Tuckahoe!
I wanted information on how RAG and Live Intenet Search work with LLMs. I chose Gemini 2.5 Pro Reasoning, Math & Code for the task. The final example included as a follow up to expand on real time search included my physical location, which is freely available to the browser. I find this a nice personal touch which I hope will help make the information resonate with me.
Subscribed to One Useful Thing
One Useful Thing is the name of Ethan Mollick's substack newsletter. Ethan is the Co-Director of the Wharton Generative AI Labs. Wharton Generative AI Labs has lots of good information including a prompt library: https://gail.wharton.upenn.edu/prompt-library/ Check...
CMS sites revisited
Recent work research includes CMS review. I haven't looked into what is out there in a long time. The quick search hits showed lots of familiar faces and a couple new ones. I found this post informative:...
Congratulations Impact Makers
Impact Makers was awarded "Best for the World" by B Lab. Here's a Richmond Time's Dispatch mentioning of the award. I met Michael Pirron shortly after moving to Richmond in 2004, and have watched him methodically and conscientiously build Impact Makers into a...
DropBox Security
Oh, the line between security and convenience is harsh. While reading TechRepublic I found this interesting article on DropBox security. I love the convenience of cloud technologies, and use DropBox like lots of people, including the article author (Michael Kassner)....
GOOG perspective on links
Analytics is an area that I will be focusing quite a bit in the coming months. I read this article about linking and Penguin 2.0 changes on a website called "Search Engine Watch." There are many pieces to the content puzzle that websites have to face, and...
Google Apps v. Office 365
The TechRepublic newsletter is worth a scan every day. I found this gem recently and it's worth a read if you use, or might use in the future, either Google Apps or Microsoft Office. Here it is: Google Apps v. Office 365: Head-to-head comparison of features...
UltraEdit
I first used UltraEdit sometime in the late 90s. I loved it back then. When I went to work for TQuist in 2003 I purchased another copy. I just now retired my last XP system, and so I've decided to get the latest copy. I hope it's aged well. They've changed...