In Case You Missed Them: Top 5 Articles Worth Sharing in 2023

This year I found all kinds of stuff worth sharing, from the cosmic & philosophical to the nitty-gritty &  practical. In case you missed them, here are my picks for the top five articles I posted in 2023. Hope you find them interesting!

Inside the Black Box: Thoughts on Judgement, Intuition, Synthesis & Artificial Intelligence

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The end of 2022 (November 30, to be exact) saw the introduction of Chat GPT. After playing around with it a while, I shared my reactions and discussed what I saw as the implications for content creators. See: Inside the Black Box: Thoughts on Judgement, Intuition, Synthesis & Artificial Intelligence

Bonus: Check out ChatGPT is one year old. Here’s how it changed the tech world. from Ars Technica.

Smart speaker not useful? Give it more smart things to control!

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As my wife will tell you, I am a super-geeky early adopter of all kinds of tech gizmos and gadgets. Some are productivity enhancers and others are just cool, fun conveniences to have in our house. Given my own relationship with smart things, I am always amazed when someone says, "I got one of those smart speakers [Google Home, Amazon Echo, etc.] and I don't think it's all that useful."  My reaction: "What!! Well, you need to fire up your imagination and put these things to work for your family!"

In the article Smart speaker not useful? Give it more smart things to control! I share a typical "day in the life..." of our smart speakers & connected devices. It's loaded with practical, real-world applications that you can apply to your home to make your smart things more useful.  

A Curated, 21-Video Study Guide for Absolute AI (Artificial Intelligence) Newbies: What It Is, Where You Can Play with It & How We Might Want to Shape Its Role in Our Lives

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The title says it all: This is my easy-to-assimilate video intro to AI (artificial intelligence).  

One Year Later: How Our Chromebook is Working Out

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That graphic above tells the story: No Windows, Only Chromebook: 1 Year Later.  This is my review of our new life without Windows in Google's Chrome OS world. (Spoiler: It's just fine!)

My Three Websites: A Lot of Stuff Worth Sharing

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In this article, I remind readers that I have a couple of other "frozen" websites that are loaded with tools and information to help manage projects and teams. 

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So that's it. Just wanted to make sure you didn't miss these articles that you might find useful or thought-provoking. 

Happy Holidays!

My Three Websites: A Lot of Stuff Worth Sharing

My websites: 1 active & 2 archived ("frozen")

Over five years ago I launched this website, Mike Greer's WORTH SHARING. In doing so, I decided to "freeze" a couple of my other websites in order to focus on more eclectic, wide-ranging topics that sparked my interest. At the same time, I wanted to make sure that all the content previously assembled for helping new project managers and their teams would remain easily accessible. 

The bottom line: All my new stuff is available right here at my WORTH SHARING website, while PM resources and inspirational tools and media for teams remain available at the two "frozen" sites. At the time of the "freezing" I explained the distinctions here.

Today, the only way you might know that these sites still exist (and that they have good stuff to share!) is if you happen to see the understated menu links under "Go to My Other Websites" on this site's home screen. So, in case you missed them, I hereby re-introduce you to my three websites, all of which include good stuff worth sharing!  Enjoy! 

Practice Mindfulness (an audio podcast)

Focus:  This audio podcast includes inspirational quotations, war stories, examples, a little philosophy and some practical challenges to help individuals and teams expand upon their inherent power of mindfulness — the practice of bringing your full awareness into the present moment.

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Transcript of this audio originally published on April 26, 2009 [some links referred to below may no longer be valid]:

Acknowledgement:  The main inspiration for this post comes from various interviews and articles featuring Jon Kabat-Zinn, Professor of Medicine Emeritus and founding director of the Stress Reduction Clinic and the Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care, and Society at the University of Massachusetts Medical School.  Kabat-Zinn started his career as a scientist at MIT and it is with this scientific perspective (along with his clinical research to support many of his positions) that he shares his thoughts on the power of mindfulness. He teaches mindfulness meditation as a technique to help people cope with stress, anxiety, pain and illness. You can check out the links below for more about Jon and his work.]

In this post I hope to convince you of the power of mindfulness -- the practice of bringing your full awareness into the present moment. This is very different from that "kinda sorta" awareness that you have while you are attending a meeting, firing off a text message, and eating lunch all at the same time. And it is different from the awareness you experience within a conversation while you are trying to stifle clever or fearful or angry or resentful thoughts that are clamoring for your attention. And it is different from the awareness you experience when sitting alone at your desk, working to solve a problem while thoughts of past difficulties and future fears challenge your concentration. Instead, it is a cleaner, simpler kind of awareness. It is simply being fully present, with all your attention. It is, in the words of Jon Kabat-Zinn, "paying attention, on purpose, to the present moment, without judgment." This is mindfulness.

Inspirations: An Archived Collection to Motivate & Bring Peace of Mind

Beyond Project Teams:
A Collection of Inspirations for Everyone

This month I've begun working in earnest toward the goal I set nearly 5 years ago with the birth of this website, WORTH SHARING. I've begun the formal archiving of all my legacy websites.

First to be wrapped up: my Inspired Project Teams collection. The podcasts and matching exercises presented at this site were always a bit too expansive for their nominal use as tools for project teams. While they certainly support project teams, they are also well-suited to encouraging the personal growth and peace of mind of any individual. Drawing on the wisdom of so many great philosophers and psychologists, it's inevitable that this collection would transcend the practical, team-based performance tools that I typically create.