Do Everything and Nothing Well

Your SAAS has a pocket knife problem. The Swiss Army knife works because it does a few things incredibly well. The blade cuts. The screwdriver turns. 🤯 For some reason, though, some of y'all looked at this and said "what if we added 32 toothpicks, a magnifying glass,…

AI Thought Leader Starter Pack

I knew this existed!!!!!!!!!!! Wonder if they sell these at the AI Conferences? AI Conferences: A Costume Party for People Who Can’t Spell GradientAI conferences seem to be nothing but costume parties where speakers dress up as data scientists but couldn’t tell you what a gradient is. They’…

AI Conferences: A Costume Party for People Who Can't Spell Gradient

AI conferences seem to be nothing but costume parties where speakers dress up as data scientists but couldn't tell you what a gradient is. They'll say tensor thinking its a setting on a blender and are responding to their lunch order. The speaker lineup is people…

From Prompt Engineer to Crayon Evangelist: A 48-Hour Journey

What if the next hype is eating crayons? LinkedIn Titles/Tags in 48 hours: 🖍️CRAYON-NATIVE ARCHITECT 🖍️CRAYON EATING EVANGELIST 🖍️STRATEGIC CRAYON CONSUMPTION ADVISOR "Most people are eating crayons wrong. Here's my 7-step framework." "Just mass-recruited 400 people who've been eating crayons since 2019.…

Meteorology Is Bullshit

Meteorology isn't astrology. Astrology is pattern-matching on vibes with zero feedback loop. Growing up, I never understood why there was a weather channel or weather section in the news. Why on earth does anyone care what the weather MIGHT be like? It either is or isn't,…

Thought Leadership Is Bullshit

I've decided to become a Thought Leader. First thing you do is start every post with "Unpopular opinion." Doesn't matter that 47,000 people posted the same take this week. That's what makes it unpopular. The popularity. Then you need a framework.…

No Membership Required

I'd rather be rejected for what I actually am than accepted for a performance I have to maintain forever. I'm not smooth. I don't want to be. I don't code-switch for boardrooms. I don't soften my opinions so they go…

I Missed The Bus.

And that's something I'll never ever ever do again. Kriss Kross. I dressed up as them, and walked to my friend's house for his Halloween party, circa 1992. Maybe 1993. Fourth or fifth grade, the years blur. I knew every lyric, and sang them…

All Hands On Deck For Nothing

There's a game I play in my head sometimes. Let's call it "The Hunt for Red October." Anxiety hits and I go full submarine warfare. Red alarms. All hands on deck. I'm running through every IF/ELSE statement in my brain like…

AI Certifications Are Bullshit

AI Certifications are the new fraud. I got one to prove it.I got certified in pencil sharpening last week. Twelve modules. Forty hours. There was a capstone project. I sharpened a pencil. It was a #2 pencil because, yah. I’m now a Certified Pencil Sharpening Professional (CPSP). Felt…