Tag: Productivity

  • A Life With No Privacy – Is it Bad or Different

    A life with no privacy sounds terrifying. The question is: why? Is that because it is so significantly different from how we live now or that it is actually bad? What does no privacy mean? Our ‘private information’ right now is primarily stored on the internet. We have a false sense of privacy since it…

  • A New Way to Grow Online Communities with Social Media Gamification

    Social media gamification can mean many different things. Gamification is already built in with like/follow/share tracking, but there is a whole other opportunity being missed. The new social media gamification concept Say you have a small following on your socials that forms a growing online community. Great! Now getting it to grow is challenging –…

  • Stillwater – Collectible Fishing Game with Free Prizes

    Stillwater is a demo of a concept I can’t seem to shake. I constantly come back to ideas that would allow users of a fun app/service to get paid back. Stillwater is a collectible fishing game that demos another way to do that. Jump to the game by clicking here. Stillwater allows you to collect…

  • New Business Owner – 6 Month Check in and Lessons Learned

    There are a few “New Business Owner Lessons Learned” that have become clear enough to me that I figured it was worth writing about. My first related post here remains mostly the same, but I was still finding my footing and now I am hitting my stride. Here are those biggest take aways and updates:…

  • AI Killing Search Engines Is Also Killing the Creators Who Fuel the Internet

    There is a quiet economic collapse happening on the internet, and most people have no idea it’s underway. Every time you ask an AI platform a question and get a clean, confident answer — no ads, no links, no websites to scroll through — something invisible breaks a little more. AI killing search engines isn’t…

  • Is Discipline Actually Real? The Two Things That Are Really Behind It

    We love the idea of discipline. It’s something people wear like a badge. “I just don’t eat sugar.” “I’ve never smoked a day in my life.” “I’m up at 5am every morning.” There’s a social reward that comes with being seen as someone who has iron willpower. But the more I’ve watched people — genuinely…

  • AI-Powered Personalization: The Future of Entertainment

    There’s a version of the future where you never watch something you don’t enjoy. No bad recommendations. Zero sitting through a movie that loses you in the second act. No scrolling for twenty minutes before giving up and rewatching something you’ve already seen. In this future, AI-powered personalization in entertainment figures out exactly what you…

  • How to best use Meta Ads, The Simple Guide

    Meta Ads were intimidating to utilize. I had previously utilized a marketing company to drive leads/bookings to our location. Reviewing the outcomes from that marketing company, I was not pleased and attempted to learn how to use Meta Ads myself – more effectively. This is what I learned and how to generate strong outcomes quickly.…

  • Holiday Gift Cards for First Responders

    Holiday Gift Cards for First Responders

    I spent a few days last week driving around to various fire and police departments to offer our first responders holiday gift cards and informing them that they will forever receive 20% off all of our services. The responses intrigued me and resulted in this post. Holiday Gift Cards Cannot be Accepted One message I…

  • Turning a New Page with DexaFit KC

    DexaFit KC is my new obsession. I have had less and less time for existential and random thoughts to take hold, but I have learned a significant amount about physiology and business asset acquisitions. What is DexaFit KC DexaFit KC is a health and fitness diagnostics studio in Kansas City. I wish that were all…