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GenAI refused to recommend me books for Black History Month
Me: “what are some good books to read for black history month?” GenAI starts listing some books like it normally would, then…the response got erased and I was left with. GenAI: “Hmm…it looks like I can’t chat about this. Let’s try a different topic.” This was weird and disturbing. I had to double-check what I…
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Do you really think so little of yourself?
Do you really think so little of yourself that you can’t sacrifice an hour or two, 3-4 days a week, for yourself? Harsh. But sometimes that’s what we need to hear. The full version of this quote talks about how we give hours of ourselves to our jobs, our friends, and our family before we…
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Automating YouTube Keywords with VidIQ Score – Part 2
This video builds off of the previous part 1 video. We are starting with a list of AI generated keywords for a YouTube video. We will sort them based on their VidIQ score and pick the top 8. Previously we had to manually create the record for each keyword with its score. Now, we will…
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How I read 60 books in a year with S.M.A.R.T goal setting
Specific: Clearly define what you want to accomplish. Avoid vague descriptions. Print books. Read end-to-end. Measurable: Ensure you can track your progress and measure the outcome. 5 books a month. I tracked the books on my planning whiteboard and checked them off as I completed them. Achievable: Set realistic goals that are attainable given your…
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Most Overrated Music Acts
KISS – You wanted the worst; you got the worst. It’s KISS! These guys have a few decent mediumish-rock songs and that’s about it. There are metalheads whose opinion I respect who love KISS, but I just don’t get it. Everything about them is the opposite of what metal should be. Maybe if you were…
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Aspiring artists share one trait. They all think like amateurs. They have not yet turned pro.
“Aspiring artists share one trait. They all think like amateurs. They have not yet turned pro. The moment an artist turns pro is as epochal as the birth of his first child. With one stroke, everything changes.” Make 2025 the year that you turn pro in whatever your art may be. Take it seriously. Put…
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VidIQ Keyword Automation Part 1
Starting with a list of keywords, we sort them by their VidIQ scores and select the top 8. In the previous video ( • AI and Automation to add YouTube Vide… ), we asked GenAI to give us 6-8 tags. In this case, we ask for 30 potential keywords that we will whittle down to 8. We start with those keywords in cell A1.…
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Reading Recap: December 2024
Wrapping up December with five more book to reach an even 60 for the year. 🎉 🩹Made to Stick – Chip Heath and Dan Heath Why do we remember some ideas and why do we immediately forget others. This book covers techniques to create and examples of ideas that people will remember. 🏫Deschooling Society by…
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Suffering. Perspective. Gratitude.
How we suffer tends to adapt to our reality. If we become accustomed to first-class travel, we may suffer when sitting in coach. This isn’t something wrong with us, it’s human nature. We need to watch out for hedonic adaptation and choose our comforts wisely. It has been quite cold where I live this week.…
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AI and Automation to add YouTube Video Description and Keywords
Here is a short video showing how I leveraged AI and automation to reduce the amount of work I need to do to put out content. In this example I start with a text transcript of a video that I uploaded to YouTube. I ask generative AI to create a description and keywords, then run…