Welcome to The Hash Key, your weekly digest to Hard Mode First.
It's been a tough week, so I'll keep it brief. If you need a break from the news cycle this weekend, hope you can catch a post or two over a cup of coffee or in between museum-hopping with the kids.
January 6, 2025
Celebrating the end of an era: Lessons from Broadway's Suffs and the power of closure
-Reflections on the ritualization of beginnings and endings in theatre
-The importance of celebrating milestones as a team
-What tech can learn from theatre's approach to transitions
January 7, 2025
Reframing rejection as a catalyst for a creative breakthrough
-A six-year journey from book proposal rejection to AI-powered publishing
-How rejection can redirect you to more innovative solutions
-Finding relief instead of disappointment in traditional publishing limitations
January 8, 2025
A curated reading list exploring AI's impact on society through fiction
-Reviews of thought-provoking AI-themed novels like 'Hum' and 'Network Effect'
-Exploration of themes like human-AI relationships and technological displacement
-Recommendations for understanding AI's societal impact through storytelling
January 9, 2025
The surreal experience of watching disasters unfold through digital screens
-How technology is reshaping our experience of real-world events
-The blurring lines between reality and AI-generated content
-Social media's role in crisis documentation and communication
January 10, 2025
Lessons learned from creating an out-of-office chatbot for the holidays
-Step-by-step process of building a custom GPT assistant
-Insights on training AI with personal and professional context
-Practical learning about user engagement with chatbots
