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The Ingredients of Taste
The word “taste” is peppered throughout all AI conversations, but few take the time to define it, and fewer show you how to refine it. This is my…
Nov 4
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October 2026
How Extreme an AI Transformation Are We Talking About?
One challenge in the AI-transformation debate is that people use the same word, “transformation,” to mean radically different things.
Oct 29
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Called It!
Using AI Classifiers to Score a Person’s Annual Predictions
Oct 28
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Grab Bag: Smart TV Liposuction Edition
While I love long-form writing, other times I want to share a bunch of things that caught my attention this week. Let’s see how this goes.
Oct 24
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The Playground Study, Visualized
“Don’t Tell Me What I Can’t Do!”
Oct 18
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It Pays to Procrastinate On Your Taxes (Thanks, Grok Bot!)
We’re supposed to frown on procrastination because it results in more stress and worse quality. AI flips that calculus in many situations, especially…
Oct 16
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Reading Business Books Like The Bible
In 2025, I “read” 3-5 books a week using an app called Blinkist.
Oct 4
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September 2026
“Written with AI” is the new “Sent from my iPhone”
“Sent from iPhone” at the bottom of every email was a genius move by Apple. Now we need “Written with AI”, but at the top of ALL content written by AI.
Sep 29
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Podcast: Forward Deployed Executives w/CTO Lunches
Short and sweet. I joined the CTO Lunches podcast to talk about forward deployed executives, AI as a guardrail on humans, and... banana water (organic…
Sep 28
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Grab Bag: Big Ass Slop Grenades Edition
While I love long-form writing, other times I want to share a bunch of things that caught my attention this week. Let’s see how this goes.
Sep 25
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Committing 20 Years to Community Building
Brad Feld (Techstars co-founder and VC) wrote two books on building and sustaining entrepreneurial ecosystems.
Sep 20
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MTTR: Mean Time to Reinvention
If you’ve ever hosted a production software application, you’ve probably heard the term “Mean Time to Recovery” or MTTR.
Sep 18
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