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How AI in Creative Works Will Reshape Culture—Just Like Digital Music Did
The rise of AI in creative fields—whether writing, art, music, or film—is already causing a seismic shift, much like the digital music revolution did in the early 2000s. When Napster and file-sharing services burst onto the scene, they upended the music industry...
Reading Facebook Page and Group Posts with C#
Prompts: Is there an api that my program can use to monitor / read posts from a public page on facebook? Write me a c# example of both, please, that would build c# objects from the posts that meet a commont interface Response: Here’s a C# example that fetches posts...
PR Standards Automation
Prompt: In an Azure based project written in C# and using DevOps Repos for code and DevOps Pipelines for releases, is there a way to make sure pull requests pass standards tests in an automated fashion, including specifically "if a method's signature has parameters...
From Chaos to Clarity: Building a Scalable and Efficient Software Development Workflow
From Chaos to Clarity: Building a Scalable and Efficient Software Development Workflow Disclaimer: This is a working document that I’m developing as part of my leadership role to refine our software development workflow. It’s an evolving strategy that I’m actively...
Tending the Garden of Your Heart: Insights from the Parable of the Soils
Have you ever tried to plant something, only to realize your backyard is more rock quarry than garden? The parable of the soils, found in Mark 4:1-20 and also in Matthew 13 and Luke 8, is a bit like that—except instead of plants, it's about the seeds of faith in our...
Navigating Two-Hour Delays: A Midwest Superintendent’s Guide
Midwest winters are like a box of chocolates: you never know what you're going to get! One day, it's a gentle snowfall; the next, it's an ice rink, and sometimes it's a blizzard with sideways wind. For superintendents, deciding on a two-hour delay can feel like a...
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From Solo Sips to Shared Cups: Rethinking Communion and Community
This past Sunday in church, as I held my tiny plastic cup of juice and the world’s least flavorful wafer, I couldn’t help but wonder—was this communion or just a solo snack break? What’s meant to be a deeply communal act felt surprisingly individual. Looking around, I...
Manipulation vs. Persuasion: The Intent That Changes Everything
Influence is a powerful tool. It shapes decisions, changes minds, and moves people to action. But there’s a stark difference between persuasion and manipulation—and that difference comes down to intent. At their core, both involve guiding someone toward a choice. The...
The Blessing of an Invitation
There’s something deeply meaningful about being invited out. So often, I find myself in the role of the initiator—reaching out, planning, making sure time is set aside to enjoy relationships. And while I love doing that, there’s a special kind of blessing in being on...
The Hard Days of Convergence
There are moments in life when we look up and realize we’re on a completely different page from someone else—a client, a friend, a spouse, a coworker. And in that realization, a question rises: "How did we get here?" In hindsight, we can sometimes pinpoint moments...
The Power of Leverage: Balance, Force, and Influence
Leverage is one of the simplest yet most powerful principles in the world. It’s what allows a small push to send a child soaring on a teeter-totter. It’s the secret behind lifting heavy loads with just a little force, making the impossible suddenly manageable. When...
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Writing for the soul
Over the course of the past 2 years, I've written an entire 1 post here on my blog. This isn't to say I haven't been writing - I have notes everywhere - on post-its, on calendars, and on my iPad. I have been pieces of collaborative documents such as statements of...
I want to believe in myself and prove it.
I was doing a little thinking about goals and the QBQ's last night. Yeah, I'd like to built flexibility, lose 50 pounds, and gain some strength, but WHAT FOR? Yes, I'd like the results that come from that to help me compete in some sort of horse/cow event (really...
Deconstructing Faith – A Talk for Youth
February 22, 2020 Welcome / Intro Introduce myself Family Where we live - Eminence, 45 acre farm, woods, horses, ponds, and bomb shelters What we do - ride horses, softball, keep scorebooks, youth sponsors, etc. Big fan of Good Mythical Morning - ANY OTHER FANS HERE?...
February 21, 2020 – Teamwork
It's Friday. What a week it has been. We spent a large amount of time onboarding [redact]MIT Consulting[/redact] this week, and it's been a blur of a week. As I've come out of meetings throughout the week or poked my head out of the office, I've seen others on my team...
Gotta start somewhere.
Well, it's been a minute. Or a couple years. My journalling seems go go in fits. I started this month off rather strong in my handwritten journal, but the opportunity to write is primarily in the evenings before I head to bed, and writing by hand while laying in bed...