I’ve re-read a few books over time whenever I’m in a rut, some are timeless that can always give you that kick to realize what you need to focus on and get back into gear. The Dip by Seth Godin. 7 Habits by Steven Covey. The War of Art by Steven Pressfield. Steal Like and Artist by Austin Kleon. All great books, all small, all focused and to the point. If you haven’t read them,…
The Learner’s Journey starts with knowing nothing. Then they encounter some beginner’s luck and make something happen, possibly even get some praise. So they want to dig in and learn more, get better and stronger, focus more, learn more, maybe even become an expert. And then the hard part starts, they get stuck, they stumble, they realize their growth is plateauing and they need to adjust and twist more. Everyone goes through this, everyone -…
Conversations about Flow state raged for years – how to get there, how to always be in the zone, how to reduce your context switching so you could stay in it – blogs were built around this topic. AI is always in a state of Flow, it has no context switching, and if it does, it’s not showing up. So the next time you’re in a work call and everyone’s freaking out about AI, remind…
As much as you try to avoid it. Sometimes you need to investigate a problem line by line. Similar to when you’re trying to find the connecting electrical wire, you need to investigate each one, line by line. There will always be a need to diligently, logically, and carefully identify and walk through a problem. Line by Line doesn’t go away, it just evolves into the next line by line search.
AI is reshaping how we do our work. I was just at the age where I could apply the internet immediately to what I was doing when it took off. I started coding HTML and learning how to make things work, and from there went into JavaScript and many other lovely languages 🙂 My work wasn’t reshaped at that point; it just took on this “thing” called the “Internet”. But now I’m embedded, now I’ve…