Reading Time: 2 min It’s getting harder and harder to determine if something is a scam, particularly on the internet or over the phone, and your best bet is to just assume it is. In his book “Excellent Advice for Living“, author Kevin Kelly puts it this way: Assume anyone asking for your account information for any reason is […]
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AI on a blog
Reading Time: 3 min One of the areas of AI that I’ve very interested in is using it to comb through my own information. I’ve used it a bit with my Obsidian notes, and more tools like that are coming out all the time. While I’m using that for personal use, what if I could give you access to […]
The lock icon in your browser is going away because people don’t understand what it means
Reading Time: 2 min Web browsers have had the padlock icon next to the website addresses for years to show that the site has an SSL certificate and that your data is protected between you and that website. For years it was mostly just ecommerce that had that, but in 2017 Google started pushing all sites to use SSL. […]
Don’t freak out about AI just yet
Reading Time: 3 min I’ve shared a few times on here some concerns I have with AI. There are good things coming, but probably some bad things too. You’d be wise to spend time with AI tools and start learning how they work, but it’s not time to freak out over it yet. Napster Back in 1999, the record […]
Using ninety.io with Traction
Reading Time: 2 min I’ve mentioned a few times in the past how we use the EOS / Traction model at GreenMellen. If you’re not familiar with it, it’s a way to organize and manage your business (with “EOS” standing for “Entrepreneural Operating System”) and the book “Traction” is a great place to start. Funny enough, my main post […]
My 486 wasn’t powerful enough, and neither is AI
Reading Time: 3 min Back in the mid-90’s, I worked for a few years at Electronics Boutique, a software and video game store. It was great! It was a fascinating time in the world of video games, going from systems like the Super Nintendo and Sega Genesis, through failures like the 3DO and Virtual Boy, into the next generation […]
As automation speeds up, relationships will reign
Reading Time: 2 min I recently shared a glimpse into the “bad side of AI“, where I’m starting to get some automated comments on social media and it’s likely to get much worse. The side I fear a bit more is the coming glut of AI-personalized email spam, at huge scale. Microsoft has unveiled Viva Sales and Salesforce announced […]
Powerful systems that work come from simple systems that worked
Reading Time: < 1 min Nearly 14 years in, our process for building websites and digital marketing strategies is pretty fantastic. The outcomes, both visually and financially, are a winner for everyone involved. 14 years ago the process wasn’t nearly as strong or detailed, but it worked, and helped lead us to where we are today. In his book “The […]
Generative AI is better for input than for output
Reading Time: < 1 min AI is all the rage these days, particularly “generative AI”, or AI that can create new content. This could be new text output, new images, or even new videos. The power is amazing, but I see two very different sides to it. Input I love the thought of how IA can help with input. I […]
It only takes five seconds to clone your voice
Reading Time: 2 min I remember watching a video last year where some software was able to listen to a recording of a voice for a few minutes and then mimic it with amazing accuracy. Since then, the tools have become more and more powerful and a typical voice model can now be trained on just five seconds of […]