Month: January 2023

  • Mind Readings: Adobe Podcast Review

    Summary In today's episode, I review Adobe Podcast's AI audio cleanup tool by testing it across four challenging recording scenarios inside a vehicle. Here's what this means for you. You gain a powerful way to transform poor-quality spoken-word audio into studio-grade sound, which is especially valuable for podcasters working with remote guests or imperfect setups.…

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  • Almost Timely News, January 8, 2023: Best Practices and Recipes

    Almost Timely News: Best Practices and Recipes (2023-01-08) :: View in Browser Get This 👉 Download the 12 Days of Data Book, a new eBook looking at the data that made 2022 » Watch This Newsletter On YouTube 📺 Click here for the video 📺 version of this newsletter on YouTube » Click here for…

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  • Mind Readings: Be Ruthlessly Efficient With Your Time

    In today’s episode, we talked about being more efficient and ruthlessly efficient with your time. We discussed setting time boundaries and enforcing them, making use of small time slices throughout the day, and reducing the time spent on activities that don’t help you reach your goals. Lastly, we recommended being assertive with those who waste…

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  • So What? How to do prompt engineering

    Summary In today's episode, I walk through how to approach prompt engineering for AI tools like ChatGPT and Stable Diffusion with practical examples and live demos. Here's what this means for you. You'll discover that specificity and structured thinking transform vague AI outputs into reliable, repeatable results you can actually use in your marketing and…

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  • Mind Readings: Be Ruthlessly Efficient With Your Time

    Summary In today's episode, I walk through how to be ruthlessly efficient with your time, sharing a story about a meeting where small talk and introductions ate up ten minutes of a 25-minute call. Here's what this means for you. You'll learn how to protect your time, use small pockets of it productively, and stop…

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  • Mind Readings: How Do We Know Content Is Made By A Human?

    It is difficult to tell if a piece of content is generated by a human or a machine. To know if a piece of content is generated by a human, look for markers within the text itself, like typos, and grammatical oddities. Machines generate text that is usually mechanically perfect and lacks the imperfections of…

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  • You Ask, I Answer: Why is ChatGPT All The Rage?

    Donna asks, “So why is ChatGPT all the rage now?” Chat GPT is popular because it is an easy-to-use interface for the GPT-3 language model. It allows people to easily interact with the model, ask it questions, and give it tasks. It has opened people’s eyes to the capabilities of large language models, as it…

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  • You Ask, I Answer: Why is ChatGPT All The Rage?

    Summary In today's episode, I break down why ChatGPT suddenly captured the world's attention and what you should try next to get real value from it. Here's what this means for you. The same powerful AI model that lived behind a technical playground for years finally became useful to everyone once it wore a familiar…

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  • My Three Words for 2023

    One of my favorite exercises that I’ve performed every year since he first introduced it is Chris Brogan’s Three Words. Rather than create resolutions which are difficult to keep, the three words exercise puts together three words that form your mantra for the coming year. My twist on it is to restrict it to just…

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  • Mind Readings: Cheap Lighting

    In today’s episode, we talked about the misconception that cheap lighting equals cheap content. While it may be true that there is a certain minimum level of quality that indicates you have invested at least a little something, it’s not much when it comes to lighting. With a few thrift store lamps and some experimentation,…

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