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  • Implications of AiPin and Oura Connectivity

    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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Is There A Difference Now for Social Computing Devices

    Context: Sitting in the usual cafe-office, looking at the devices on the table and recalling a friend’s mention about new wallpaper on their mobiles…sharing wallpapers is such a social thing. If this were the “social computing” setup, I wonder what the “sharing wallpaper” moments would be? In the … read more

  • Read the Terms of Service

    Was introduced to a new-to-me web service the other day. As with many, it was “Al” related. So I did my usual… I went to the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy to see what is going on behind the marketing. In this case, the TOS was not all that… good. So, took at look at … read more

  • How is Avanceé Using AI/ML Today

    The straightforward answer is there isn’t a daily use case which is centered around “productivity.” There are the near-invisible cases such as memo-writing based off of feedback from items which come to mind or recent conversations, but these don’t move the needle to what many have talked about … read more

  • Complications and Re-Engineering AL/ML Complexity

    A part of the work posted during some of the weekly “notable reads“ lives in the attention paid to augmented/artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML). Much of this is because this is a popular topic, and there’s much worth investigating behind the hype and ”transformative actions” at … read more

  • Why Origami?

    At a Bowie Baysox game, got a chance to have a table and engage with some folks around this initiative. It’s not necessarily the best place for talking about re-engineering complexity through coaching and consulting, but was an opportunity and a lot of lessons were learned. One of the more obscure … read more

  • Brilliant Labs’ Frame AI Glasses Initial Impression 👓

    As I arrived at the breakfast place, was a bit excited to share with a friend these new glasses. They were no different than the ones I usually wear in the way they looked, but they were definitely different in the way they acted. I took the glasses out of the case to put them on. Then turned on my … read more

  • Choosing Other Paths

    Why do we do what we do in the business of selling? From business cards, to networking events, to newsletters the products that are “just get your name out there,” and etc., why do we do what we do? Are we doing it because it’s a template that affirms and establishes trust to those people that we … read more

  • Being Attentive

    If you’ve got an iPhone/iPad, and you go into Settings; then down to Safari; then down to Advanced, you’ll see this menu called Website Data… That’s like a temp-ish storage area for the sites you’ve visited, and many you haven’t but have some presence on your device. Now, you can go thru those one … read more

  • Avanceé Reads for 12 July 24 🔗

    Took a little bit of time off to just let the mind rest and retool for a few upcoming items. Looking forward to the last half of 2024, especially as a relates to several new connections. Also published: Updates to the Maverick Everysight Dev Edition Experiment AI As Accessibility Tooling read more

  • AI As Accessibility Tooling

    Do you need AI, or just a better memory? In some past engagements, one of the superpowers exercised has been that of relational-associative memory. Specifically, the power to remember the threads between decisions, even having some assets to remind others of those decisions. When one looks at the … read more

  • Updates to the Everysight Maverick Experiment

    The Everysight Maverick Developer Edition is a pair of augmented reality/heads up display (HUD) glasses, which were released in order to help the company establish a solid foundation with developers before commercial releases would happen. We purchased these in anticipation of understanding the … read more

  • Avanceé Articles in 2024 So Far

    Theres a lot published in the way of articles and opinions. So, it makes good sense to give a breather to recap what’s been put forth. Jan 2024 Been A Long Time Since Concepts Always Refining the Contact Points Feb 2024 If At First You Don’t Succeed Reshaping a Definition of UX Vision Pro (Demo) … read more