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I am a music geek… and I loves me some Pink Floyd. David Gillmore is amazing, and their songs are well-produced and thought-provoking. One of my favorites is “Welcome to the Machine” which explores themes of disillusionment, alienation, and the dehumanizing effects of systems of power, particularly in the music industry. I also believe as…

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Let's Do The Time Warp Again

“Time Warp” is one of the most recognizable songs from “The Rocky Horror Picture Show.” It was created as a time filler for the stage play but has exploded in popularity and become a central part of audience participation during film screenings and live performances. It has the instructions to dance the lyrics: “It’s just…

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3 Ways I Like to Use Artificial Intelligence

I have a problem. “Hi… my name is Brian… and I am addicted to tabs.” I normally have four Chrome browser windows open with 20 to 30 tabs open in each—that's over 100 tabs. Granted, it's my main window and three clients' project work windows open, but I use all four windows all day long.…

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Superman vs The Boogeyman

I was listening to an interview about energy. One of the little-known facts about AI is that it requires power… Lots of POWER! A single query in a generative AI model may use as much energy as turning on a lightbulb for one hour. Generating two images with AI could use as much energy as…

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Seconds… Chance Interactions – [Best Of]

If you manage your own or other business websites, I imagine you are using Google Analytics or another data manager to explore the traffic to your website. The beauty of using Google Analytics is that you have a baseline to judge your traffic against other similar websites. I know this because I manage over 100…

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Keeping The Main Thing… The Main Thing!

How do you define success? Success is not measured like temperature with a static scale or counting system. It is an abstract system that is different for every person and business. With today's Attention Economy, you may think that likes and clicks are the most important metric. But I am here to tell you that…

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