How to Build Your Own Web App in Five Easy Steps
Setting up GitHub and choosing your AI-enabled coding toolset I can’t code my way out of a wet paper bag. I’ve tried. I’ve lived through the eras of Perl, Ja...
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AI Tools & Workflows
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I Made a Chrome Extension!
And You Can Too. For free. And it's not hard at all. Towards the end of last year, I had this crazy idea to automate finding and storing articles I think are...
We Need to Teach AI Differently
We can’t teach AI the way we taught Windows; the old models just don’t apply. I think a lot about how to teach technology to people. I’ve been doing it for o...
Why You Need an “Heir and a Spare” for Your AI Toolkit
It's not convenient, but it is necessary. I was listening to a Wall Street Journal tech update podcast, and they were talking about the increasing cost of co...
I Hate Giving AI Lectures
But I Love Doing AI Workshops > Get on the waitlist to attend the first sessions of Basecamp Canada! I’ve been teaching technology for over fifteen years. Fr...
We’re All Just Making This Up As We Go Along
And that’s not just a good thing, that’s the point I kneecapped my Claude Writing Project about thirty minutes after I gave it an “upgrade.” Here’s what happ...
Basecamp Canada Launched! Practical AI Training Without Fluff or Hype
Three things I want you to know and stuff I'm still building I’ve been quiet for a bit. A lot going on, like being heads down building a lot of AI training m...
Announcing My First Hands-on AI Workshop
I am extremely excited to announce the official launch of my hands-on AI for Content Marketers Workshop. This workshop was born out of the work I did develop...
Vibe coding games isn’t frivolous, it’s essential
Learning by doing to see what’s possible I started “vibe coding” before I even knew the term. My first foray was moving multivariate stats analysis of podcas...
Solving My Problems First
If you want to really understand what AI can do, you have to do it for yourself first. No, this post isn’t about me working through mental/emotional baggage...
Are you a carriage maker or a car dealer?
Henry Ford showed the world how to make things, now AI is unmaking them One of the themes I talked about in my post about the state of finding and hiring for...
Hiring today is like playing darts blindfolded
Do we even know what we’re aiming at? Right now I’m on the “looking for work” side of the job market table, but I’ve been on the other side too. I’ve hired p...
Why You Need Me to Write for You
I'm just going to put this out there, I see a lot of people looking for a copywriter/content marketer/word wizard to boost/start/lead their content marketing...
The Secret to Success is Reinvention
I gave a career day talk at Imagine High, the local arts and technology high school here in Chilliwack. This is the kind of school where the kids who don't f...
Generative AI today makes me think it’s 1997 all over again
Websites were a dog’s breakfast back then, but they had to be to get here now Update March 26: Long-time colleague Richard MacManus wrote on Cybercultural ab...
Mark Evans on the rise of fractional CMO, LinkedIn, and storytelling
Episode 11 Show Notes This week I'm chatting with Mark Evans, a former journalist turned fractional CMO. Mark and I riff on what it means to be a fractional...
My Ink Stained Fingers Episode 10: Tod Maffin Radio to Marketing to Radio and Back
This week my guest is Tod Maffin (LinkedIn) who I met while he was at the CBC, which came after doing a stint in Marketing, which was preceded by radio journ...
Episode 9 Show Notes: Jordan Behan on Repurposing Content
This week I’m talking with my friend Jordan Behan of Narrate Creative about content, productizing services, and when you should think about outsourcing parts...
My Ink Stained Fingers Episode 8 Show Notes: Sheldon Levine and the data that fuels content
Social media is a strange business. You know people for years, but only as a round picture in your browser. Sheldon Levine and I have known each other since...
My Ink Stained Fingers Episode 7 Show Notes: Mind mapping and writing. Almost as good as chocolate and peanut butter
I was really excited to finally get a chance to chat with Chuck Frey. We’ve been in each other’s orbits for probably a decade, but we haven’t actually spoken...
My Ink Stained Fingers Episode 6 Show Notes: Brett Terpstra and creating tools for writers
Ever have those fan boy/fan girl moments where you get to talk with someone who you’ve admired for years? Yeah that was this episode. I got to talk with none...
Planning Your Content with a Content Calendar (Free Downloadable Template)
Use a content calendar to amp up your content marketing strategy Photo by rawpixel on Unsplash I have been writing a good bit about, well, writing and creati...
Monday Tip: Easy Outlines with Mind Maps
Having even a half decent, mostly complete outline is better than nothing Remember back in high school when you had to write your first term paper? After all...
If You Write Every Day, You Will Write Crap
Photo by Glenn Carstens-Peters on Unsplash Not all the time, but it will happen. And it’s okay. One of the best pieces of advice experienced writers give new...
5 Essential Power Tools for Better Blogging and Writing
Photo by rawpixel on Unsplash And a few extra tools and tips thrown in for good measure When I wrote my post about creating an ebook in a weekend, I glossed...
So, this is Gutenberg
Photo by Hannes Wolf on Unsplash I used to be right there testing beta versions of WordPress. Even on this, my live, production site. I've been out of that h...
Monday Tip: Make Email Suck Less
SaneBox and Spark bring me close to email nerdvana Yes, yes Slack is awesome. Basecamp is killer and I love Asana. All of these tools are designed to reduce...
In Defense of a Diverse Reading List
I can’t tell you what sources I read, that’s not how it works Photo by Claudia on Unsplash One of the secrets to being a professional blogger (aka Content Ma...
Sometimes simple is better than complicated
Stripping something down to the basics highlights skill and technique \[video width="852" height="480" mp4="https://media.trishussey.com/sim...
What Did You Create When You Were A Kid?
I created worlds of adventures, my daughter creates entire houses “A Great figurine from Guardians of The Galaxy and cactus plants sitting on a desk at Four...
Is new and shiny enough to change things?
Does it matter if it isn’t? Photo by Gary Ullah. Lots of folks are talking about Mastodon, yes myself included, and over the past 24 hours I’ve seen more tha...
Mastodon isn’t the end of Twitter, it’s the begining
Remember needing several email accounts back in the day? If you thought Twitter droppings were bad… Yes, like all my geeky tech brethren I’ve opened a Mastod...