āThis is the last frontier of media - billions of people making high-end content.ā - Chris Valenzuela, Runway CEO Prompt engineers are movie producers now. Producing video content used to require access to equipment, and talent, and funding. Not anymore. Now, you don't need a movie studio, or a graphics budget, or any [...]
'The new workflow for me is I think with AI and work with my colleagues.' - Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft LLMs are changing fast. What worked well last week might be garbage to use today. If you're still using just one AI model for everything, it's like playing a round of golf with just [...]
š AI synthesizes information faster than you can learn it. Have you heard of Martec's Law? It's a comparison of rates of change. Organisations change slowly, and technology changes exponentially. This creates a capability gap, which eventually requires a reset of the organisation. š” What does exponential change mean? We can't keep up by using [...]
People feel life is meaningless when they donāt haveĀ goals,Ā rules, andĀ feedback. (These are the 3 attributes of games, according toĀ Dr Jason Fox, that I describe in-depth in my short ebookĀ Gamify Your Work.) Playing the game of life, and doing work that supports your lifestyle, is only made meaningful if we haveĀ goalsĀ to achieve,Ā rulesĀ for how to play, andĀ feedbackĀ on [...]
Create a pre-designed proposal template you can customise for every new client āCan you send me a proposal by the end of the day?ā When I started my first web design agency in 2010, this question forced me into upgrading my business. I had only made four websites at that time, and a new client [...]
Sell to the heart before trying to convince the mind On my third day stranded in the airport, I began to make bad decisions. The kids were hungry ā again. The healthy snacks my wife prepared had run out yesterday. The food choices near the gate looked appetising, despite the behaviour problems that we know [...]
ForĀ the World Domination Summit, I madeĀ an Unconventional Treasure Hunt at WDS 2014. It was a scavenger hunt of riddles throughout downtown Portland, each riddle leading toĀ clues hidden in small treasure chests throughout the city. MyĀ passion for treasure huntsĀ is pretty big. When I told the WDS Adventure Czar aboutĀ my idea, he thought it was bizarre and [...]
360-DISC is a series of 360Ė panoramas used as Digital Immersive Storytelling Capsules. Each DISC is an immersive digital experience, allowing the user to scroll in any direction to review the stories embedded in the panorama. Icons placed on objects in the panorama can launch text boxes, audio files, photos, or videos. Some videos can [...]