A.I.
The 80-hour reality check: What actually happens when you build with AI
Everyone's talking about AI magic, but what's the messy reality behind actually building something? Here's my 6-week journey through format fails, bad vibes coding, and the breakthrough moments that made it all worth it.
Learning & Workshops
Yale's Bad Bunny course reveals the future of learning
Pop culture becomes the doorway, not the destination. When you're vibing to the rhythm but absorbing something deeper.
Learning & Workshops
Why great event design doesn't need to be complicated
Simple conversation cards and a glass of milk turned a networking event into an adventure worth remembering.
Learning & Workshops
MSCHF's secret weapon isn't what you think
The viral collective behind Satan Shoes has something unexpected: a curriculum that turns everyone into creators.
Learning & Workshops
What Hot Ones, Masterclass, and Liquid Death have in common
They all won by breaking the rules of format. The best formats feel obvious after the fact, but they're hard to get right.
Learning, Education & Growth
“Imagine if we taught baseball the way we teach science…"
Why are so many people disengaged in classrooms and workplaces - places where they've often invested so much of themselves?
Entrepreneurial Endeavours
Deep in the hole at SXSW
“Even now, no one’s willing to talk about failure”.
I heard this from a few people at SXSW this
NYC
Monday night storytelling
You know that event you kept meaning to go to, then realise it’s 4 years later and you’ve
Learning & Workshops
6 ways to reimagine a conference panel session
A few weeks ago I spoke at a conference on how emerging tech - especially AI - will impact live
Learning, Education & Growth
From 100 Days to Lifelong Skills: How to Spark Engagement in Online Learning
10 Lessons from Replit’s “100 Days of Code" and Beyond
Learning & Workshops
How to fix the conference Q&A segment
Live events are back. Conferences, summits, conventions, festivals. All hail human interactions! Fresh ideas! A variety of salted snacks!
But
Learning & Workshops
Did you lose them? Or confuse them?
Lose. Confuse. These are common problems when we’re sharing our work and ideas. It’s worth being aware of
Best of...
I struggle horribly as a student. So I rebuilt the class. Here's how.
I had a horrible experience in a class recently. So I tried to figure out why - and what I could do to remedy it.
Learning & Workshops
Why conference Q&A segments kill the experience
Live events are back. Conferences, summits, conventions, festivals. All hail human interactions! Fresh ideas! A variety of salted snacks!
But
Storytelling
Live at CMX Summit 2021
Here's the recording of the workshop I ran on storytelling at CMX Summit
[https://cmxhub.com/summit/] a
Learning & Workshops
8 shifts in the future of learning & education
Over the past few weeks (ok, months) I’ve been working on a big article on how
fitness and learning
Learning, Education & Growth
Thoughts on How and Why to start a Cohort Based Course in 2021
A couple of weeks ago I attended a session on app-du-jour Clubhouse. It was
entitled “How and Why to start
Popular
18 elements of the Zoom revolution (remix)
In the latest instalment of his ‘Akimbo’ podcast, Seth Godin switched it up.
On the surface, nothing was different.
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