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Echos of Magic Wand
Years ago, when looking for new markets to explore, a friend presented a problem with his dealings with e-commerce administration and the resulting logistical, inventory, and the advertising activities. This was at time I was trying to figure out a number of things, some of which eventually became Avanceé. Came up with a really solid concept, and even partnered with some folks to find investors. But sadly, nothing happened of Magic Wand. Continue reading →
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Repair Assistants As the Better Wearable Acceptance Route
Between the newly announced iFixIt Bot and this inventive use case of a HUD for assembling IKEA products, one could imagine a nearly interesting scenario where a wearable/interface which provokes one to be less wasteful being a easier route for this tech’s acceptance than the translation, media consumption, and notification triage routes. A problem with wearables, for the non-techie, is that they don’t seem to solve a low-enough hanging fruit. Sure, being a memory aide is not a problem. Continue reading →
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Credits, Credentials, and Certificates
One of the consistent conversations this year has been aronud the value of “AI certifications.” Let’s be straight, we aren’t fans of certifications for most of these efforts. There is largely no insurance-type or union-type organization behind many of these, nor the history which backs the reputation a traditional certification would infer. And yet, they are here, so how do we navigate certifications? Should they be given credit for something/anything? Or, are the credentials something yet to be built, and the certification points to the building blocks of a reputation which can be built? Continue reading →
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Replacing Wipers and Wearable Tech Characteristics
Had this moment earlier today when I was replacing auto wiper blades and had the “would it be cool if my glasses could point to me the steps and the {hidden} button to get these off and the new ones on there?” The replacement blades had a QR code on there, obviously pointing to the reality of one carrying a camera-equipped, internet-connected mobile. But, isn’t this where connected glasses are supposed to be a better use case? Continue reading →
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Who Should Own the AI in Your Org
Am just getting out of a excellent networking chat and was presented with probably the most fun question to date about artificial intelligence (AI) in orgs: who should own the AI in the org? It is such a marvelous question because there such nuance to the answer. Many people see an entire service like Perplexity or ChatGPT and think that’s what meant. Others see the data which trains models as the same as the systems (agents, workflows, etc) built on top of them as the answer. Continue reading →
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Paying Attention to LLM (AI) Gaps
“So what’s been going on here,” you might ask. Having missed our weekly roundup (don’t worry, it’s back in a few days), there’s a bit of fun which we’ve been paying attention to in respect to “advancing tech operations.” One of those has been the continued push and usefulness of LLMs for smaller tasks. Not specifically the agentic stuff you might have been reading about, but smaller, focused items which augment our thinking and processing abilities. Continue reading →
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On AI Tools and Focus
One of the tools talked about during this month’s Sales Effectiveness Roundtable (Central Maryland Chamber) was the use of AI/LLMs to do some of the work of qualifying connections and business research. And while doing a “search” is normative, it’s more impressive when you can dive into analysis models which go a bit deeper to focus contexts for connections. One of the tools (when am on the Avanceé Agency R&D device) is a web browser called Dia (The Browser Company, Atlassian). Continue reading →
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Thoughts About Meta Connect’s 👓 Product Announcements
Shared this on a few other spaces, so it made sense to also note here. Pasted without much of an edit. excellent updates to the Meta-RayBans from a specs end. These have been a sneaky buy for many. the two Oakley models are solid. The HSTN remind me of the exact use case my Snap Spectacles have served for years the Oakley Meta Vanguard will make some run/hike/bike shops step up their game in terms of selling connected 👓 and the Garmin/Strava integration is 🤌🏽 I’d love to see bike computer head units connect directly to the Vanguard 👓 The Meta RayBan Display 👓 def stole the show. Continue reading →
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On Small Experiments
Was listening to a book review from one of our partners earlier and they mentioned a book which focused on adding small experiments into one’s life to help break down larger tasks, or remove the barriers causing procrastination so one can discover some other aspects to their processes, work, and/or life. This reminded of the consistent practice here of doing lots of research and experiments around physical-connected devices and spaces with a goal of looking at the ripples of identity, experience design, and social interactions. Continue reading →
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Next Up
We try not to make too much about the metrics/statistics of this effort. A good deal of what this initiative is about has to do with taking the diverse and innovative, mental, connective tissue of one person and turning it into exploitable opportunities for others. This tends to dissuade folks who may be looking at this effort as some kind of evidence of other artifacts or evidence of being able to be used for something else. Continue reading →
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