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28 days of No-Netflix
The thing that incessant streaming entertainment and social media erode is ‘presence’. My ability to be present has been crippled. Reading a book has become hard because my mind goes on so many tangents as I read. I used to blame bad writing but I’m not so sure any more. If I get anything out…
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Creating community profiles to target your repurposing efforts
My content repurposing workflow has 7 steps: Separate a piece of content into each of the core ideas it is composed of. Summarize the piece of content in about 300-500 words by focusing on one of the core ideas. This summary usually serves as the foundation for a newsletter like this one. Create a headline…
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ChatGPT Not Cooperating? Try Tipping it
A few days ago, Theia Vogel shared a Twitter thread about tipping ChatGPT. She found that offering a tip led to better responses. A $20 tip got better results than no tip, and a $200 tip was even better. https://twitter.com/voooooogel/status/1730726744314069190 In this case, ‘better’ meant a longer response. Theia’s justification here is that the additional…
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The Importance of Separating Fact from Opinion in Writing
In a recent conversation with David Perell1, investor Chamath Palihapitiya talked about his perspective on what makes good writing good. His argument was that good writing should make it clear when something is fact or opinion. The conversation touches on the importance of demarcating objectivity and subjectivity in writing. The value of being able to…
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The Creator Files Podcast Collaboration
We’re on a mission to figure out how to repurpose content with AI Last week, I did a super fun interview on the Creator Files podcast. We talked about how I got into building a product in the AI space and how I’ve been using generative AI over the last year and a half. We…