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An eagle-eyed friend spotted a new arrival in the yard: a newly emerged White Admiral butterfly!
Turning the page
After 21 years in my job at INVIDI I realized I needed a change, and in that moment of change, some space to reflect.
The beginning
Twenty-one years.
For many of the folks I know, twenty-one years is a long time in a career, let alone in a single company.
But the strange thing is that, while on the resume it looks like I’ve had just the one job, in reality I had the great fortune to have experienced a remarkably diverse series of roles, and it seemed like every time I started to get a little antsy, a little bored, in need of a change, INVIDI offered me another opportunity, another challenge, another path to walk.
And it has been quite the journey, though one that has come to its natural end.
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I am a legit Star Trek nerd and this just makes my heart sing! The interactive navigation (which I think currently requires Chrome?) is something special.
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That moment when you think “I know it’s a bad idea, but I kinda want another coffee”, only to realize you hadn’t finished your previous cup…
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I’m honestly very excited about the possibility of a revival of blogging and so forth, but I’d love to see the word “content” thrown into the dustbin. I don’t create “content”. I write (occasionally). And my writing isn’t just the grist for some corporate mill; my blog isn’t just a source of inventory for some ad network to monetize.
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I don’t know how I became a vaporwave fan, but the new Macroblank is pretty damn good…
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That moment when you think “you know, I should put this little script I cobbled together up on github, someone might find this useful.” Then you do a little search and find 18 other similar tools in varying states of disrepair…
(in this case, a more customizable xdg-open replacement)
A Fictional Me By ChatGPT #3
Fake biography #3 about me, written by ChatGPT. Or: What is ‘real’? How do you define ‘real’?.
Yup, I’m still at it, post fake biographies about myself as written by ChatGPT.
Today’s biography is based on the following prompt:
Write an approximately 500 word biography for Brett Kosinski in the first person perspective that includes a brief work history as well as unusual or outlandish personal details. In case you are not aware, Brett Kosinski had a career as a Software Developer before transitioning to Product Management 10 years ago. He is based out of Edmonton Alberta, Canada. He is known as the person who reverse engineered the compression algorithm used to encode assets in Sonic the Hedgehog 2, and as a result, the scheme has been dubbed “Kosinski Compression”.
(By the way, that last part is also true, much to my chagrin).
Continue reading...A Fictional Me By ChatGPT #2
Fake biography #2 about me, written by ChatGPT. Or: How anything can be real now.
If you recall from my previous post, I’m amusing myself by posting fake biographies of myself as written by ChatGPT.
Today’s biography is based on the following prompt:
Write an approximately 500 word biography for Brett Kosinski in the first person perspective that includes a brief work history as well as some tall tales of his fantastic exploits. In case you are not aware, Brett Kosinski had a career as a Software Developer before transitioning to Product Management 10 years ago. He is based out of Edmonton Alberta, Canada. He is also known for his well-regarded port of NetHack to the Nintendo DS.
(By the way, that last part is true).
Continue reading...A Fictional Me By ChatGPT #1
Fake biography #1 about me, written by ChatGPT. Or: How nothing is real anymore.
So out of sheer amusement, I’ve decided to periodically post fake biographies about myself written by ChatGPT.
This biography was written based on the following prompt:
Continue reading...Write an approximately 500 word biography for Brett Kosinski in the first person perspective that includes a brief work history as well as interesting personal details. In case you are not aware, Brett Kosinski had a career as a Software Developer before transitioning to Product Management 10 years ago. He is based out of Edmonton Alberta, Canada.