I have been using AI chatbots more and more recently. My go-tos are Claude and ChatGPT. The conversation I will be relaying shortly occurred in ChatGPT. I’m frequently frustrated by the limits of how customizable these platforms are. ChatGPT has…
The Humble (But Essential) Film & TV Synopsis
What is a film or TV show about? This is a fundamental question that drives our viewing decisions. Other details might factor into our choices, but the “about” weighs heavily. We generally prefer our media to have some degree of…
I Want YOU For The Film Stock Rebel Alliance
The digital revolution in filmmaking and film exhibition was swift and (virtually) total. The process began in earnest in the early 2000’s. In a short 10 – 15 years, it was already over. An industry inseparable from film stock for…
ChatGPT & Our A.I. Future
By now, many of you have probably heard about ChatGPT: OpenAI’s startlingly intelligent (and eloquent) chatbot. Millions of you have tried it hands-on. I gave the better part of a weekend to it, breaking ground on a story idea I’ve…
How to Find (And Contact) a Stranger on the Internet: A Case Study
You’re looking for someone. You don’t even know who the person is, but you’ve got something that needs to be said or shared. You want to find this person (whoever they are) and reach out in a manner that he…
Blade Runner 2049: Building a Better Dystopia
Director Ridley Scott’s 1982 science fiction masterpiece Blade Runner is not the first dystopian film ever made, but it was one of the earliest—and arguably most compelling—films to take the concept of a dystopia in a different direction. Its forerunners…
Graphemes: A Better Way of Counting Characters
At the risk of stating the painfully obvious, core web technologies were not built with emojis in mind. đŸ˜² This is no surprise to you if you’ve ever been in the business of counting characters. Take, for instance, the maxlength…
How to Access Your Salesforce Data Without User Authentication
I am a new Salesforce admin as of 2019. My current company needed a new CRM solution, and as a nonprofit, the no-cost price point was extremely attractive. I’ve spent much of this year investing time and energy into getting…
8 Essential Features of a Modern Website, or: How to Build a Custom One-Pager
I was recently contracted to build a one-page website. It was to serve as little more than a website-as-business-card—something to make a company look (a little more) legit. I strongly believe that utilizing a CMS like WordPress for a site…
A Layman’s Explanation of Progressive Web Apps
I suspect you’re here because you keep reading about this thing called a Progressive Web App, but no matter how much you read, it never makes any more sense. By its very nature, it’s a confusing concept. I just put…