When I found Toastmasters I fell in love with it immediately. Not with speaking — with the machinery of speaking. Structure, delivery, the evaluation loop, the whole beautiful system of it. There was one problem, and it took me years to see it. I didn't have anything to say. So I did the natural thing. … Continue reading The Thing Became The Message
Category: AI & Communication
Hold the Thread
If my past self walked in and watched me work now, he'd think I'd lost my mind. On a normal afternoon I've got three or four conversations with AI running at once, each one chewing on a different problem. While they work, I'm answering email, checking back with people I owe an answer, reviewing something … Continue reading Hold the Thread
The Room That Knew What I Knew
I found an old Toastmasters competition video of myself the other night. Watching old video of myself is its own small torture — you're looking at a former version, and you can see everything he doesn't know yet. It's like watching a younger sibling do the thing. But I'll say it plainly: it was a … Continue reading The Room That Knew What I Knew
What You’re For
7-40 Challenge | Round 5 Day 5 An AI tool will do almost anything you ask it to. For a while I treated that as the whole point — like the win was the capability. Look how much I can produce now. Look how fast. But something strange happens when capacity stops being the bottleneck. … Continue reading What You’re For
The Room I Can’t Read
7-40 Challenge | Round 5 Day 1 I recorded four minutes of thoughts on my walk this morning and never stumbled once. Then I sat down to film a thirty-second video saying the same thing, and my brain locked up. That gap has bothered me for a while, because on paper it makes no sense. … Continue reading The Room I Can’t Read
David Willis 