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Mar 26 • 🤔 Thinking about
Learning to Play with the Machines

Learning to Play with the Machines

In high school, I experimented with making music with an Akai sampler. I was fascinated by the endless ways to tweak audio and it felt revolutionary—much like AI does to me today. While I find AI exhilarating, I recognize that playing with it isn't as fun sounding to everyone.
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Mar 17 • 🤔 Thinking about
I Searched for Earthquake Info. Siri Sent Me to a Website Last Updated in 2019.

I Searched for Earthquake Info. Siri Sent Me to a Website Last Updated in 2019.

Tonight, I felt an earthquake and wanted to learn more about it. So, I opened Safari and searched for “Bay Area Earthquake.” Siri suggested a website with a seismic tracker that hadn't been updated in nearly six years.
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Mar 12 • 🌁 San Francisco
Tracking Accountability in the New SF Mayor’s Office

Tracking Accountability in the New SF Mayor’s Office

I reached out to the new San Francisco Mayor's Office to ask how I can monitor the progress of their initiatives. After all, “You can’t manage what you don’t measure.” I haven’t received a response yet, but if and when I do, I’ll share what I learn as I definitely intend to continue to followup.
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Feb 20 • 👀 Discovering
Building a Custom GPT for Developer-Ready Specs

Building a Custom GPT for Developer-Ready Specs

After reading Harper’s post on leveraging LLMs for brainstorming and generating actionable plans and specs, I decided to build a custom GPT using the prompts he outlined in step one.
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Feb 19 • 🤔 Thinking about
Why Gemini Getting its Own iOS App is a Sign of Product Maturity at Google

Why Gemini Getting its Own iOS App is a Sign of Product Maturity at Google

I recently received an email from Google announcing that Gemini now has its own dedicated iOS app—no longer bundled within the Google Search app. I see this app separation as a sign that Google is evolving and applying lessons from past missteps—a positive indicator for the future!
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