Jaime!

Greetings, my friend. Great big hugs from Nebraska.

Your presence lights up the class, and I could not be more grateful to have you. Even when you use class time to do other things... 🙂

Greetings Gale!

Your story made my day. Thank you. This is all about making our own sky, so we can get back to doing what we do best.

I welcome all of you reading this into my class. The doors are open for you, Gale, and anyone else who wants to come in. If you're curious, come take a look.

It's time we all had an opportunity to sweep clean ways that don't work, and fill them with sunshine.

I love AI for all the wonderful things it can do with systems and building. I've learned much from my son, who is an AI miracle man, but there's so much more I can do to "get back to world building." I'm reminded of a short memory that is apropos (I'll share it at the end, for any who are interested).

I would love to enroll in your NoBSAI course! Do you still have room for WITS folks?

Thanks again, -- Gale

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A memory of my sculptor ex-husband:

He carved wax patterns, pressed them into damp sand, and poured in cement to make the wall pieces he sold. One design—a stagecoach crossing the desert—always stopped short of the sky. Every time, he had to shape the clouds by hand in the sand.

I used to ask why he didn’t just build the sky into the original. More work once, less work forever.

I think about that now when I avoid building better systems—when I do things the hard way, again and again, instead of letting tools like AI carry the weight.

Today, I started making my own sky.

Oh, this was awesome.
Course, how else would it go, right?

Looking forward to class...um,...today!

Okay, actually, I'm writing this while you're teaching.
SORRY.
(...but not.)

Love you to pieces and look forward to learning more about AI, so I can stop feeling paranoid.

Greetings Michelle!

I'm happy you like the post! Starting a newsletter isn't easy, but it has allowed me to truly engage my audience in my world. Rather than being another thing on my to do list, I think of it as a part of an ecosystem.

If you need a helpful nudge, I'm in!

Thanks for commenting, Michelle.

Hi Terry!

Thank you for bringing up the point about the environmental strain. It's an important topic, and one that I am keeping an eye on. I tend to put my resources into companies who are doing the right thing: researching less resource intensive alternatives.

Good on you for putting more money into human pockets! And for finding ways to make it work for you.

Thanks for writing in!

Hi Denise!

You're not alone. You have every right to make that decision.

I'm so happy you found a way that works for you. That's what it's all about. Thanks for writing in!

Hi Debbie!

You are so right, not all AI companies are trustworthy. I did a lot of research to find a company that in my opinion, is doing the right thing. And that's who gets my money.

Thank you for writing in, Debbie!

Hi Jenny!

That's where I'm at! I've been an entrepreneur for many years, and sometimes it seems the admin work takes too much priority. One of my biggest frustrations has been seeing my creative side die on the vine because I have more copy-paste-push this button-no that button stuff to do. Every admin task I get rid of is more time for worldbuilding!

Thanks for commenting Jenny. 🙂