(This is a follow-up post to The State of AI in Practice.) The internet (or at least my neighborhood of it) is blowing up over the recent MIT study that finds: "Despite $30–40 billion in enterprise investment into GenAI, this report uncovers a surprising result in that 95% of organizations are getting zero return." The … Continue reading The State of AI in Business
Category: Coding and Technology
The State of AI in Practice
We spend a lot of time reading about AI, but most coverage focuses on new model launches, press releases from big companies, and industry drama, not the practical, day-to-day use cases and lessons we’re all searching for. At NU, we’ve been running Practical AI training sessions to fill that gap. We’ve done over 30 sessions, … Continue reading The State of AI in Practice
Testing AI Note Taking Software
I've been testing AI note-takers, and they’re pretty incredible. One tool I’ve been having success with is Granola. It’s easy to use and excellent at creating meeting summaries. A few lessons I’ve learned so far for getting the most out of your AI note-taker: The default meeting notes are great, but using a custom notes … Continue reading Testing AI Note Taking Software
OpenAI Operator Early Experiments
OpenAI Operator ordered a computer monitor on Amazon for someone on my team! Here’s the prompt: ----- Order the LG 29WP60G-B monitor from Amazon. Ship it to: INSERT NAME, ADDRESS, PHONE Use the default credit card on the account. Just add the monitor to the cart, no need to ask for confirmation. You can also … Continue reading OpenAI Operator Early Experiments
Saving Hours with AI Task Automation
To find ways to automate our work with AI and other technologies, we talk about how our team spends their time and what kinds of manual, time-consuming tasks we do. We realized that we were spending hours a week copying and pasting data from emails into our database of profiles. One of us would receive … Continue reading Saving Hours with AI Task Automation
Data and Internet Security Guidelines
Here’s a list of 10 ways to help keep your company and personal data safe. 1. Use a password manager. A password manager is software that you use to store your passwords (in addition to other convenient features, such as auto-completing forms, including entering your credit card information). Two of the many options are 1Password … Continue reading Data and Internet Security Guidelines
How To Get Current Crypto Prices into a Google Sheet Using Google Scripts and the CoinMarketCap API
1. Sign up for an account with CoinMarketCap at coinmarketcap.com. 2. Get an API key: Go to Settings > Products > Crypto API, or just click here. 3. Create a Google Sheet where you want the prices to update, like this one. You can actually make a copy of that one and use it as … Continue reading How To Get Current Crypto Prices into a Google Sheet Using Google Scripts and the CoinMarketCap API
Smart Contract Coding Learning Resources
Here are some really simple examples of code that actually creates the foundation for everything you need to know. Try these in remix as you go:https://solidity-by-example.org/ All of Patrick Collins's videos are great. Here are a few:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M576WGiDBdQhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBc3lBrXEBohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdXJmWajZRY Buildspace has some really good, hands-on courses:https://buildspace.so/ A few videos I've made:https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA1j0xIg3Mt9DIDBPl49XBirGUnZ--_kx And if you want to start … Continue reading Smart Contract Coding Learning Resources
How To Make An Org Chart with Google Sheets
Quick and easy way to make a very simple org chart with Google Sheets.
The Best Thing About Teaching Myself to Code Wasn’t that I Can Code
I love learning but never liked school. School told me that the time to learn math was 12:55 to 1:50. School made me read pages 142–175 and answer problem set 7 on page 176. School gave me a quiz the next day. School often made me sit quietly in a chair while someone talked at me. … Continue reading The Best Thing About Teaching Myself to Code Wasn’t that I Can Code
How to automate filling out Google Doc templates
Lawyers, operations teams, many of us perform repetitive, time-consuming, error-prone tasks, including filling out templates for NDAs, offer letters, employment agreements, consulting agreements, and more. Save yourself time and reduce errors by automating those tasks. Here’s a relatively simple way to take data from a form or spreadsheet and use that data to perform one … Continue reading How to automate filling out Google Doc templates
From Lawyer to Deploy
I’ve learned a ton of great stuff in the last year and I’ve had a lot of fun learning all of it. Most of it is not easy to just throw onto a webpage, but some of it is exactly that. So, I’m working on a website to display a lot of what I’ve learned … Continue reading From Lawyer to Deploy
The wrong question: “I want to learn to code, what should I do?”
If you want to learn to code and build stuff and you’re starting by asking someone else what you should do, you’re already thinking about it the wrong way. Immediately, right now, with no preparation, in the blink of an eye, you can take a huge step toward your goal by realizing that you don’t … Continue reading The wrong question: “I want to learn to code, what should I do?”
Learn the Basics of Computer Science and Web Development
Two and a half years ago, I started doing every computer science and web development tutorial I could find. If I were starting again today, knowing what I now know, I’d do it something like this. Start with the basics of computer science and programming. Introduction to Computer Science I, David Malan, Harvard Extension School … Continue reading Learn the Basics of Computer Science and Web Development
Resources for Startup Operators 