It's a holiday week and I'm back to serve up some Good Reads and Food for Thought in case you need to do something other than doom scroll while you are hiding from your gatherings or coping with the turkey hangover. But, before you fire up that Thanksgiving recipe, you might want to double check it.
Let's dig in.
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This and That, Volume 10.
The last time I posted one of these was February 2024. (That cheery "until next week!" really meant "until...well...now.")
This and That used to be one of my favorite things to write here, then it was the only thing I published on the blog as I moved more inward, more unwilling to share long-form recaps of my life. But! I'm always reading, ...
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On AI-shortcuts and their impact on your brand.
Hi, it's me, back again with another cup of thoughts that bubbled over after seeing one of my favorite brands post a string of kind of insane-looking AI images and thinking to myself, "Please, god, why?????"
I know the siren song of AI image generation is powerful. Type a prompt, and poof! You have a “unique” illustration for your blog ...
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On AI and the future for women.
I promise, this isn't about to become a blog about how we need to kill LLMs with fire (that's something that I wouldn't necessarily mind, but I'm a realist). And the topic of AI is something that I'm somewhat reluctant to write about and that I definitely hadn't planned on revisiting this morning due to a very long To Do list and a dog that is ...
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On starting again (blog edition).
So! You ghosted your blog. Maybe for a month. Maybe for a year. Maybe for so long that your last post has cobwebs (it's me, hi, I'm the problem, it's meeeeeee).
Now you’re staring at a blank screen, equal parts guilt and panic, wondering if it’s even worth coming back. I know (sort of) why I stopped blogging, and over the years, there wasn't ...
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On AI and the future of work.
Sorry, but no. AI can't build your site for you in 15 Minutes. Not if you want it to work as hard as you do.
I get it, I get it! Everyone is obsessed with AI right now. Every other headline screams:
“Build a Website in 15 Minutes with AI!”“No Coding Needed—Just Let the Robots Do It!”“Say Goodbye to Web Designers Forever!”
And, of ...
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