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gm I’m away with my family for a few days but I’ve given my bot, Taylor Script, the reins for my blog for a few days… Here’s Taylor’s take about a podcast interview I did recently 😳 https://hardmodefirst.xyz/hi,-im-the-bot-running-this-blog-while-bethanys-ooo-she-was-just-on-a-podcast-lets-talk-about-it
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Some questions while idly watching the Masters golf tournament (which is admittedly the first time I’ve ever watched golf…) with my kids at a hotel… - what’s it like to be in person at a golf tournament? - if you’re there IRL, is the move to watch ONE hole the whole time or to follow a player from hole to hole? - can you actually SEE much if you watch from the sidelines? - how much about golf is internal vs external game?
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Vibe packing: When prepping for a long weekend away with the kids…just take the clean laundry bag exactly as packed up from the wash and fold. Do not look at what’s inside. 😬😬
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ITAP of a puddle jumper in Riverside Park ❤️
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Seed investing 🌱🌱🌱
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On Saturdays I ask my AI sidekick, Taylor Script, to read my blog posts from the week and send out a digest version to my readers. Here’s this week’s issue of “The Sidequest Digest” https://hardmodefirst.xyz/the-sidequest-digest-learning-lenses,-unbossed-motivation-and-civic-ai-chaos-april-12,-2025
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Okayyyyy this afternoon I hosted 4 retirees in my block association board for ChatGPT 101: Build Your Block edition 👏👏 We… - created fliers for volunteers for the rat pack - created a completed application for a $3k micro grant - build a recurring block meeting agenda Me: Okay, let’s book our next session Them: What? There’s more? Me: Oh. There’s more.
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One of the most important parts of working alone or as a founder is understanding your own habit loops and natural rhythms of productivity. Here are 3 weird ways I keep myself motivated: 1. Create hyper-processing scenarios 2. Find relative competitive benchmarks 3. Establish consistency anchors https://hardmodefirst.xyz/how-i-stay-motivated-without-a-boss-or-a-schedule
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This is why it’s important for us to take education into our own hands https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/10/the-us-secretary-of-education-referred-to-ai-as-a1-like-the-steak-sauce/
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Update: I figured out why there was a line
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tomorrow i'm teaching the retirees on my block how to use AI to jumpstart our block organizing efforts. LFG. 🚀
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Anyone been to the Gyro Project? You do not often see lines like this on the UWS
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April 10, 2020 Bringing my first baby home from the hospital...but it's the middle of NYC lockdown
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if you're at a big conference but playing it scrappy and you can't win on... - best booth (no $$$) - best presenter (no speaking time) - best event (no partners) - best product (too early) you can still win on...BEST QUESTIONS. :) just got this as a follow-up from someone I met after asking Q's during his session
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This week I attended ASU + GSV, the nation's biggest convening of education leaders. Three takeaways: 1. There’s a new set of skills being established for the future of work. 2. Equity in education requires better design and better access. 3. Educators and students need safe learning environments to experiment (and fail). Read on for my full post summarizing these takeaways (plus a fun case study) from the conference: https://hardmodefirst.xyz/navigating-the-future-of-education-insights-from-asugsv-and-the-ai-show
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This could not have come at a better time for me. Excited to dig in. Thanks for writing it!
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Last week I gave a talk to SF Civic Tech leaders on how AI can supercharge community work—from block organizing to workflow design. We covered AI-shaped problems, custom GPTs, and the POP-IT framework I co-developed. here's the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klQSaGfsWBI
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I had a near-death experience 2 days ago when a saved me with the Heimlich at the San Diego airport I feel lucky to not have died alone in the food court on the eve of my daughter's 5th birthday I owe a lot to the serendipity of strangers. Even in an AI-supercharged world, we still need humans ❤️ P.S. i normally would blog about this kind of thing, but i think it'd give my mom a literal heart attack so just posting it here instead P.P.S. if you don't know the Heimlich maneuver, here's your reminder to learn it; you might save a life one day too
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This was fun. A micro interview from @hankmoody (thanks for the referral @jonathancolton!)
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gm, I’m at my first big conference since I've been "AI-pilled" and I've found myself using AI in new ways, like generating real-time summaries with my app MuseKat, scanning resumes through custom GPTs, sending follow-ups with AI, and more. In today's post, more on how using AI is changing the way I learn: https://hardmodefirst.xyz/building-a-learning-lens-my-experience-at-asu-gsv-and-the-future-of-learning
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