Ian Tan

Ian Tan

The First AI Workshop

I held my first AI workshop for a company last week and it was a blast! The eight participants from the creative agency LiquidLab Communications (LLAB) have already integrated ChatGPT into their workflow. The designers among them have also been…

Humans need to call the shots in AI

AI helps us get things done faster, but it is not a miracle drug. Over the past 24 hours, I’ve been working on an AI Art piece which required putting different people of various demographics together for a key visual.…

Restoring Photos With AI

AI Art is great for restoring old photos in our albums and drawers. Yet it is not a walk in the park, because AI cannot read minds.

From Bitmaps to AI Art

What was the first digital image format you used for schoolwork or office presentations? Bitmaps, vectors or photos? AI Art is next.

Read More, Write Better

A friend in the communications industry complained to me about the quality of writing in the content he has to edit: “Their writing has no soul.” He said that these writers do not spend much time reading or writing outside…

Rename the History subject!

This morning, I heard something that changed the way I think about the topics of “learning” and “history”. On the Tim Ferriss podcast, Richard Koch, the investor and author of “The 80/20 Principle” (which I have read) shared that he majored in…

A Kondo Life

FYI, Marie Kondo’s book “The Life-Changing Magic Of Tidying Up” was going for $1.99 USD on the Kindle Store a few days ago. I bought her other book “Spark Joy” in 2016, and I really got into decluttering. This photo…

Ban plastic bags?

From today 3rd July, plastic bags will no longer be free at supermarkets in Singapore. The Fairprice chain will charge 5 cents for each plastic bag. I don’t think this will change our addiction to using plastic bags, and some…

Anyone Can Draw Well – Part 2

Have you ever tried drawing a human hand? It is not easy, but anyone can do it! In my second part of my video series "Anyone Can Draw Well", I continue my sharing on how drawing is really more about seeing things properly, and how drawing helps us to understand the world in a better way.