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17
Jan

A CMS for Keynote, Course Calendars, and Canvas

I love the creative process of designing my courses, lectures, and discussions, and I grieve at the drudgery of pre-semester
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08
Jan

We need more alignment on impact metrics

I love goal-aligned annual job reviews. Is that an unpopular opinion? Aspirationally, at least, the clarity is fortifying: The CEO
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06
Jan

Tech Utopianism as Dystopia

I am at a journalism AI conference this week and the opening keynote / provocation (my description) an R&D
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02
Jan

My calculator also had no comment

From Reuters today: Grok says safeguard lapses led to images of ‘minors in minimal clothing’ on X Jan 2 (Reuters)
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19
Dec

Talking about AI

Honestly, I lost count (twice) trying to count all the Nieman Lab predictions - but there seem to be 250
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19
Dec

Lies we tell ourselves

A fairly common discussion in journalism/adjacent circles on social media is: Media critic: With all of the disinformation and
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16
Dec

A few things I believe about journalism, business and tech (and yes, AI)

1. Trust and human authenticity are the last defensible moats available to knowledge creators. The internet and then mobile phones
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09
Dec

How to not predict the future without even trying

In between the writing of my NiemanLab prediction over Thanksgiving and the time it was published today, Meta announced this:
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24
Aug

He proclaimed "#16" and everyone nodded sagely

Starting my eighth year at Mizzou tomorrow, the second year of teaching from my textbook, and who knows how many
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14
Aug

A bridge too far for vibe coding

I developed a web app this week, despite a lack of qualifications. To be fair, it is a simple app:
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