• AI

    My AI Journey

    / May 27, 2025

    AI Was… Something

    August 2020
    Began using AI in products like Topaz Sharpen AI, Gigapixel AI, Denoise AI, etc.
    June 2022
    Began hearing about LLMs.
    December 2022
    Experienced AI music backing track generation in the Spark 40 guitar amplifier software.

    Early Days: Discovery & Wonder

    December 2022
    Began using ChatGPT. This was my first exposure to LLM-based “AI” as we know it today.

    It didn’t take long to realize the importance of having a conversation — of not giving up after the first response. My early use-cases were general knowledge inquiries and poetry generation. It was silly, but it was useful.

    My son and I spent a lot of time talking to ChatGPT on the way to his school each day. “How long ago were dinosaurs around?… [answered]… oh, cool! Why aren’t they around anymore?”

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  • Tech Tips

    Improved Keyboard Maestro Palettes

    / May 18, 2025

    Using some simple emojis, icons, numbers, and spacing you can supercharge your Keyboard Maestro palettes.

    Screenshot showing the before and after, with the caption "turn this... into this..."

    It takes a little bit of time to get the spacing right, and it isn’t perfect, but these changes certainly make the palette more useful. Here’s the process.

    Step 1 – Change the Sort Order of the Macros

    Prepend “##)” to each macro. The number indicates the position. I like to give some breathing room between each “group”. In this example I ended up with this:

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