CHRISTMAS TREE KILLJOYS
It’s that time of year again when I search in vain for a real, live Christmas tree.
Christmas, Creativity, Malaysia
Creativity
critical thinking, economics, Social Discourse, technology, Writing Prompt
Collapsing Pyramids
Back in 2004, I started mining a bitcoin. Had I stayed with it, I might have made a few thousand dollars. Oh well. No regrets.
Creativity, Plan Accordingly, Social Discourse, technology
Today’s Gen AI is Yesterday’s DTP
In the late 1980s, a new type of software caught the public attention: Desktop Publishing (DTP). This is a good analogy for the current state of generative AI.
critical thinking, Social Discourse, society, Writing Prompt
A Sense of Wonder
I’m often judged as naïve because I refuse to be jaded. I actively look for beauty around me – natural and man-made.
Books, Dante, George Orwell, Politics, Social Discourse, society, Writing Prompt
Hopelessly Dystopian For You
I think when most people see this prompt, they immediately think of modern dystopian fiction. But those are tales of hope, of successfully rebelling against dystopia.
Books, critical thinking, Movies, Science Fiction, Social Discourse, society, Writing Prompt
The IKEA-ization of AI
Generic things. IKEA delivers generic things: There’s nothing more bookshelf than a Billy bookshelf. That’s the future of AI as it relates to the current popular uses.
critical thinking, education, Writing Prompt
Finding Humanity in the Digital
As a teacher and a student, I’ve experienced online learning from both sides. And I have thoughts about online courses.
Canada, Namibia, travel, Writing Prompt
Whose Bucket?
My bucket list now isn’t places I long to see, it’s places in Canada that I long to introduce my wife to.
Creativity, Deacon Carver, writer's life
Deacon Carver’s Disappearing Cats
As a story develops, plot points may become irrelevant, and disappear. Or they may become too difficult to keep. Sometimes, they have nine lives.
Movies, Social Discourse, society, Writing Prompt
Decades of Weirdness
Weird is subjective and transient and has a connotation of being disagreeable. I have a list of movies that would be on the weirder side, but most were enjoyable.