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Previous Issues
- AI Hype is Dying Down, But Not Because it's Going Away
5 May 2024 | Issue #46 In this issue: The AI hype will die down Thinking frameworks for AI How AI is changing work at Asana Midjourney breaks free of Discord An AI agent for your browser I'm in Cleveland! Midjourney on the web The AI hype will die down. It's already starting. Even though I'm 46 issues into this newsletter, at some point it will come to an end. The buzz around AI will go away and people will become accustomed to it. The reason for this is that AI will eventually be baked into...Read more - Working With AI to Compete Against AI
28 April 2024 | Issue #45 In this issue: How to compete with AI for your first job Synthesia launches expressive avatars Regenerative AI: The future of digital advertising? Where is your organization on the AI Acceleration journey? New podcast you have to listen to Set up your own Discord server for Midjourney Prompt: a group of students are talking to a 40-year-old woman --ar 16:9 If you're somebody who is getting ready to enter the marketing field, I have a couple of scary numbers for you:...Read more
- Design ➡️ Strategy
21 April 2024 | Issue #44 In this issue: Is strategy the death of design? Can we have ethical AI? Which states use AI the most AI prompts: The book Adobe Premiere Pro adding genAI capabilities How to set up your own Discord server for Midjourney Find inspiration in Cleveland Prompt: a strategist leading a design session. --ar 16:9 (it was black and white, then I added the color in Photoshop) "Strategy" can be a tricky word. It means different things to different people. For some, it sets the...Read more
- Knowing WHEN to use AI is a necessary skill
14 April 2024 | Issue #43 In this issue: Sometimes, AI isn't the answer LLMs are amazing, but why? When is content "good enough" to publish? Adobe Firefly: create images based on your sketches Easily edit images in ChatGPT Secrets behind my process I helped write a book! Pink Floyd had their own fail whale recently Knowing how to use AI is a useful skill. Knowing when to use AI can be even more important. Recently, Pink Floyd ran a contest encouraging fans to make visualizations to celebrate...Read more
- Design jobs 📈 and writing jobs 📉 since genAI launched
7 April 2024 | Issue #42 In this issue: Data shows AI ISN'T taking your jobs Rand Fishkin is willing to bet $5000 this is true I helped write a book Everything will be fine! A recent comprehensive analysis of over 5 million freelancing jobs has shed some light on the issue of AI taking jobs away from people. It reveals trends that are reassuring for creative professionals. The 3 categories with the largest declines were writing, translation and customer service jobs. The number of writing...Read more
- What's more fake? AI or anti-AI protests?
31 March 2024 | Issue #41 In this issue: Anti-AI protests ... kinda? SXSW: creatives and technologists clash Is it AI or not? Quiz Google: AI will replace agencies Canva acquires Affinity Secrets behind my process I helped write a book! No better way to show how human designers are better than AI (as of today) Did you hear about the protests at SXSW? There was a group of designers who were protesting AI taking their jobs. The right of expressing oneself is a cornerstone of democracy, and...Read more