Onai

Personal Dashboards

Thu, 08 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Whenever there is a new model release my X (Twitter) feed is full of “<model> just dropped, here are 10 amazing (crazy) things I (others) have already done with it”. I know it’s clickbait to get me to engage with the thread but I almost invariably do anyway, at least for one or two of the threads. The amazing things have been amazingly stable for these past years of model releases. Create a fully functional game, website, newsletter, application, graphic, etc. Then with recent releases I started to notice an addition - create a Dashboard. Sometimes a dashboard will be kicked up a level to a personal assistant, but it seemed to me to essentially be a dashboard. A dashboard that prioritizes your inbox, your projects, your tasks, your health, and your priorities. Being semi-retired with three children in college and one toddler, a personal dashboard might be just what I need. But I don’t need it; my days are manageable in an organic manner. But what about work including my semi-retired work?

Who is all this content for?

Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000

I’m in a large conference room at Microsoft China and we are having a team meeting, about 60 of us in total. A very well-known and respected Program Manager from headquarters was giving a talk on writing specification documents. As someone relatively new to program management, I was kind of anti-spec. I believed in code and working systems over words. Then the headquarters PM turned my perspective 180 degrees. He said the act of clearly expressing ideas means you really need to understand those ideas yourself. That expression and understanding of ideas was the true value of specs. That if you couldn’t articulate the concept, then you probably didn’t really understand it.

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Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

This site is an exploration of questions around the social, technological, and personal impact of the artificial intelligence age. In other words, I am writing mostly for my own edification and sharing publicly in case others find it useful or entertaining. While I have a technical background and have used AI technology for over 20 years, I find myself most interested in how AI will change our lives and the hidden assumptions within. Posts are written with empathy and curiosity.