aim High Keynote Intro
Yesterday I was blessed enough to speak to the Boys Team Charity, a youth association to help young men find purpose in giving back. My talk focused on…
An Idea At Play
For a while, I have been playing with this idea that balance is different than I learned it was. Balance is a verb. What most people think of as balance…
"Today's Idea At Play"
I have this burning desire to write something, but I don’t know what. It’s weird. I sat down and wrote 15 blog posts in a row, day after day, and it felt…
What Does It Take to Be a Lifelong Learner?
Motorola once mandated forty hours of training a year to turn everyone into a lifelong learner. What that experiment — and gaming other people's slots — taught me about continuous learning.
Ideas At Play
Studying Constructed Emotion Theory convinced me I need to change how I present. You can't hand people finished information like a spreadsheet — brains simply don't work that way.
Your Brain — An Amazing Prediction Engine
Neuroscience is revealing that your brain produces your experience of reality rather than just reacting to it. Why that flips how we understand perception and everyday interaction.