• Sounding Board

    “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

  • Prescription Lens Judgement

    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

  • Avanceé Reads for 1 Nov 24 🔗

    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

  • Avanceé Reads for 25 Oct 24 🔗

    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

  • Avanceé Reads for 18 Oct 24 🔗

    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

  • Responsive Communication

    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

  • Avanceé Reads for 11 Oct 24 🔗

    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

  • Avanceé Reads for 4 Oct 24 🔗

    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

  • How to AI

    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

  • Avanceé Reads for 27 Sept 24 🔗

    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

  • Notes from Humane AiPin Use

    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

  • Avanceé Reads for 20 Sept 24 🔗

    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

  • Are Websites Still Needed

    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

  • Avanceé Reads for 13 Sept 24 🔗

    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

  • Collaborative Notebook for Hands-On Workshop

    Read more on how this was used read more

  • Conceptualization as a Superpower

    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

  • Avanceé Reads for 6 Sept 24 🔗

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

  • Thought: Incompatible with Current Working Behaviors

    One of the threads connecting our research with sales/opportunities is a framework where this work is based on a different approach to screens and input than most are accustomed. Utilizing a mobile and tablet for the better part of 15 -20 years as a primary computer is something of an alternate … read more

  • Avancee Reads for 30 Aug 24 🔗

    Had a thought this week. A potential tweak to this initiative: What if your vision had a concierge? Some kind of guide to the future you envision - but they aren’t taking you there. They are merely informed-enough of the possibilities and then you could “rub the bottle” for that insight to be … read more

  • Avanceé Reads for 23 Aug 24 🤧 🤒

    Got knocked down by something today. Hit so fast Oura didn’t even catch it. Speed… speed to connecting to relevant data is key to a lot of this. That’s not artificial intelligence, just values and priorities. Also published: Read the Terms of Service Is There A Difference Now for Social Computing … read more