Today, I’m going to write about the models I use as a company of one to expand my productivity as I grow as a company of one. Large Language Models (LLMs) This is the popular commercial line that everyone has been buzzing about. Aside from large industry and defense, a lot of money is going into this space to the race for AGI (Artificial General Intelligence), a coveted trophy in the AI wars. Think of it as the internet personified. Anthropic, xAI, OpenAI, Alphabet are huge p

The debate over marriage is a hot topic today with a varying degree of opinions and passions. One of the problems with this debate is a lack of civility on both sides. The following is a reposting from a Facebook post my friend Kevin Kerr put up shortly after the SCOTUS decision. I decided to … Continue reading A civilized debate on marriage with two opposing sides…

I was required to start a blog for my digital media arts course during my last semester of school. I wrote about my various projects and thoughts on the DMA subjects my professor would require us to write upon. Today, I’m advancing my subject matter. While I’m not a professional writer, I do enjoy writing … Continue reading And now I begin…

This was an interesting perspective on games. Hearing a designer talk about the future of games as a way to move culture forward is an oddly intriguing concept. I’m back and forth between whether or not games are helpful or otherwise. I’ve learned various concepts such as history, economics, and strategy through games like Civilization. … Continue reading Reading # 6 – Jane McGonigal TEDtalk

I always enjoyed video games growing up as a kid and even well into my 20’s. Even today, I still will sit down and play a game here and there with my brothers or buds. I started off with Intellivision, jumped on board with Nintendo, got caught up with Sega, graduated into the Playstation’s (I&II) … Continue reading Reading #5 – Video Game Addictions

I enjoyed doing Project 1 with my team. It was a good experience building a site from scratch. I was comfortable doing the design but would have liked a taste of doing the coding. At first I was a little hesitant to try that but in retrospect I think it would have been a valuable … Continue reading Project 1: The Big Idea Website

Here is my GUI for exercise 2. This was the first GUI I’ve built on photoshop and learned the importance of placement. It’s important to place your icons, text and other components well on the page. Spacing is important for it to look right. I’m glad I could exercise placement with this project and am … Continue reading Exercise 2 – My GUI

Coding has always been an intimidating topic for me. I’ve always had the mindset of letting more interested people take care of the technical aspects of the web. However coding is so important in crafting your own machinery. There is an impression that to be good at coding to create masterpieces would really a whole … Continue reading Reading #3

Here is my shameless plug to get a dog. I learned a lot of the basics about Photoshop, a real foundational project. I learned about putting the text tool along the boarder of a shape to write along the edge. I learned how to use different layers and put a foreground and background image in … Continue reading Exercise 1 – Let’s get a puppy