Originally posted this in the Humane Discord; lightly edited and expanded thoughts here. Been seeing some commentary on the NYT piece about chatbots/AI doing better diagnoses than doctors, and my mind went back to a prev convo (in the Humane Discord) on the AiPin being able to connect to the Oura … read more

Arguably, most of what has transpired over the past weeks as shaken some folks and empowered others. There is a matter of expertise that’s been questioned, for various reasons. It’s going to be interesting to see how we make new connections out of these renewed pieces of tension. read more

Found a bit of a means to refocus this initiative this week. Still working on some connectedness. But, the shape of things here has found something calmer and more focused. And this might be what’s needed given what’s on the horizon. Also published: Prescription Lens Judgement Sounding Board read more

“Can we talk to you about… we are exploring this thing and not sure which path we should take. There’s what we know which is… And there’s a lot that we don’t know. How do you think we should approach this? What steps would you take in our shoes?” For some of the conversations since starting the … read more

If I do prescription lenses into the Brilliant Labs Frame, does this mean that the experiment to see if these could replace (or augment) prescription lenses is a failure? Is just considering prescription lenses a judgement of a failed experiment? ——— Saw a few renewed takes on Meta’s Orion and … read more

Spent a piece of the week contemplating the acceleration of noise to connected spaces, while noticing the deacceleration in admonishing artifacts that seem to be more humane. We’re going into a season of Thanksgiving without much thanks it seems. read more

Seems like: the best kind of advocacy is folks seeing you do what you are advocating about. Not merely practicing what you preach, but embodying it. read more

Had a great convo with the current maintainer behind Muse this week. Amongst the insightful things shared, we talked a good bit about a gradient of software which ranges from meditative/contemplative on one end (where Muse is) to that which is more productivity and collaboration-oriented on the … read more

continued thoughts from the previously posted Refining the Contact Points One of the ways am using the Humane AiPin is in the form of a networking assistant. For several events, have used the AiPin to make a note of contacts by copying the business card into its notes and then adding notes as … read more

Making connections is decent, have been told. But showing you why those connections are the answers to the questions you haven’t been asking is the bit where Avanceé’s value to you is most unlocked. We can do the part of discovering that together, or you can take a chance with a future state that … read more

The fragility in the connections between our wellness and our evolving productivity has been a connective thread in the reads this week. Whether folks are resilient enough, or have built the structures to be more resilient in the face of trauma and change is another thread to this. Also published: … read more

There’s something of a running joke in tech-corporate settings where there’s this bastardizing of the terminology of a new tool or method which breaks forth. It’s really bad, and wouldn’t be as funny if it weren’t true. Now, there are several reasons for this, part of it having to do with the way we … read more

The closing of the month and changing season sure seems to have brought out every kind of thing. No industry or community seems to be spared from revelations about almost anything. More than how we respond to these, will be how we connect the dots between these ite,a now, and what’s come before. … read more

sharing from my AiPin journal an item which has been a part of “what can the AiPin do better” stream of thoughts Thinking about the survey from the other day, and some of the other convos, I’m back to chewing on “what about email do I want from the AiPin?” A further reflection refined from a piece … read more

For those new to Avanceé, each week we post a snapshot of notable reads on a whiteboard/infinite canvas. These are items which have stood out or contributed to various projects and discussions. And compared to many who share their weekly reads, we don’t want your email address in order for you to … read more

A few conversations recently brought back to the surface an older topic: is a website really needed? To be frank, am speaking of persons who are not selling products but are offering a service, or displaying a competency so that they can be utilized for some type of knowledge expertise. What is the … read more

The “work” in between working with you is making connections between what you see, and what isn’t seen. Everything threads. Also published: Conceptualizarion as a Superpower read more

Read more on how this was used read more

For a little more than a decade, taught a number of “corporate education” courses with the intention of helping to raise the floor of internal teams as it related to content management and data analytics. One of the more surprising bits of information learned across the years of doing this was a … read more

”…the issue with complexity: it is unsustainable without effort.” - Farnham Street Also published: Incompatible with Current Working Behaviors read more