Using AI to authenticate self. First Up for RUNEUAI

Bernie explains how the selfie avatar method works. It’s part of the RUNEUAI programme.

Smart Connections Helped Me Write This #RUNEUAI

So grateful for Brian Petro’s Smart Connections Community Plug-in for Obsidian.

Using Summertime to Dive into Smart Connections inside Obsidian

I toggle between Obsidian (using it several times a day) and Notion (publishing content for workshops). I am getting smarter with both. I’ve discovered I actually take better notes than ever because my copy of Obsidian uses Brian Petro’s Smart Connections. That community plug-in …

From Obsidian to Public Working Notes

I have a system that starts at Markdown, moves to public view, and then gets micropublished with [content from Bernie’s topgold blog](Quick Notes after AI Workshop). I’m sharing the process with people learning [TUSdx])tus.ie/courses/c…) and they’re reciprocating with …

Personal Knowledge Management in a Vault

I’m a big fan of personal knowledge management (PKM) and I have a dog-eared copy of Building a Second Brain as proof that I’m deep into the idea. I teach the fundamentals of keeping a vault on a laptop, syncing core materials to a handset, and maintaining a public view of a PKM online. …

Using Microsoft Copilot to scrape information

I’m currently experimenting with 1200 words that Microsoft Copilot scraped from some working material concerning “Personal Digital Transformation with AI Tools” and I’m going to simply paste the into my microblog content management system. Feel free to scroll on by as I …

Woz on Actual Intelligence

You got to love Woz for his deep understanding of how hype works compared to how actual software works.

Thinking about a cross-cultural learning oppportunity

During a series of hour-long Zoom calls with Filipe Santos, I discussed the complexities of Irish cultural identity and faith. I shared my personal experience of being Irish-American and how his grandmother’s values have shaped his understanding. We also discussed the importance of critical …

Six Main Points for My AI Students

I’m doing some spring cleaning of recent training sessions and believe I can best share my impressions of various GPTs by breaking down my thoughts into six major sessions. 1. **Setting Up Your AI Introduction to AI and its capabilities Necessary hardware and software requirements …

Learning about sales workflows

I teach clever people tools of digital transformation. It’s actually a two-way process because I learn from those students. For example, I’ve refined one of my workflows after reading Agata Krawiecka’s sales workflow. Agata has a sequence of essential processes. It’s a …

When AI Serves Quietly as my PA

I have enjoyed keeping AI in its place during this past semester. I also appreciate the functionality of Otter.ai in many facets of my daily digital slog.

Zoom Notes for Artists

I’m activating artists with social by offering four quick hits. It’s so important to capture creatives at work. Your intellectual property could easily be in your Moleskines. Your captures and your thoughts could make compelling Instagram content. Workflow. Make your work flow. I’m …

I have to work with a very restrictive tech admin policy with campus desktops and staff laptops. So it was very nice to see ObsidianMD installed its vault inside my laptop’s Document folder without any sort of IT Admin Permissions. Win! #ObsidianMD