Polished, published writing...eventually
Watching Maggie Appleton's GitHub Universe talk on agent collaboration. Running notes on alignment as the new bottleneck, the ACE environment, conversations under the hood, and a comparison with Engelbart's NIC.
Watching Doug Engelbart's 2004 Accelerating Change keynote, 36 years after the demo. Running notes with Claude on tool systems vs human systems, collective capability, dimensional scaling, and what a post-conversation augmentation field could look like.
Watching Engelbart's 1968 'Mother of all demos' live, in 2026. Running notes, with Claude as an asymmetric chevruta partner fetching references while I think aloud.
How conversation designers are evolving into LLMOps analysts, and why linguists are uniquely suited for monitoring, evaluating, and improving GenAI systems in production.
A technical side-by-side of Andrej Karpathy's LLM wiki approach and how I work with AI on this garden. Same tools, different philosophy.
Why this site is called a garden, what plant growth means for ideas, and how the metaphor shapes every editorial decision.
A collection of thoughts & ideas on alternative metaphors for human-GenAI-interaction.
Why I built a digital garden: non-linear thinking, early web nostalgia, and the need for a personal space on the internet.
So...should we all go and explore context engineering? Yes, we should. And chances are that you've been doing it forever already.
Designing for negative space
So if it's not a case of LLM hallucination, what did happen?
Will we ever solve hallucinations in LLMs?
Stress-free preparation...could it really work?
Our human-centered way of thinking about the writing process might not necessarily be the most logical for prompting LLMs.
Join me in a fun and interactive prompt session! We'll de-bias Dall-e, and create images that are more like us.
Do we really want US moderators to rewrite Dall-e's prompts?
DALL-E 3 is still digitally challenged.
Did I get this right? I can only use the ChatGPT browse feature when I let OpenAI collect my data?
Usability challenges of writing with AI: let people write!
The top 5 challenges that conversation designers face, based on 300 real answers.
An onboarding checklist for conversation designers.
Blind prompting vs. prompt engineering, and what it means for conversation designers.
Wow, that went down fast!
You built a conversational interface and then expected people to use it just for search?
My favorite resources for building a curious and critical frame of mind.
Are you a writer scared that you might soon be without a job? Fear not! We need more books for AI to work properly!
Both can access the internet and retrieve recent information. Let's take them for a test drive.
Why does ChatGPT seem to 'know' things it shouldn't? The reason might be much more mundane than you think.
Surprisingly few people mention the fact that ChatGPT is, in the end, one big word-string-generator on steroids.
Can ChatGPT take over some of my work as a conversation designer? Can it create an intent model for me?
Let's build that classic hello world of conversation design: the Pizza Bot! Can we get ChatGPT to play along?
Part 1: you can call me Al. A conversation designer's first encounters with ChatGPT.
As a conversation designer, should I know how to code? Some pros and cons.
My personal highlights from the European Chatbot and Conversational AI summit.
Just started as a conversation designer? Doubting whether you're doing things right? No worries, you're not alone!
Looking to fill up your convo design toolbox? Here are 7 skills to take your conversational AI career to the next level.
Looking back at 2 years of freelance work as a conversation designer and community builder.
From now on, conversation designers, linguists, bot builders and language lovers can discuss their favorite topics on Clubhouse!
5 checks to keep your content on track, and your clients happy.
Relax, it's not about you :-) How to handle feedback on your content without losing your mind.
Adopting Agile methods? Avoid the pitfall of copying IT scrum to content teams.
Conversation design is a career on the rise! Do you want to know how to become a chatbot or voice designer? Read on!
Voor taalkundigen, conversation designers en iedereen die iets heeft met taal!
Sketchnotes of the Voicelunch session with Brian Roemmele, the best voicelunch I never attended.
Conversation design is een vak met toekomst! Maar wat doet een conversation designer precies? En welke skills heb je ervoor nodig?
Facebook's AI chatbot might just be saying what you want it to say…
Zuigt Zoom je leeg? Zo blijf je overeind en wakker in een online vergadering.
Want to know what you can do to make your voice action sound more speech-like? Part 2 covers backchannelling, discourse markers, and deixis.
How to build Coronabots responsibly, if you want to build one at all.
The original woman in voice. On international women's day, a tribute to the first named composer in history.
A primer of voice and speech terms for conversation designers. Part 1 covers breath, prosody, pitch, tone and intonation.
Klinkt jouw Google Assistant ook zo buiten adem? SSML helpt!
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