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Newsletter 12: Death to drivel

Dear reader, I’ve been plugging away at this preamble for six hours but it’s no boast. I took a break to have a Father’s Day…

Apple Intelligence is more of the same

Apple just unveiled Apple Intelligence – “the personal intelligence system for iPhone, iPad, and Mac that combines the power of generative models with personal context”…

Claw your way to good writing

You might have noticed that I have been posting disposable content and my newsletter is three weeks overdue. I’ve paused my regular writing because I’m…

Embrace your ego

I got to know a young journalist yesterday and she was surprised when I gave her the advice that a big dose of ego is…

Drawing cats with Lee Ames

As I continued my random fascination with drawing cats, I stumbled upon a now-forgotten series of drawing books by artist Lee Ames. From the 1970s…

Learn like AI

Today, I suddenly felt like drawing cats. I wanted to know “what makes a cat look like a cat?” I drew many ugly rough sketches…

Be mindful about your AI images

The careless use of AI-generated images will damage your personal brand. It’s fun to generate and use AI-generated images for your FB post, but you…

Stephen King on writing

Cut the crap if you want to write well. My sifu, Stephen King, reminded me of this truth when I flipped open his book “On…

My tray of eyeglasses

My daughter said, “Why do you have so many eyeglasses lying around the house?” I replied, “Because I need all of them! Middle age sucks!”…