If a generative AI had a nutrition label that said "100 brain calories per ChatGPT response", would that change how you use it? Nutrition could serve as a metaphor to understand why taking a tempered approach with generative AI might be important for our intellectual health. For starters, not all
In the storm of issues affecting education, finding the small wins could be the only way to keep the energy needed to progress.
The Challenges of Oversimplification in Modern Education and Technology
Exploring the evolution of information access, decision-making, and society's acceptance of more authoritative answers
ChatGPT didn't break education but it's a tempting scapegoat for lazy educators.
The other day I was digging through some notebooks in my drawer, and I realized how many of them had notes about education. Each page I flipped through warped my sense of time passing. Though some of them were 10 years old, the notes felt like they were written yesterday.
Discovering content in the modern world is strangely beautiful and terrible
I had a chilling thought yesterday about the effects of excessive exposure to everyone's thoughts online: It's easy to mock the excited posts of people celebrating new jobs and enjoying a small moment of victory in an otherwise difficult life. I used to dedicate my entire LinkedIn to laughing at
Finding a performance voice when battling with my natural tendencies.
Barcelona was hot and humid beyond what we could tolerate, but walking around the beautiful city, visiting friends and eating delicious food made it worth it. At least it did for the first week and a half. In addition to the recommendations curated by one of our generous friends, we
Memory, misfortune, and subconscious messages.
Sometimes the word "design" is so heavily associated with just tips and tricks and at some point that gets stale. Good design can only come if our sources of inspiration are broad! So here goes… Informally formal Not only in learning but in work as well, there is a general
Writing has always been about learning for me. I've started posting regularly on LinkedIn using articles I read as launchpads for my own thoughts. This way of making connections is a great way to digest the torrent of information I'm bombarded with on a daily basis. At the end of
A story about pursuing an entrepreneurial career in design
I'm excited to announce the project that I've quit my job for: WeathAR. With WeathAR, all you have to do it point your camera at the sky and the on-board AI chip in your phone will analyze it and tell you what the conditions are. Together with a ground-breaking new
How unconventional backgrounds and non-traditional work experience lend themselves to a career in UX
UX
How designing a course about user experience is very similar to my job as a UX designer
Reflections
How to take a non-traditional path to a career in UX
UX
A talk at Concordia University explaining what UX is and what it takes to start building a career in this field
Cognitive Bias
Observations about cognitive biases and risk assessment
Reflections
Sometimes when I'm working, I realize that I've been holding my breath. If you've never noticed yourself doing that, then I beg you to pay attention to it just for today. Why? A man wearing a hoodie runs in with a cardboard sign that reads 'Mindfulness is good for productivity.
Reflections
Last night I sat with a friend and we wrote a rap song. Neither of us can play any music or sing. But it was some of the most immersed I've felt doing anything in a long time. Around 2013 I started reading business books, looking for secrets to work
Reflections
I looked up at the wall from my computer screen and my calendar smiled back with 2021.
Reflections
Simple reminders for simple ways to enjoy their work more.
Reflections
A journey from incredibly touching ad to horribly tone-deaf.
Reflections
Behaviours 40 years apart.
Learning
The king of search cannot conquer critical thinking if instructors are willing to put in the effort.
Learning
How a tool intended to help my students became a gauge for my own performance
Learning
Fancy online tools won't take you far without a solid foundation
Learning
How the added cognitive load of virtual workshopping tools impede learning
Algorithms
The value of YouTube tutorials for gathering information cannot be overstated, but whether or not it translates to real learning is another story.
Reflections
The new technologists equipped to explore and exploit philosophy for business