Posts tagged with AI
AI's Bland Writing
Starting around high school, people began asking me to help proofread their writings. Occasionally it'd be a college essay or a publication, but I also helped with simple things like emails or blog posts or real estate listings.…
The Layering of UX Friction
It's a phone upgrade year in my household; I'm grabbing the new iPhone 17 Pro, while my wife is upgrading to a Google Pixel 10, and both of our parents are also in the midst of…
Aspirational AI Utility
I've been reading Brave New Worlds. It's a book by Salman Khan, founder and CEO of Khan Academy, on how Generative AI will change the way students learn and teachers teach, leveraging tools like ChatGPT as…
CTO Confessions Podcast
So a few months back, the folks at IT Labs reached out to see whether I was game to go on their podcast, CTO Confessions. It's been a while since I've participated in a podcast/conference…
Strong Opinions, Strongly Held
The aphorism is "strong opinions, weakly held." Now, I've always been skeptical of what, on its face, is a contradiction. At best, it's useful as rhetorical insurance, allowing its claimant to avoid the consequences…
Selective Acquihiring
It was around 5 pm on a lazy weekday afternoon. I still remember peering out into the mostly empty parking lot, the bright Californian sun blunted with tinted glass in my tiny conference room, on the second floor of an…
