Are we so shackled to Netflix that it can keep hiking prices on us? Oddly, I’m more upset with the $1 increase for a Bengawan Solo slice of cake than the recent $4 hike in my Netflix monthly subscription. I…
This morning, I thought about The Straits Times Gen AI Masterclass print ad that has been running for over a year, and wondered if it needed a design and content update. Hmm, what if I AI-ed an ad about AI……
This week, as I bade farewell to the NTU undergrads I supervised for their FYPs (final year project), I gave them some advice on how to deal with entering the adult world of 2025. Here’s a fuller version: Dear young…
I finally got to use Google’s Veo 2 to generate AI videos and it’s better than Runway, Kling, Hailuo and Sora. 🔷 It’s faithful to your prompts What you type is what you get. I used my test prompts such…
Painting on a canvas scares me. Every paint stroke requires a dose of confidence because I never know how I might mess things up. This is especially true with watercolors where you can’t paint over the same area several times…
Have you been designing your life, or have you let someone else do it for you? Thanks to Daniel Pink, I was reminded about the Odyssey Plan – a life design exercise created by Bill Burnett and Dave Evans, authors of Designing Your Life.…
This morning, I thought about The Straits Times Gen AI Masterclass print ad that has been running for over a year, and wondered if it needed a design and content update. Hmm, what if I AI-ed an ad about AI… So, I…
Recently, some people have been posting how ChatGPT makes inaccurate world maps and then kicking up a fuss about it. Well, if you know how Gen AI imaging works, you would know that it’s not able to make precise diagrams…
The more I observe people using Gen AI, the more I affirm my hypothesis: AI shines a light on our motivations and true selves. If you are a curious learner, you’ll probably use Gen AI to explore ways to self-learn…
Don’t measure yourself by someone else’s ruler, because each of us has multiple types of intelligence. Many people get upset because they are not ‘successful’ like some people seem to be – in terms of their job titles or earnings…